News24 | ‘I’m the opposite of desperate’: Trump says Iran is ‘begging’ for a deal

26/03/2026 18:03 News 24

US President Donald Trump denied being “desperate” to make a deal with Iran on Thursday, as he mixed threats with diplomacy in a push to wrap up his war in the Middle East.

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News24 | Why is Pakistan involved in efforts to stop the war in Iran?

Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary between Iran and the United States to try to secure talks to end their war in the Gulf....

26/03/2026 15:31 News 24

News24 | Australia bans Iran visitors, worried that they won’t return home when their visas expire

Australia has temporarily banned visitors from Iran, claiming that the United States-Israeli war on the country has increased the risk that Iranian passport holders could refuse or be unable to fly home once their short-term visitor visas expire....

26/03/2026 14:11 News 24

News24 | US putting pressure on Ukraine to give Russia all of Donbas - Volodymyr Zelensky

The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country’s eastern region of Donbas to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters ‌in an interview....

26/03/2026 08:50 News 24

News24 | Israel PM Netanyahu pushing to pass budget in fight for his political survival

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is racing to pass a state budget and stave off early elections he would likely lose, with the war in Iran so far doing little to improve his standing in the polls....

26/03/2026 07:10 News 24

News24 | Trump ‘is prepared to unleash hell’ on Iran unless it accepts peace deal

US President Donald Trump is ready to “unleash hell” if Iran does not accept a deal to end the nearly four-week Middle East war, the White House warned, but a defiant Tehran said it did not intend to negotiate....

26/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | Tehran dismisses US peace proposal, says war will end on its terms – report

Iranian state television, citing an unidentified senior official, said on Wednesday that Iran had rejected a peace plan proposed by the United States to end the Middle East war....

25/03/2026 16:55 News 24

News24 | Iran fires at US carrier as backchannel diplomacy aims to end war

Iran said on Wednesday it fired a volley of cruise missiles at a US aircraft carrier, as strikes rained down across the Middle East despite back-channel diplomatic efforts to end the nearly four-week war....

25/03/2026 15:18 News 24

News24 | US voters sour as high fuel prices sink Trump approval to lowest level so far

US President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell in recent days to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, hit by a surge in fuel prices and widespread disapproval of the war he launched on Iran, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found....

25/03/2026 13:23 News 24

News24 | Israel hits Iran as Trump talks to ‘the right people’ about peace

Israel struck the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday, Israeli military and Iranian media said, as US President Donald Trump said the US was making progress in its efforts to negotiate an end to the war, with reports of a 15-point plan sent to Tehran....

25/03/2026 06:33 News 24

News24 | Iran allows ‘non-hostile vessels’ through Strait of Hormuz, as Trump hints at war off-ramp

Iran has told the United Nations Security Council and the International Maritime Organisation that “non-hostile vessels” may transit the Strait of Hormuz if ‌they coordinate with Iranian authorities, according to a note seen by Reuters....

25/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | London Jews fear 'escalation' after attack on ambulances

In London’s Golders Green, with its large Jewish community, residents warned of growing antisemitism on Monday after an early morning arson attack on four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation....

24/03/2026 19:01 News 24

News24 | Bahrain strike which hurt 32 likely from US Patriot missile, researchers find

An American-operated Patriot air defence battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in US-ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran, according to an analysis by academic researchers examined by Reuters....

24/03/2026 19:00 News 24

News24 | What we know about Trump's 'talks' with Iran

US President Donald Trump has executed another spectacular about-turn, from threatening to escalate the Iran war to announcing “very good” talks to end it, which were denied by the Islamic Republic....

24/03/2026 14:11 News 24

News24 | Iran SA embassy mocks Trump over Strait of Hormuz negotiations and control

Iran mocked US President Donald Trump’s comments on the progress of the war and control of the Strait of Hormuz....

24/03/2026 12:10 News 24

News24 | How Netanyahu convinced Trump to carry out ‘decapitation strike’ in Iran

Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to US President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war against which the American leader once had campaigned....

24/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | Israel fire at ‘incorrect angle’ killed Israeli farmer near Lebanon border, says IDF

Israel said on Monday its own forces had misfired artillery that killed an Israeli farmer near the ‌Lebanese frontier, the first Israeli civilian killed in a border conflict being waged in parallel with the war in Iran....

23/03/2026 14:32 News 24

News24 | Switzerland blocks weapons exports to US over Iran war

Switzerland has said it will not issue licences for companies to export weapons to the United States due to the ongoing war on Iran, citing the country’s longstanding principle of neutrality....

23/03/2026 13:27 News 24

News24 | Iran rejects Trump deadline on Hormuz, threatens to strike ‘all energy infrastructure’

Iran warned it would strike energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf if US President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to attack its electricity grid, raising fears of mass disruption in a region heavily dependent on desalination for drinking water....

23/03/2026 05:00 News 24

News24 | Nigerian president warns of terrorism threat during historic UK state visit

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu talked of how his country is “challenged by terrorism” as he met Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday as part of his state visit to the UK....

23/03/2026 03:13 News 24

News24 | Iran hits Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar oil zones as war with Israel and US escalates

An AFP journalist heard three blasts over the Tel Aviv area, after the Israeli military announced it had detected missiles fired from Iran....

23/03/2026 03:13 News 24

News24 | Trump hints at ‘winding down’ Iran war as US deploys more troops to region

United States President Donald Trump says he is considering “winding down” the military operations in Iran even as his administration deploys 2 500 additional marines to the region and asks Congress for more money to fund the war....

21/03/2026 09:27 News 24

News24 | Ukraine-Russia peace talks resume after Middle East war pause, Zelenskyy pushes for timeline

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian negotiators will push for a clear timeframe for the next round of Russia talks, as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have been paused amid the US-Israeli war on Iran....

20/03/2026 18:03 News 24

News24 | ‘We’re boiling water for drinking’: Stranded Gulf seafarers ration food and water

Seafarers stuck in the Gulf say they are rationing food and water and anxiously hoping supplies will get through Iran’s blockade in the war that has stranded them for three weeks....

20/03/2026 14:39 News 24

News24 | Netanyahu the ‘key winner’, Trump trapped in Iran war with no clear exit, say analysts

If the US-Israeli war on Iran ended tomorrow, one verdict is already clear: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would walk away stronger, while US President Donald Trump would be left to manage the shock to global markets and to Gulf allies who have borne the heaviest costs....

20/03/2026 07:55 News 24

News24 | Israel hits Iran after Trump ordered no repeat strikes on natural gas infrastructure

Israel launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran, a day after US President Donald Trump told it not to repeat its strikes on Iranian natural gas infrastructure, which sharply escalated the US-Israeli war on Iran....

20/03/2026 06:36 News 24

News24 | US intelligence contradicts Trump’s Iran war justification, finds no nuclear rebuilding

US intelligence concluded on Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities that were destroyed in a June 2025 US-Israeli attack, contradicting US President Donald Trump’s justifications for his ongoing war....

19/03/2026 20:09 News 24

News24 | ‘Not our war’: European leaders reject Trump pressure to join Iran fight

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he agreed Iran must not be allowed ‌to pose a threat to its neighbours, but expressed doubts about the rationale behind the US-Israeli war....

19/03/2026 07:59 News 24

News24 | Trump administration mulls large troop deployment to Middle East in new phase of Iran war

US President Donald Trump’s administration is considering deploying thousands of US troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the US military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a US official and three people familiar with the matter....

19/03/2026 06:01 News 24

News24 | Top US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war, claims ‘no imminent threat’

A senior US counterterrorism official resigned on Tuesday to protest the US-Israeli war against Iran and said the Islamic Republic posed no imminent threat to the United States....

18/03/2026 19:33 News 24

News24 | US Chief Justice warns of dangerous ‘personally directed hostility’ after Trump criticism

US Chief Justice John Roberts said that hostility directed in personal terms at judges is “dangerous and it’s got to stop”, commenting just days after US President Donald Trump’s latest social media broadside against judges ‌who have ruled against him and his administration....

18/03/2026 12:20 News 24

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