Follow real-time developments as the US-Israel war with Iran enters a tentative de-escalation phase, marked by a two-week ceasefire announcement, continued regional tensions and high-stakes diplomatic efforts.

Iranian negotiators and US Vice President JD Vance have reached Pakistan for make-or-break peace talks. Trump issues a 24-hour ultimatum on the Strait of Hormuz while Israel continues airstrikes in Lebanon despite the ceasefire.

A fragile ceasefire has paused the fighting between the United States and Iran, but it has not resolved the issues that drove the war in the first place. The deal has quieted one front, yet the most volatile questions remain open: the status of Iran’s enriched uranium,

The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group surprised many with the intensity of its attacks on Israel in the current conflict.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan faces disciplinary proceedings over alleged sexual misconduct after the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties voted to move forward with action.

Only one oil products tanker and five separate dry bulk carriers have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, according to analysis of data from ship trackers.

As contention over the two-week ceasefire deal between the US, Israel and Iran continues, Trump has said that Iran's handling of ships in the Strait of Hormuz is not satisfactory. Israel's attacks on Lebanon ensue.

Israel’s intense barrage of airstrikes on Wednesday hit without warning deep inside the Lebanese capital of Beirut, blowing buildings open to the elements and reducing apartment blocks to rubble in pa