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Friend and foe: Netanyahu, Iran complicate Trump’s exit

With midterms looming, war costs and $4 petrol add to pressure on US president

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US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s rejection of Trump’s Gaza plan has complicated the US president’s efforts to wind down Middle East conflicts.

UAE residents’ update: Hormuz standoff — what to know

Tensions in the Gulf are still disrupting shipping, and oil markets — here's the latest

Latest Gulf developments affecting flights, shipping and oil markets

Iran sets conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz

Regional allies condemn attacks on ADNOC vessels amid Iran–US standoff over Hormuz

Vessels transiting through the Gulf of Oman are pictured off the coast of Muscat.

Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan

Group says it will disarm under Trump-backed accord if Israel approves next phase

A Palestinian child rides his bicycle past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on August 2, 2026.

Resolving US-Iran conflict in 'progressive stages'

Lebanon and Israel held US-sponsored talks in Rome as Beirut sought Israel's withdrawal

Iran outlines conditions for Strait of Hormuz shipping deal.

Palestinians hold mass funeral for 112 bodies in Gaza

More than 300 people were killed in the attack, weeks into the war with Hamas

Bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, are draped in Palestinian flags during their funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.

Multiple blasts reported at military sites in Kuwait

Naval blockade, Gaza strikes test fragile path to renewed US–Iran talks

Trump tells Iranians 'Deal, or Total Surrender'

Israel: Serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal

Israel makes first public comments since US President Trump announced the agreement

Palestinian residential salvage what they can from an apartment targeted in overnight Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City on August 2, 2026.

Gaza disarmament deal: Turning point or new peace test?

Phased disarmament, new Gaza administration at heart of US-backed plan

International force, Israeli pullout and reconstruction tied to compliance

Saudi, allies launch Red Sea maritime defence alliance

Washington targets IRGC sites while Riyadh forms maritime alliance amid rising tensions

Sailors from the navy of Yemen's Aden-based internationally recognised government stand at machine-gun positions aboard a vessel patrolling a shipping lane off Hanish Island in the Red Sea.

Fresh US airstrikes hit Iran, fuel fears of wider war

Netanyahu says Trump White House talks were excellent as leaders discuss key issues

Iran fires missile at US base in Jordan; US, Saudi forces strike Iran-backed militias in Iraq

West Bank violence, annexation ‘only getting worse’: UN

Human rights office says attacks by Israeli settlers 'hitting an all-time high'

This photo shows a general view of the Balata camp for Palestinian refugees, east of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 29, 2026.

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