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Iranian pro-government demonstrators burn the U.S. and Israeli flags during a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Mourners carry the flag-draped bodies of three members of the Gershovich family, killed when an Iranian missile struck their building, during their funeral in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, April 7, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026.<\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington.<\/p>\n
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Iran, the United States and Israel said they reached a deal for a two-week ceasefire war, with Tehran saying it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday.<\/p>\n
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Trump initially said Iran proposed a \u201cworkable\u201d 10-point plan, but he later called the plan fraudulent without elaborating.<\/p>\n
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Trump\u2019s threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran hit a new extreme hours before the ceasefire when he warned, \u201cA whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” if Iran failed to make a deal that included reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
In a statement Wednesday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said it supports Trump\u2019s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but that it doesn\u2019t include the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, where more than 1,500 people have been killed.<\/p>\n
Oil prices fall and Asian benchmarks rise<\/p>\n
Benchmark U.S. crude oil sank 13.3% to $96, while brent crude, the international standard, dropped below $95 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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The oil prices fell while Asian benchmarks rose in Wednesday trading after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Shares jumped in early trading in Japan, Australia, South Korea and China in reaction to the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
A recent spike in prices was a response to the war effectively blocking passage of much of the world\u2019s oil supply through the strait.<\/p>\n
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Lebanon warns displaced people not to head south<\/p>\n
Lebanon\u2019s Crisis Management Unit has urged displaced people not to travel south following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n
The unit\u2019s statement came as many displaced people packed their belongings and started moving south, thinking the agreement also included Lebanon, where Israel and the Hezbollah militant group are at war.<\/p>\n
Pakistan, which mediated the agreement, said the two-week cessation of hostilities agreement included Lebanon, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it did not.<\/p>\n
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Hezbollah did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n
More than 1 million people in Lebanon have been displaced in just over a month.<\/p>\n
Governments in Asia welcome ceasefire<\/p>\n
Malaysia\u2019s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday that the two-week ceasefire in the war in Iran \u201caugurs well for the restoration of peace and stability, not only to the region but also the rest of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Indonesia also welcomed the latest development as an effort to keep the door open for diplomacy in order to promote de-escalation.<\/p>\n
Yvonne Mewengkang, spokesperson for Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Affairs, said: \u201cThe Indonesian government will always support any constructive diplomatic efforts, including those that have the potential to lead to a more permanent resolution, with the protection of civilians as our primary focus.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry in a statement praised mediation efforts by countries including Pakistan and called for a swift restoration of peace and stability in the Middle East. It said it expects the \u201cprompt and safe\u201d resumption of free passage through the Strait of Hormuz for all vessels, including South Korean ships.<\/p>\n
Trump says moment could mark a new \u2018Golden Age\u2019 for Mideast<\/p>\n
Trump in a social media post declared the ceasefire agreement a \u201cbig day for World Peace\u201d and that the U.S. \u201cwill be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere will be lots of positive action!\u201d Trump predicted in his post.<\/p>\n
\u201cBig money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process. We\u2019ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just \u2018hangin\u2019 around\u2019 in order to make sure that everything goes well. I feel confident that it will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s message on his Truth Social website signals Washington\u2019s concern about Iran maintaining its chokehold over the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which 20% of all oil and natural gas passes in peace time.<\/p>\n
Sirens go off in Bahrain<\/p>\n
Bahrain sounded its missile alert sirens Wednesday morning, hours after the U.S. and Iran say they reached a two-week ceasefire in the war for negotiations.<\/p>\n
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Bahrain\u2019s Interior Ministry announced the warning.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t immediately clear from the ceasefire when it would begin.<\/p>\n
Iran has fired missiles on the Gulf Arab states and Israel after the announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian pro-government demonstrators burn the U.S. and Israeli flags during a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[92077,73772,145,31231,92075,1939,86199,23681,59373,86795,87517,59371,59372,86205,86160,61262,82,84,83,92076],"class_list":{"0":"post-239933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-anwar-ibrahim","9":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-iran-israel-us-lebanon-latest-april-8-2026","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-lebanon","15":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","16":"tag-package-100373-mc-complete-state-national","17":"tag-product-30117-ap-washington-dc-state-news-no-weather","18":"tag-product-30119-ap-washington-state-news-no-weather","19":"tag-product-30598-ap-national-news-report-a-wire","20":"tag-product-31998-ap-online-national-news","21":"tag-product-32505-ap-online-middle-east-news","22":"tag-product-32509-ap-online-religion-columns","23":"tag-product-46986-ap-online-top-stories","24":"tag-san-antonio","25":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","26":"tag-san-antonio-news","27":"tag-yvonne-mewengkang"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}