Middle East

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Representatives of Israel and Lebanon have started a third round of direct talks in Washington DC.

The Israeli PM “paid a secret visit” to the United Arab Emirates to meet its leader. The UAE denied the visit had taken place.

The United States could end the month-old ceasefire and resume its attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

President Donald Trump warned the ceasefire in the Middle East war was on “life support” after rejecting the latest counteroffer from Iran.

US President Donald Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ after he rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump extended the latest stand-off in the effort to end the war and cast doubt on whether the stalemate would be broken anytime soon.

An Israeli air strike has killed the head of the police ‌force in Khan ‌Younis and ⁠his aide, according to the Gaza Strip's Hamas-run interior ministry.

US President Donald Trump has criticised an Iranian response to a US proposal aimed at ending the war as "totally unacceptable".

But the US President says if talks fail, the country may reintroduce ‘Project Freedom’.

Iran says it is still weighing its response to the US peace proposal, ​but none was reported by mid-afternoon in Washington, just before midnight in Tehran.

US President Donald Trump says ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which he dismissed as “a trifle.”