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What we know about Israel killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil
Khalil was killed and her colleague injured in what Lebanese officials are calling a ‘double-tap’ strike by Israeli forces
Amal Khalil, a Lebanese journalist working for the daily Al Akhbar newspaper, reports near a destroyed bridge in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, March 22, 2026 [Mohammed Zaatari/AP]
By Caolán Magee
Published On 23 Apr 2026
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accused Israel of crimes against humanity for killing journalist Amal Khalil and wounding her colleague Zeinab Faraj in an air strike in the village of al-Tayri in southern Lebanon.
Khalil and Faraj were reporting on an earlier Israeli attack on a vehicle on Wednesday, when they were targeted while fleeing towards a building to take shelter.
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Paramedics rescued Faraj and recovered Khalil’s body from the rubble hours later.
Here’s what we know so far:
The journalist was last heard from at about 4:10pm local time (13:10 GMT), when she called her family members and the Lebanese military, according to colleagues and media reports.
She had taken cover inside the house after an earlier Israeli air raid killed two people near the car in which she was travelling with Faraj.
Rescue workers initially tried to reach the veteran Al Akhbar journalist, but came under Israeli fire and were forced to withdraw, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
A second strike then hit the house where the two journalists had sought refuge. Khalil’s body was recovered shortly before midnight, more than seven hours after the attack.
Khalil was killed in what Lebanese officials described as a “double-tap” strike in al-Tayri.
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Rescuers were able to pull Faraj, who was seriously wounded, from the scene and recover the bodies of two people killed in the first strike. But efforts to reach Khalil were delayed after Israeli forces fired on emergency workers, the ministry said.
Khalil had been covering a renewed escalation of hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which resumed in early March amid wider regional tensions linked to the US-Israel war on Iran.
Khalil is the ninth journalist killed in Lebanon this year.
Born in 1984 in Baysariyyeh, southern Lebanon, she had covered the region for Al Akhbar since the 2006 war. Her latest reporting focused on Israeli demolitions of homes in villages where Israeli troops are positioned inside Lebanon.
In an interview earlier this year with The Public Source, Khalil said her reporting sought to highlight the resilience of residents in Lebanon’s border villages.
“I debunk the enemy’s narrative of targeting only military sites by showing evidence of them bombing homes, farms, and killing children,” she said. “Through my work, I have tried to be in solidarity with these people – the people of the land.”
Israel condemned for the killing
In a statement to Al Jazeera, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Khalil’s killing “must be a wake-up call for the international community to enforce international law, urgently investigate Israel’s 262 killings of journalists across the region, and hold all those responsible to account”.
“The Israeli military’s obstruction of medical crews from rescuing wounded civilians is a brutal and recurring crime we have already witnessed in Gaza and now again in Lebanon. Khalil, an unarmed civilian journalist, remained trapped under the rubble for more than seven hours while the Red Cross was prevented from reaching her,” said the CPJ’s regional director, Sara Qudah.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun offered his condolences over Khalil’s death and wished Faraj a swift recovery.
In a post on X, Aoun accused Israel of the “deliberate and consistent targeting of journalists” in an effort to “conceal the truth of its aggressive acts against Lebanon”.
Reporting from Tyre, southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett said Khalil was “a well-known and respected journalist here in Lebanon”.
Pett said Khalil had received direct threats during the last war from an Israeli phone number on WhatsApp, warning her to stop reporting.
“In fact, [they were] telling her that she should leave Lebanon if she wanted her head to remain on her shoulders,” Pett said.
The Israeli military denied reports it had prevented rescue teams from reaching the scene and said it does not target journalists.
Less than a month ago, three journalists were killed in another reported “double-tap” attack in southern Lebanon. Their vehicle was struck, then hit again, while rescue workers who arrived afterwards also came under attack.
Following that incident, the Israeli army posted an image alleging one of the journalists was a member of Hezbollah’s elite forces, but later acknowledged the photo had been altered.
Lebanon’s Information Minister Paul Morcos described the latest attack as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.
US to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian boats laying mines in Hormuz, Trump says
US says it intercepted another tanker carrying Iranian oil as Trump underscores alleged infighting with Iran leadership
An IRGC boat off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran [File: Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA via Reuters]
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 23 Apr 2026
President Donald Trump has said he ordered the United States Navy to “shoot and kill” any Iranian boat laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could jeopardise the fragile ceasefire between the two countries.
The US president also said on Thursday that the military will heighten its efforts to remove explosives from the strategic waterway.
“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
“Additionally, our mine ‘sweepers’ are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled-up level!”
Iranian officials have repeatedly promised that their country would defend itself and respond to any US attack.
Hormuz – which had been open without interruption before the war – has emerged as a major point of contention in this war.
Iran closed down the strait in response to the US-Israeli military campaign, and it is now suggesting that it has rights to the passage that links the Gulf to the Indian Ocean – parts of which go through Iranian territorial waters.
The closure of Hormuz has spiked oil prices, putting political pressure on Trump at home in the US, where the price of one gallon (3.8 litres) of petrol has surpassed $4, up from $3 before the conflict.
A satellite image shows a fleet of small boats at sea, north of the Strait of Hormuz near the Kargan coast, Iran, April 22 [File: European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2/Handout via Reuters]
Dueling blockades
About 20 percent of the world’s oil and natural gas flowed through Hormuz before the war.
After a two-week ceasefire came into effect last month, Trump announced a naval siege on Iranian ports and kept it in place even after Tehran announced reopening Hormuz in response to the inclusion of Lebanon in the truce.
Iran has set lifting the blockade as a precondition for resuming talks with the US.
Trump extended the ceasefire that was set to expire on Wednesday, but Washington has kept its blockade on Iran-linked ships.
The Pentagon said on Thursday that the US military conducted a “maritime interdiction and right-of-visit” to a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean.
Earlier this week, the US military also said it seized an Iranian vessel and ordered dozens of others to turn around.
Meanwhile, Iran has also captured foreign commercial vessels around the Hormuz Strait, which it said were in violation of naval regulations.
The duelling blockades risk re-igniting the war. The US has not set a deadline for the extended truce.
The White House said on Wednesday that Trump is “satisfied” with the siege on Iran.
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Although Iran has all but halted vessel traffic in the waterway, Trump said on Thursday that the US has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz”, adding that the passage is “sealed up tight”.
The US president also reiterated his claim that the Iranian leadership is divided.
“Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They just don’t know!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“The infighting is between the ‘Hardliners’, who have been losing BADLY on the battlefield, and the ‘Moderates’, who are not very moderate at all (but gaining respect!), is CRAZY!”
Earlier in the day, Trump shared a post by conservative commentator Marc Thiessen, calling for the assassination of Iranian officials who oppose diplomacy with the US.
“If there are two factions in Iran, one that wants a deal and one that doesn’t, let’s kill the ones who don’t want a deal,” it said.
Despite Trump’s repeated claims, there has been no evidence of a rift within the leadership in Iran.
Although US and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several top officials, there have been no major defections within the ruling system.
Last month, Khamenei was replaced by his son Mojtaba, who had been wounded in US attacks, according to the Pentagon.
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Mojtaba Khamenei is yet to make a public appearance since he succeeded his slain father, raising speculation about his health.
But Iranian officials, including the lead negotiators – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – have voiced a unified position in rejecting the US blockade.
Iranian leadership also agreed to the ceasefire and enforced it earlier this month.
On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry praised the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideologically driven military branch spearheading the war effort.
“We salute the noble defenders and guardians of the homeland, and honour the memory of the crimson-shrouded martyrs of the IRGC,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a post on X, marking the anniversary of the establishment of the Revolutionary Guard.
About 20 percent of the world’s oil and natural gas flowed through Hormuz before the war.
After a two-week ceasefire came into effect last month, Trump announced a naval siege on Iranian ports and kept it in place even after Tehran announced reopening Hormuz in response to the inclusion of Lebanon in the truce.
Iran has set lifting the blockade as a precondition for resuming talks with the US.
Trump extended the ceasefire that was set to expire on Wednesday, but Washington has kept its blockade on Iran-linked ships.
The Pentagon said on Thursday that the US military conducted a “maritime interdiction and right-of-visit” to a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean.
Earlier this week, the US military also said it seized an Iranian vessel and ordered dozens of others to turn around.
Meanwhile, Iran has also captured foreign commercial vessels around the Hormuz Strait, which it said were in violation of naval regulations.
The duelling blockades risk re-igniting the war. The US has not set a deadline for the extended truce.
The White House said on Wednesday that Trump is “satisfied” with the siege on Iran.
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Although Iran has all but halted vessel traffic in the waterway, Trump said on Thursday that the US has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz”, adding that the passage is “sealed up tight”.
The US president also reiterated his claim that the Iranian leadership is divided.
“Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They just don’t know!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“The infighting is between the ‘Hardliners’, who have been losing BADLY on the battlefield, and the ‘Moderates’, who are not very moderate at all (but gaining respect!), is CRAZY!”
Earlier in the day, Trump shared a post by conservative commentator Marc Thiessen, calling for the assassination of Iranian officials who oppose diplomacy with the US.
“If there are two factions in Iran, one that wants a deal and one that doesn’t, let’s kill the ones who don’t want a deal,” it said.
Despite Trump’s repeated claims, there has been no evidence of a rift within the leadership in Iran.
Although US and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several top officials, there have been no major defections within the ruling system.
Last month, Khamenei was replaced by his son Mojtaba, who had been wounded in US attacks, according to the Pentagon.
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Mojtaba Khamenei is yet to make a public appearance since he succeeded his slain father, raising speculation about his health.
But Iranian officials, including the lead negotiators – Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – have voiced a unified position in rejecting the US blockade.
Iranian leadership also agreed to the ceasefire and enforced it earlier this month.
On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry praised the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the ideologically driven military branch spearheading the war effort.
“We salute the noble defenders and guardians of the homeland, and honour the memory of the crimson-shrouded martyrs of the IRGC,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a post on X, marking the anniversary of the establishment of the Revolutionary Guard.
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S'gor assembly erupts as PN moves to discipline DAP rep over 'treasonous' pig farm remarks
S'gor assembly erupts as PN moves to discipline DAP rep over 'treasonous' pig farm remarks
Published: Apr 23, 2026 3:56 PM
Updated: 6:46 PM
A shouting match reportedly broke out during Selangor assembly proceedings today, after Perikatan Nasional representatives attempted to raise an emergency motion to refer Seri Kembangan assemblyperson Wong Siew Ki for disciplinary proceedings.
This is over Wong’s call on the state government to consider adopting a modern pig farming system, which the PN representatives see as an affront to Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s decree that there shall be no further pig farming in Selangor.
According to Oriental Daily, the issue was raised today when Dr Afif Bahardin (PN-Taman Medan) stood up to raise an emergency motion. This was at 11.30am as David Cheong (Harapan-Kajang) was debating the royal address.
Dr Afif Bahardin
Afif sought to refer Wong to the rights and privileges committee for disciplinary proceedings to determine if disciplinary action, including potential suspension, was warranted.
He also asked Selangor speaker Lau Weng San, who was presiding over the session at the time, why his motion was not approved.
Lau reportedly replied that while his office has received the motion, he has yet to review the document and wants to study it before deciding whether to allow the emergency motion.
Failed intervention by opposition leader
Selangor opposition leader Azmin Ali (PN-Hulu Kelang) attempted to intervene and mediate, but inadvertently escalated the situation by claiming Wong’s remarks were not only insolent but amounted to treason against the sultan.
During the commotion, Abbas Salimi Azmi (Harapan-Seri Serdang) moved for Lau to exercise his powers to eject any assemblyperson causing a disturbance if order could not be restored.
He also asked Selangor speaker Lau Weng San, who was presiding over the session at the time, why his motion was not approved.
Lau reportedly replied that while his office has received the motion, he has yet to review the document and wants to study it before deciding whether to allow the emergency motion.
Failed intervention by opposition leader
Selangor opposition leader Azmin Ali (PN-Hulu Kelang) attempted to intervene and mediate, but inadvertently escalated the situation by claiming Wong’s remarks were not only insolent but amounted to treason against the sultan.
During the commotion, Abbas Salimi Azmi (Harapan-Seri Serdang) moved for Lau to exercise his powers to eject any assemblyperson causing a disturbance if order could not be restored.
Azmin Ali
The matter was briefly put on hold when deputy speaker Kamri Kamaruddin took over the chair.
Preakas Sampunathan (Harapan-Kota Kemuning) then cited the standing orders, accusing PN of misleading the house and demanding they retract the “treason” accusation.
However, the PN representatives stood their ground, leading to a shouting match between Azmin, Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi (PN-Sijangkang), and Hilman Idham (PN-Gombak Setia) on one side, and Preakas, Tony Leong (Harapan-Pandamaran), and Abbas on the other.
The report said this left Cheong unable to continue with his speech.
The matter was briefly put on hold when deputy speaker Kamri Kamaruddin took over the chair.
Preakas Sampunathan (Harapan-Kota Kemuning) then cited the standing orders, accusing PN of misleading the house and demanding they retract the “treason” accusation.
However, the PN representatives stood their ground, leading to a shouting match between Azmin, Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi (PN-Sijangkang), and Hilman Idham (PN-Gombak Setia) on one side, and Preakas, Tony Leong (Harapan-Pandamaran), and Abbas on the other.
The report said this left Cheong unable to continue with his speech.
Ex-appeals judge, lawyer question if N Sembilan chieftains accorded ruler due process
Ex-appeals judge, lawyer question if N Sembilan chieftains accorded ruler due process
Zikri Kamarulzaman
Published: Apr 23, 2026 2:33 PM
Updated: 5:57 PM
A former Court of Appeal judge and a senior lawyer have questioned whether the Negeri Sembilan chieftains had followed due process before they moved to oust Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir as state ruler.
The concerns stem from the wording of Article 10 of the Negeri Sembilan constitution - the law which allows the Undang Yang Empat to remove the ruler.
Specifically, Article 10 states there must be a full and complete inquiry before the undangs can make a decision to dethrone the Yang di-Pertuan Besar.
When declaring their decision to dethrone Tuanku Muhriz, the Undang Yang Empat had launched an investigation against the ruler on March 5 for alleged transgressions in his royal duties.
They deemed the unspecified transgressions to have been committed deliberately, thus besmirching the royal institution.
In an opinion piece published by The Edge, former appeals judge Hishamudin Yunus noted that while he is not privy to the allegations against Tuanku Muhriz or whether the chieftains had followed due process, Tuanku Muhriz had a right to be heard according to the principles of natural justice.
Former appeals judge Hishamudin Yunus
"On the assumption that there had been no due process carried out in the call for abdication, then the proclamation purportedly issued by the three undangs and (Sungai Ujong undang) Mubarak Thahak is not valid," he said.
Hishamudin is a Negeri Sembilan native whose great-great-grandfather, Wan Saeto Rubah, was once undang of Johol.
‘Not given notice’
Constitutional lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar raised similar concerns.
"It does not appear that Tuanku Muhriz was given notice of the alleged defect or defects relied on by the undangs, nor was he afforded any opportunity to be heard.
"This raises a serious question as to how it is that undangs can be said to have conducted the 'full and complete enquiry' that Article 10 imposes as a pre-condition to their exercise of the power to remove the ruler," he said in a letter published on FMT.
Additionally, both Hishamudin and Malik said another reason the undangs' proclamation may be invalid is the fact that Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun was not a party to the decision.
Article 10(2) states that after the undangs conduct their inquiry and decide to remove a ruler, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar will cease to be in power "provided that as soon as possible thereafter а proclamation to that effect shall be issued under the hands of the undangs and the menteri besar".
Hishamudin opined that without the menteri besar, the proclamation is legally unenforceable.
Hishamudin is a Negeri Sembilan native whose great-great-grandfather, Wan Saeto Rubah, was once undang of Johol.
‘Not given notice’
Constitutional lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar raised similar concerns.
"It does not appear that Tuanku Muhriz was given notice of the alleged defect or defects relied on by the undangs, nor was he afforded any opportunity to be heard.
"This raises a serious question as to how it is that undangs can be said to have conducted the 'full and complete enquiry' that Article 10 imposes as a pre-condition to their exercise of the power to remove the ruler," he said in a letter published on FMT.
Additionally, both Hishamudin and Malik said another reason the undangs' proclamation may be invalid is the fact that Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun was not a party to the decision.
Article 10(2) states that after the undangs conduct their inquiry and decide to remove a ruler, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar will cease to be in power "provided that as soon as possible thereafter а proclamation to that effect shall be issued under the hands of the undangs and the menteri besar".
Hishamudin opined that without the menteri besar, the proclamation is legally unenforceable.
Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun
Aminuddin has rejected the proclamation, citing Mubarak's removal from office, while not commenting on the three other undangs support for Tuanku Muhriz's ouster.
Article 29 of the state constitution states that the undangs’ decisions are deemed to have “been duly exercised or performed if such powers were exercised or such duties were performed by at least three undangs or by as many of them as may be living at the time of the exercise of such powers or the performance of such duties.”
While acknowledging Article 29, Hishamudin said that Mubarak's participation in the proclamation makes its validity questionable.
Aminuddin has rejected the proclamation, citing Mubarak's removal from office, while not commenting on the three other undangs support for Tuanku Muhriz's ouster.
Article 29 of the state constitution states that the undangs’ decisions are deemed to have “been duly exercised or performed if such powers were exercised or such duties were performed by at least three undangs or by as many of them as may be living at the time of the exercise of such powers or the performance of such duties.”
While acknowledging Article 29, Hishamudin said that Mubarak's participation in the proclamation makes its validity questionable.
Mubarak’s removal ‘invalid’
A faction of nobles and clansfolk in Sungai Ujong had moved to remove Mubarak as undang last May over unspecified transgressions, including acts which allegedly breached Islamic law and customs.
The move was then reported to have been accepted by the Negeri Sembilan Council of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar and the Ruling Chiefs (Dewan Keadilan dan Undang) during a meeting on April 17.
Former menteri besar Rais Yatim, however, claimed that during the council meeting, the undangs of Johol, Jelebu, and Rembau, as well as the Tunku Besar Tampin, had disagreed with Mubarak's removal.
Former menteri besar Rais Yatim
Rais argued that this made Mubarak's removal invalid. It is unclear if Mubarak was given a chance to explain himself.
However, his supporters had claimed that authorities had investigated the Sungai Ujong clansfolk's allegations against him and found no wrongdoing.
Further, Mubarak's camp alleged that two nobles who moved to oust him had also been removed from office over alleged corruption.
Malik said it must be established whether there was any basis for whether or not Mubarak was removed by the council on April 17.
"If this is the case, then the matter ends there.
"Although the menteri besar has confirmed the removal, further confirmation from the Negeri Sembilan Council of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar and the Ruling Chiefs may have a calming effect," he added.
Rais argued that this made Mubarak's removal invalid. It is unclear if Mubarak was given a chance to explain himself.
However, his supporters had claimed that authorities had investigated the Sungai Ujong clansfolk's allegations against him and found no wrongdoing.
Further, Mubarak's camp alleged that two nobles who moved to oust him had also been removed from office over alleged corruption.
Malik said it must be established whether there was any basis for whether or not Mubarak was removed by the council on April 17.
"If this is the case, then the matter ends there.
"Although the menteri besar has confirmed the removal, further confirmation from the Negeri Sembilan Council of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar and the Ruling Chiefs may have a calming effect," he added.
Man gets 13 weeks jail in Singapore after assaulting father, forcing him to sleep outside
Man gets 13 weeks jail in Singapore after assaulting father, forcing him to sleep outside
A 40-year-old man in Singapore was jailed 13 weeks after repeatedly locking his 74-year-old father out of their HDB flat and assaulting him, forcing the elderly man to sleep at the void deck.. — TODAY pic
Wednesday, 22 Apr 2026 5:34 PM MYT
SINGAPORE, April 22 — A man in Singapore who repeatedly locked his 74-year-old father out of their Housing and Development Board (HDB) flat, forcing him to sleep at the void deck, was reportedly sentenced to 13 weeks jail after pleading guilty to assaulting the elderly man.
Bennie Lee Wei Ming, 40, was sentenced after admitting to two assault charges involving his father, according to Singapore’s The Straits Times.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Law Yan An reportedly told the court that Bennie had prevented the elderly man from returning home at night over the course of six months before the assault offences.
The prosecutor said Bennie would sometimes allow his father back into the flat only after requiring him to buy breakfast.
During the same period, Bennie’s mother was also forced to leave the unit and stayed with her daughter. Court documents said there was not enough space in the daughters home for both parents.
On February 22, Bennie kicked his father three times and punched his arm twice after the older man refused to buy testosterone patches for him. Court proceedings heard Bennie believed he had a perceived testosterone deficiency.
The father was later barred from entering the flat again and had to sleep at the void deck overnight.
When the victim tried to return at about 5am on February 23, Bennie again demanded the patches, threatened that “this story won’t end”, and also threatened to burn down the flat before punching his father twice near the left eye.
Two other charges, including one count of using criminal force on his mother, were taken into consideration during sentencing.
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Among Chinese, this would be a rare though not completely absent affair, that of a son (or children) beating up or abusing the father (or mother). Years back I recall reading a news article of another Singaporean couple kicking out the man's parents (dad and mum), forcing them to sleep in the stairwell, after the parents had signed over the condo to the son - what an ungrateful unfilial wretched S-Whole.
That could be why the Singapore government (years back) promoted Confucianism and the meaning of filial piety - intending for young Sing couple to look after their parents instead of shoving the old couple off to the State welfare system.
Mind you, there could be nasty parents who would riled their children humongously by their unpleasant eccentricities. For example, I have an old kampong matey whose children have cut him off completely from their family as he has been a womaniser of invincible degree. He would demand of a subservient child enormous help in managing his la liaison amoureuse - can't help him mate.
Iran war live: Israel kills Lebanese journalist; Tehran-US talks stalled
Iran war live: Israel kills Lebanese journalist; Tehran-US talks stalled
- Senior Iranian officials have blamed Washington for stalled peace negotiations due to the United States naval blockade of the country’s ports, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it captured two foreign vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and opened fire on a third ship for violating maritime regulations.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran wants “dialogue and agreement” but “breach of commitments, blockade and threats are the main obstacles to genuine negotiations”.
- White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said no deadline has been set by US President Donald Trump for the extension of his ceasefire on Iran, adding that it will be the president’s decision when the truce ends.
- Lebanon has condemned Israel for the targeted killing of Lebanese newspaper correspondent Amal Khalil and the wounding of journalist colleague Zeinab Faraj, despite a negotiated ceasefire between both countries, which Israel has violated daily with deadly attacks and demolitions of Lebanese homes.
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