US President Donald Trump says the United States has agreed to a two-week Pakistani-brokered cease-fire, pulling back from the brink to allow the two sides time to negotiate a peace deal.

The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran.

The lead-up to his April 7, 8 pm, deadline has been marked by military escalation and threats. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US president, Donald Trump, has announced he will pause planned attacks on Iran for two weeks. Trump has taken this decision following talks with

US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran's civilian infrastructure and send the country back to the Stone Age. Experts say the US's strikes on schools, bridges and universities are war crimes. Can Trump be tried in a court of law for war crimes?

April 8 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will help with the buildup of shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dubbed a “Trump whisperer,” Mr Rutte has been central to allied efforts to mollify the US leader. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON (April 8): US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was suspending bombing of Iran for two weeks but that Tehran must reopen the key Strait of Hormuz, barely an hour before his apocalyptic deadline to destroy the country was set to expire. After more than five weeks of blistering attacks on Iran by theRead More

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The United States demanded Wednesday that Iran immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Republic closed the waterway in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. Iran’s move cast doubt...

Former White House Iran adviser Nate Swanson warns that US threats of rapid strikes are largely psychological and unlikely to shift Tehran’s calculus, as tensions rise over the Strait of Hormuz and prospects for a near-term deal remain slim.

The laws of war forbid the destruction of civilian infrastructure as a means of coercing a government. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It was 6.32 pm. Ninety minutes to the deadline. That was when the post went up, and the war paused, held in place by a 10-point document drafted by Tehran. This is the story of the race to the crease announced by Trump.

It was 6.32 pm. Ninety minutes to the deadline. That was when the post went up, and the war paused, held in place by a 10-point document drafted by Tehran. This is the story of the race to the ceasefire announced by Trump.

Iran has reportedly conveyed a 10-point response to US proposals for ending the war to Pakistan, rejecting a temporary cease-fire and demanding a permanent end to hostilities as US President Donald Trump's deadline for massive strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure entered its final hours.

Israel supports Trump's pause on Iran strikes but excludes Lebanon, contradicting claims of a widespread ceasefire. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In a social media post that drew immediate global condemnation, Mr Trump declared: "A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

“No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence,” says Iran's First Vice-President. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump made the dramatic announcement on Truth Social on Tuesday evening (US time) even as Democrats called for his removal over unhinged threats to wipe out the Iranian civilisation.

Donald Trump agrees to suspend attack on Iran for two weeks after a ceasefire proposal, pending conditions on Strait of Hormuz. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It was 6:32 PM in Washington. Just ninety minutes remained before a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for what he had warned

Iran and the US agreed to a provisional ceasefire, with Donald Trump suspending planned strikes and both eyeing negotiations to de-escalate the war.

This decision by Iran is part of broader 10-point peace proposal to end the ongoing war with the United States and Israel. 

On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "AC360," House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that the two-week Iran ceasefire "is insufficient. We | Clips

Netanyahu's office said Israel also supports US efforts to ensure Iran no longer poses a nuclear or missile threat

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