‘Complete demolition’: Trump repeats Iran ultimatum as deal deadline looms
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says US forces are carrying out more strikes on Iran than any day since start of war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says US forces are carrying out more strikes on Iran than any day since start of war.






![From left to right: Mona Al-Mashharawi, Mahmoud Shamiya, and Muhannad Qasem are among a generation of young Palestinians whose education, careers, and futures have been severely disrupted by Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and the closure of its borders. [Screengrab/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/s1-1775386768.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


Mediators Pakistan, Turkiye and Egypt are proposing a 45-day ceasefire plan. But Iran is reluctant.
Over one million people displaced across Lebanon as Israel escalates military campaign with air raids, ground invasion.
Tehran says it will respond ‘in kind’ to attacks on its infrastructure, accuses Trump of inciting ‘war crimes’.
Tensions continue after Trump’s threat on Truth Social for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Spokesperson Abu Obeida says calling for the group’s disarmament amounts to an attempt to continue Israel’s genocide.

Several Palestinians were rushed to hospital with severe injuries after an Israeli air strike hit a crowd in Gaza City.
Hamas’s armed wing says it will not discuss disarmament before Israel fully implements the first phase of ceasefire.

A leading political economist breaks down how war can reward power and be beneficial for profits and political survival.
Video captured the moment of a direct hit by an Iranian missile on a residential building in Israel’s Haifa.