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<\/p>\n11\/04\/2026 – 15:20Three-way talks were face-to-face between Witkoff, Vance, Kushner, Iran’s Qalibaf, Araqchi, Parkistan’s army chief, says Pakistani source<\/p>\n
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11\/04\/2026 – 15:18Chinese oil tankers transit Strait of Hormuz, data shows<\/p>\n
Two Chinese \u200bsupertankers passed through \u200bthe Strait of Hormuz, shipping \u200bdata on \u200cLSEG \u2060showed, likely the \u200cfirst vessels to exit \u2060the Middle East Gulf since the US-Iran \u200bceasefire deal \u200cwas struck earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Very large crude \u200ccarriers Cospearl Lake \u200band He Rong Hai, both chartered by Unipec, the \u200btrading arm \u200bof Asia’s \u200blargest refiner Sinopec, entered and \u200bexited “Hormuz Passage trial anchorage” that bypasses Iran’s Larak Island, the data showed.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 14:55Several US Navy ships crossed the strait of Hormuz, according to Axios reporter citing US officials<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 14:52Iran state TV confirms Iran, US, Pakistan trilateral talks have begun<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 14:34Macron ‘in close contact’ with Saudi Crown Prince on Iran<\/p>\n
\u2060French President \u200bEmmanuel Macron said he \u200bhad discussed the Iran ceasefire talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince \u200bMohammed \u200cbin Salman, and that \u2060the two leaders had agreed to \u200cstay in close contact on \u2060the issue.<\/p>\n
“I reiterated my support for the ceasefire, which \u200bmust be fully respected and \u200cextended without delay to Lebanon. We discussed the need to restore \u200cfully free and safe navigation \u200bin the Strait of Hormuz as quickly as possible,” wrote Macron on \u200bX.<\/p>\n
“As talks get underway \u200bin Islamabad, we \u200bagreed to remain in close contact in order \u200bto contribute to a de-escalation, freedom of navigation, and the conclusion of an agreement to \u2060ensure lasting peace and security in the \u2060region,” \u200badded Macron.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 14:24Iran peace talks in Islamabad have begun, CBS reporter says<\/p>\n
Peace \u2060talks \u200bto \u200bend the six-week-old war \u200bin \u200cthe \u2060Middle \u200cEast \u2060have commenced in \u200bIslamabad, \u200cCBS reporter Jennifer \u200cJacobs \u200bsaid in an X \u200bpost, \u200bciting sources.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 14:18Iran in touch with Lebanon to ensure ceasefire commitments respected, FM says<\/p>\n
Iran \u2060has been \u200bin touch \u200bwith Lebanon to make sure ceasefire commitments were being \u200brespected \u200con \u2060all fronts, the Iranian foreign \u200cministry spokesperson told state \u2060TV from Islamabad, where talks \u200binvolving senior \u200cUS and Iranian officials are taking place to \u200cend their six-week-old war.<\/p>\n
Lebanese \u200bofficials close to Hezbollah told Reuters on Friday that \u200bthe group was \u200bsupportive of \u200bthe Pakistan dialogue, and said it \u200bwas the right approach instead of a separate set \u2060of talks in Washington next \u2060week.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 14:00 Who is Iran’s chief negotiator Ghalibaf? <\/p>\n
The 70-member Iranian delegation taking part in negotiations in Pakistan today is being led by one of Tehran\u2019s most prominent non-clerical figures, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. FRANCE 24’s Caroline Baum takes a look at the man Iran has entrusted with securing an end to the war on terms acceptable to Tehran.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 13:59France’s Macron says discussed Iran ceasefire, Ukraine with Turkey’s Erdogan<\/p>\n
\u2060French President \u200bEmmanuel Macron said that he had discussed the Iran \u200bceasefire talks \u200cand the \u2060situation in Ukraine with \u200cTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n
“We initially \u2060discussed the situation in the Middle \u200bEast, and called for \u200call parties to respect the ceasefire \u200cand to make sure this \u200bapplies to Lebanon, and for all parties to \u200brespect the freedom of \u200bnavigation in \u200bthe Straits of Hormuz, and \u200bwe highlighted the importance of getting a strong and lasting diplomatic solution,” \u2060wrote Macron on X.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 13:51Lebanon says 10 killed including three emergency workers in Israeli strikes on south<\/p>\n
Lebanon’s health ministry said 10 people, including three emergency workers, were killed by Israeli strikes on south Lebanon, as state media reported raids on more than a dozen locations.<\/p>\n
The ministry said three deadly strikes hit locations in the Nabatiyeh district, with the dead including a member of the Lebanese civil defence and two paramedics from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee, decrying what it said was Israel’s “systematic” targeting of emergency workers.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 13:51Trump says empty oil tankers heading to the United States<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump said that large numbers of completely empty oil tankers were heading to the United States \u200bto \u200cload up with oil \u2060and gas.<\/p>\n
“Massive numbers of completely empty oil tankers, some \u200cof the largest anywhere in the World, \u2060are heading, right now, to the United States to load up with the \u200bbest and “sweetest” oil and gas anywhere \u200cin the World. We have more oil than the next two largest oil economies combined \u2013 \u200cand higher quality,” Trump said in a Truth Social \u200bpost.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 12:24Saudi defence ministry says Pakistani force including fighter jets reaches kingdom<\/p>\n
\u2060Saudi \u200bArabia’s defence ministry \u200bsaid that a \u200bPakistani \u200cmilitary \u2060force, including fighter \u200cjets, had arrived \u2060at the King Abdulaziz Air Base \u200bunder \u200ca defence pact between the \u200ctwo countries.<\/p>\n
In \u200bits statement, the ministry said the \u200bdeployment aimed \u200bto strengthen \u200bjoint defence cooperation \u200band support regional and international security and \u2060stability.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 12:24US Vice President Vance holds talks with Pakistan PM Sharif<\/p>\n
US Vice \u200bPresident JD Vance \u200bheld talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz \u200bSharif , the \u2060White House and \u200cSharif’s office said, with \u2060special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald \u200bTrump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner \u200calso taking part.<\/p>\n
“Prime Minister expressed the \u200chope that these \u200btalks would serve as a stepping stone toward durable \u200bpeace in the \u200bregion,” Sharif’s office \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n
Vance is in Pakistani \u200bcapital Islamabad for talks to settle the six-week war with \u2060Iran.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 12:03Iraq official says drone crashed near US diplomats at Baghdad airport<\/p>\n
A senior Iraqi security official told AFP that a drone crashed near a group of US diplomats inside the grounds of Baghdad’s airport earlier this week as they were escorting an American journalist freed after a recent kidnapping.<\/p>\n
The account shed light on a statement issued Thursday by the US State Department saying it had summoned Iraq’s ambassador to Washington to express “strong condemnation” of attacks by pro-Iran groups on US interests, “including the April 8 ambush of US diplomats in Baghdad”.<\/p>\n
Since the war in the Middle East broke out on February 28, the US embassy in Baghdad and a logistical and diplomatic centre inside the city’s airport have been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones, with most intercepted.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 11:36Iran, Lebanon bore brunt of missiles and drones launched during war<\/p>\n
Some three-quarters of the airstrikes during the Middle East war targeted sites in Iran or Lebanon, according to an AFP analysis of data from ACLED, a non profit that tracks political violence worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At least 7,700 strikes or series of strikes by missiles, drones, rockets or bombs, were recorded by the US-based conflict research group between the start of the war on February 28 up to April 8, when a fragile ceasefire concluded between Tehran and Washington came into effect.<\/p>\n
ACLED collected and vetted its data from sources that it considers reliable, such as news reports, social networks, institutions and other NGOs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This count, which includes attacks that were intercepted, cannot be considered an exhaustive list from the conflict.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 11:23Iranian source says US has agreed to release frozen Iranian assets in Qatar, other banks<\/p>\n
\u200bA senior Iranian source \u200bsaid the US had agreed to release Iranian \u200bfrozen \u200cassets that were \u2060held in Qatar and other \u200cforeign banks, welcoming the move \u2060as a sign of “seriousness” in reaching a deal \u200bwith Washington in talks \u200cin Islamabad.<\/p>\n
The United States has not made any \u200cpublic comments on the issue of \u200bunfreezing assets.<\/p>\n
The source, who declined to be named due \u200bto the sensitivity of the \u200bmatter, told Reuters \u200bthat unfreezing the assets was “directly \u200blinked to ensuring safe passage through Strait of Hormuz”, which is expected to \u2060be a key issue in \u2060the \u200btalks.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 11:21Hezbollah MP says direct talks with Israel are ‘blatant violation’ of constitution<\/p>\n
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah reiterated his Iran-backed group’s rejection of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, a day after Lebanon’s president said such talks would take place next week in Washington.<\/p>\n
The move is “a blatant violation of the (national) pact, the constitution and Lebanese laws … and it exacerbates domestic divisions at a time when Lebanon most needs solidarity and internal unity to face Israel’s aggression”, Fadlallah said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Hezbollah supporters shout slogans during a protest against the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in front the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, April 10, 2026. \u00a9 Emilio Morenatti, AP<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 11:20Iran delegation meets Pakistan PM ahead of negotiations with US<\/p>\n
An Iranian delegation met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, state TV reported, ahead of talks with the United States aimed at ending the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Confirming the sit-down, Iran’s state broadcaster added that “arrangements for the Iran-US will be defined at the conclusion of this meeting”.<\/p>\n
11\/04\/2026 – 09:54’Children from Minab are accompanying the [Iranian] delegation on its trip to Islamabad,’ says Iranian FM <\/p>\n
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas\u00a0Araqchi documented the Iranian delegation’s trip to Islamabad.<\/p>\n
He notably posted photos of himself and the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Ghalibaf, in front of portraits and the bloodstained belongings of four children believed to have been killed in the US airstrike on the Minab school on February 28, the first day of the war.<\/p>\n
“Children from Minab are accompanying the delegation on its trip to Islamabad,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
The bombing of the Shajarah Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, southern Iran, killed more than 150 people.<\/p>\n
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