The US State Department said that the ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday entails a committment by Beirut to prevent any Hezbollah attacks.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he "welcomes" US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 10-day ceasefire with Israel, which was due to start at 2100 GMT on Thursday evening

Announces that the two countries have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire starting on Thursday, though it was unclear whether Iran-backed Hezbollah was on board

The meeting could take place soon though dates have yet to be confirmed, the source said.

Israel has approved the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports and the watchdog Peace Now, which said the decision was taken “secretly” in early April.

A Bangladeshi expatriate worker was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut on Wednesday, the Bangladesh Embassy in the Lebanese capital said yesterday.

The International Monetary Fund will lower global growth forecasts due to the Middle East war, its chief said yesterday, warning of the conflict’s “scarring effects” despite a fragile ceasefire.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday ordered his ministers to begin direct talks with Lebanon, but ruled out a ceasefire with Hezbollah amid mounting concern that ongoing Israeli strikes could unravel the fragile US-Iran truce.”

Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the strait, through which one-fifth of the world's oil usually passes, as part of a two-week truce

The two-week ceasefire in the US-Israel war on Iran may not have an immediate impact on Bangladesh’s fuel supply situation.

Iran resists reopening Strait, seeks lasting end to war amid US pressure

A second Turkish-flagged ship has crossed the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, Turkey’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said yesterday.

Iran yesterday executed two men convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and carrying out disruptive actions aimed at overthrowing the Islamic republic, the judiciary said.

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war

Rights group urges Gulf states to ensure wages, safety, and support return travel

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war

Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday evening making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks, fulfilling a pledge by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right allies.

US average retail gasoline prices top $4/gallon, highest in three years

There were no injuries, according to the report, and Dubai authorities later said firefighters had extinguished the blaze

Over the weekend, 2,500 Marines arrived in the Middle East