Libya’s rival eastern and western legislative bodies have signed a US-mediated agreement to unify public spending across the divided country for the first time in over a decade, the central bank said yesterday.

Two rounds of talks were held between Iranian and US officials in Pakistan

Iran’s imposition of a toll for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz looks set to be a key point of contention at talks opening in Pakistan.

At least a dozen US military sites across the Gulf region have been so badly damaged by Iran’s retaliation to US and Israeli attacks that their presence now creates significantly more vulnerabilities than it does benefits, a slate of Middle East experts argued on Thursday.

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.

Two rounds of talks have taken place between Iranian and US officials in Pakistan

Calls for Hormuz reopening and lasting regional security deal

White House says Vice President JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner join direct discussions

Each vessel is capable of carrying 2 million barrels of oil

The US Navy guided-missile destroyers passed through the strait with no issues reported, The Wall Street Journal reported

Journalists describe tightly controlled access as US-Iran negotiations unfold behind closed doors

Claim comes as shipping fears disrupt oil flows and US-Iran talks begin in Pakistan

Statement highlights civilian deaths, displacement and damage to critical infrastructure

The face-to-face negotiations are the highest-level US-Iran talks since the Islamic Revolution of 1979

Trump's post comes as senior US and Iranian officials are meeting on Saturday in Islamabad with Pakistani intermediaries

Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a day earlier

Senior Iranian and American delegations met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Saturday to begin negotiations

A US official on Saturday denied reports that Washington has agreed to unfreeze Iranian assets.

Reuters spoke with 16 people across Indiana, New York, California, Georgia and Colorado on Wednesday - a day after the United States and Iran agreed to the ceasefire ahead of planned talks in Pakistan on Saturday

The oil-producing North African country has been divided since a 2014 civil war that spawned two administrations in the west and east. Its last unified national budget was agreed in 2013.