U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday. The meeting was the second high-level negotiation between the two countries since last week. The initial 10-day ceasefire, which took effect last Friday, had been due to expire Monday.
Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post Thursday morning, he said the military is intensifying its mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway. The move escalates the U.S.-Iran standoff in the Persian Gulf.
Earlier Thursday, the U.S. military said it seized another tanker associated with smuggling Iranian oil, deepening confusion over efforts to end the war. Ship-tracking data showed the ship, Majestic X, in roughly the same location in the Indian Ocean as the oil tanker Tifani that was previously seized by American forces.
On Wednesday, Iran attacked three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz and captured two of them, calling it retaliation for the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. The attacks unfolded just a day after Trump said he would extend the two-week ceasefire with Iran indefinitely.
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Pakistan repays $3.45 billion in UAE deposits
Pakistan completed repayment of $3.45 billion in deposits to the United Arab Emirates, returning a final $1 billion tranche, Pakistan’s central bank said Friday.
Pakistan had to arrange $3 billion in fresh financing from Saudi Arabia to support its foreign reserves.
The UAE placed the deposits with Pakistan in 2018 to bolster foreign exchange reserves.
The repayment comes weeks after the UAE asked Pakistan to return the funds.
Media reports suggested the UAE’s request was linked to geopolitical differences over regional developments, though Islamabad has downplayed such claims, maintaining that bilateral ties remain strong.
Iran’s foreign minister talks with Pakistani officials
Iran’s top diplomat has called Pakistani officials over the ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel.
A statement Friday said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief.
Araghchi’s statement said the men spoke about “regional developments and issues related to the ceasefire,” without elaborating.
Pakistan did not immediately acknowledge the call.
Pakistan has been trying to get American and Iranian officials back to the negotiating table in Islamabad, where they had hoped to have talks earlier this week that didn’t materialize.
EU’s top diplomat notes risk of ‘weaker’ US-Iran deal
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said peace negotiations between the United States and Iran are at risk of forging a “weaker” agreement than one struck a decade ago.
“If the talks are only about the nuclear (issue) and there are no nuclear experts around the table, then we will end up with an agreement that is weaker than the JCPoA was,” Kallas said Friday in Cyprus, referring to a 2015 deal struck during the Obama administration that Trump pulled the U.S. out of in 2018.
Kallas said if negotiators do not table Iran’s “missile programs, their support to proxies, and also hybrid and cyber activities in Europe” there is a possibility “we will end up with a more dangerous Iran.”
Medical aid convoy departs Turkey for Iran
A medical aid convoy left Turkey headed for Iran, an official told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency on Friday.
The six trucks departed Van in eastern Turkey to pass through the Gurbulak border crossing, Van Health Director Muhammed Tosun said.
“The materials include medicines and medical supplies,” Tosun said.
“We previously sent three trucks. With today’s trucks, a total of nine trucks of aid materials will have been delivered to our Iranian colleagues to serve their citizens,” he said.
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