The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to most commercial shipping traffic due to Iran's threats and despite an ongoing U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports aimed at forcing a reopening. The tanker gridlock is keeping global oil and gas prices high and keeping pressure on all parties to the conflict to find a solution.

A 10-day ceasefire has gone into effect in Lebanon, starting at midnight local time on Friday. “I just had excellent conversations with the Highly Respected President Joseph Aoun, of Lebanon, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu,

A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is holding at the same time Iran announced it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again.

A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appears to be hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said peace talks with Iran could resume this weekend as Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day ceasefire.

Lebanon and Israel to begin 10-day cease-fire, Trump says, in move Iran calls key to resuming stalled negotiations with U.S.

President Trump says “very good conversations” are happening with Tehran but the US won’t be “blackmailed” over the Strait of Hormuz.

As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war. Then President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try negotiating via the press,