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The United States, Israel and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, reaching a deal less than two hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face the wiping out of “a whole civilisation”.The announcement late on Tuesday was an abrupt turnaround from Trump’s extraordinary warning earlier, and came after mediation efforts by Pakistan’s military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.Sharif said he had invited Iranian and US delegations to meet in Islamabad on Friday.The eleventh-hour deal was subject to Iran’s agreement to pause its blockade of oil and…

Mukalla, Yemen – Mohammed Salem heads out every morning for his job as a teacher at a government-run school. But once his shift is finished at that school, he then goes to a private school, where he also teaches. After a brief stop home for lunch, Mohammed is off to his third job, in a hotel, where he works the rest of the day.“If I had any spare time for a fourth job, I would take it,” Mohammed, a teacher with 31 years of experience, said. He spoke to Al Jazeera outside his flat in a large housing complex in…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s threat against Iran on Tuesday has prompted reactions from three Iranian athletes.Trump wrote on Truth Social, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in reference to Iran amid his threats to target the nation’s power plants and bridges.Former Iranian youth wrestling champion Sardar Pashaei, who now lives in the U.S., responded to Trump’s threat in a statement to Fox News Digital.”The Iranian regime still has a chance—and all the means necessary—to stop sacrificing its own people and bring an end to this 47-year catastrophe.…

Early details about U.S. ceasefire with Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump said he agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran on the condition that the country would open the Strait of Hormuz. Aaron MacLean has more. Weijia Jiang, Elizabeth Palmer and Aaron MacLean have more.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chinese government officials are alleging that a University of Michigan researcher was questioned by U.S. law enforcement shortly before his death on campus last month — a claim U.S. authorities have not confirmed.Danhao Wang, a research assistant in electrical and computer engineering, died in March after an incident inside the George G. Brown Building, according to the university.The University of Michigan Police Department said officers responded around 11 p.m. on March 19 to a report of a person who fell inside the building. An assistant research scientist was found after falling from…

The federal government will address infrastructure gaps across Canada with billions of dollars in funding over the coming decade, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday at a news conference in Brampton, Ont. Carney used the event to break down how his government plans to dole out $51 billion in the Liberals’ Build Communities Strong Fund. The new pot of money was first announced in the 2025 budget, which became law last month.Ottawa plans to nearly double the rate of infrastructure investment in Canada over the next eight years compared with the previous eight years, Carney said.He teased that future…

A disturbing number of WA service stations have caught breaching the State’s fuel compliance rules as motorists feel the pain of price hikes.Despite the Cook Government’s swift crackdown on transparency — forcing all outlets to report their availability and prices to FuelWatch a day in advance and remain at that price for 24 hours — infringements continue to be dished out.And a quadruple increase on fines from $1000 to $4000 has done little to deter the sneaky servos.The watchdog said its scrutiny of fuel stations had increased since war broke out in the Middle East, pushing prices up.“Since the start…

As the United States-Israel war on Iran — paused for two weeks on Wednesday amid fresh diplomatic talks — has roiled the global economy for more than a month, Iran and China have seized the opportunity to address a shared gripe about the global financial system.Their common cause: ending the hegemony of the US dollar.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFor years, they say, Washington has leveraged the dominance of the dollar in international trade to exert influence and inflict pain on enemies and competitors, Iran and China included.The supremacy of the dollar is especially apparent in the global oil…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hours before President Donald Trump announced a two-week delay in attacking Iran, Pope Leo issued a rare and pointed condemnation, denouncing Trump’s Tuesday morning threat against the country as “truly unacceptable.”Speaking to journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics spoke out against the escalating war and called for an immediate end to the conflict.”Today, as we all know, there has also been this threat against the entire people of Iran, and this is truly unacceptable,” the pope said. “There are certainly issues of…