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Trump vows 'total control' of Iran's oil 'much like Venezuela,' eyeing the island that ships 90% of Tehran's crude — then, hours later, cancels the strikes and declares a deal 'all but finalized.'
Twenty thousand Iranians cut off from drinking water in 50°C heat, US bases hit from Kuwait to Bahrain, and a president who promises to 'keep going' — April's truce is hanging by a thread.
Eleven Iranian missiles on northern Israel, schools closed nationwide, Beirut in flames — and a Trump-Netanyahu call that sharpens into an ultimatum: 'You will accept the deal with Iran.'
Four days before kickoff, Iran's players have their visas for Los Angeles, but 15 officials remain blocked and the team must enter and leave U.S. soil on the same day — Tehran denounces unprecedented treatment in World Cup history.
Seven Iranian ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, two drones shot down in Hormuz by the U.S. Navy, the Fifth Fleet targeted: the April 8 ceasefire holds only on paper.
An open letter, a mocking invitation to Moscow, a Ukrainian drone on a Russian oil terminal: Ukrainian diplomacy walks straight into Putin's "Russian Davos".
Naim Qassem calls it "capitulation", an anti-tank missile kills Captain Lemberg in southern Lebanon, a UNIFIL soldier dies under mortar fire: the peace architecture built in Washington falls apart under Trump's eyes.
A civilian terminal pulverized in Kuwait City, two Iranian diplomats expelled within 24 hours, oil pushing toward $97 a barrel, and Tehran warning: 'let this be a lesson'.
A leaked phone call, a spray of expletives in mid-war — and suddenly Israel's prime minister has to choose between Beirut and the survival of his partnership with Washington.
The Israeli flag flies again over the Crusader castle abandoned in 2000 — and hours later, Trump announces that the tanks rolling toward Beirut have been turned back.
On May 30, 2026, the United States and Iran agree on a 60-day extension of the April 8 ceasefire, following the late-May escalation (Bandar Abbas strikes + IRGC retaliation). The framework, awaiting Trump's formal approval, covers Strait of Hormuz access, sanctions relief sequencing and humanitarian corridors. Pressure from Gulf states and E3 (FR/UK/DE) mediators. Hawks in Washington and Tehran denounce concessions. 15 global perspectives.
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