Iran ceasefire nears its deadline. Trump toughens rhetoric, the US seizes an Iranian vessel, Strait of Hormuz fears shake markets, and Israel strikes Lebanon despite a truce.

Diplomatic efforts to end the US-Israel war on Iran are stalled as Tehran rejects talks under pressure.

The U.S. attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged ship it said had tried to evade its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Now, Iran's military has vowed to respond, throwing the fragile ceasefire into question days before it expires.

The geopolitical standoff between the United States and Iran has escalated sharply in the final days of a temporary ceasefire, placing the Middle Eas

JERUSALEM, April 20 (Reuters) - Israel on Monday said it had uncovered an Iranian network that had planned to attack a pipeline carrying crude oil from Azerbaijan to the Mediterranean as well as Israeli and Jewish targets in Azerbaijan.

The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to most commercial shipping traffic due to Iran's threats and despite an ongoing U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports aimed at forcing a reopening. The tanker gridlock is keeping global oil and gas prices high and keeping pressure on all parties to the conflict to find a solution.

With the US and Israel pressing for a resolution on Iran’s nuclear threats, Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz remains a key point of negotiation. The dispute between the United States – as

Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about whether the meeting would take place.

Iranian assistant professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at the Providence college, US, speaks on the implications of the ongoing conflict for the citizens of Iran and the political consequences they’re faced with due to their own struggle against the Islamic Regime’s rule.