Iran war live: Uneasy calm in the Middle East after deadly attacks
American official says technical talks with Tehran continue and the United States wants to pursue diplomacy.
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Published On 10 Jul 2026
- The guns fall silent in the Middle East after two days of deadly strikes between the United States and Iran as mediating nations attempt to get diplomacy back on track.
- A US official tells Al Jazeera that Washington remains committed to negotiations with Tehran and technical talks continue.
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1m ago
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UK politician apologises for Labour’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza
The United Kingdom’s likely next leader Andy Burnham has apologised for his Labour Party’s response to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
“I know many people feel that at the start of Israel’s military action in Gaza my party didn’t get it right and I am sorry about that. The response has too often not been good enough. We need to do better,” Burham told the Guardian newspaper.
Early in its bloody assault, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said during a radio interview that Israel has the right to cut off access to water, food and electricity for Palestinians in Gaza.
Burnham said there is increasing evidence that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, however, he avoided using the word genocide. “It must be for the international courts to determine, rather than politicians,” he said.
16m ago
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The fast-falling US Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has hit its lowest level since 1983, due to growing tensions with Iran and global supply concerns.
President Trump acknowledged to reporters on Wednesday that any time the US strikes Iran, oil prices jump. And they did.
The reserve fell by 6.2 million barrels in the week ending July 3 to 319.5 million barrels – its lowest level since the Reagan administration.
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31m ago
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2 injured in Israeli drone attack on rubbish truck in south Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency reports an Israeli drone attack hit a pick-up truck on the outskirts of Shukin and Kfar Dajjal in Nabatieh district.
The attack occurred at 6am local time while the vehicle was unloading waste, wounding two people.
The death toll from Israel’s assault on the country has risen to 4,321, with 12,203 injured since March 2.
The latest attack comes despite Lebanon and Israel signing a US-sponsored framework agreement on June 26 for a phased Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory.
41m ago
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Venezuela’s turn to Israel is about survival, not conviction
Six months after United States forces ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the balance of power in Latin America and the Caribbean has shifted in Washington’s favour. In Maduro’s place sits Delcy Rodriguez, his former vice president, now acting president and a far more manageable partner for Washington.
Her rise has given the administration of US President Donald Trump a de facto ally in its effort to revive US dominance over the Western Hemisphere under what has become known as the “Donroe Doctrine”.
Nowhere is the scale of Rodriguez’s shift clearer than in her approach to Israel. Under her government, Caracas has begun moving towards a state long treated as an enemy by the “21st-century socialists” who have ruled Venezuela for the past 27 years.
Read more here.
51m ago
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Iran media say 43 million people attended leader’s funeral ceremonies
Anywhere between 41 to 43 million people participated in the six-day funeral ceremony for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian media report.
Iran’s Press TV called Khamenei’s funeral “the largest procession the world has ever witnessed”. Ceremonies took place across five cities: Tehran, Qom, Najaf, Karbala, and Mashhad.
The official public funeral proceedings began last Saturday when tens of thousands of Iranians gathered at the Grand Mosalla religious complex in Tehran, where Khamenei’s coffin was on display.
Delegations from Iran’s regional allies Hamas and Islamic Jihad from Gaza, Hezbollah from Lebanon, and the Houthis from Yemen were in attendance.
Khamenei was buried at the country’s holiest Shia shrine, more than four months after he was killed by a US-Israeli strike on his compound in central Tehran.
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Here are the latest developments:
- The late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been buried following a seven-day funeral procession that brought together at least 15 million mourners across two nations.
- The United States has attempted to lower tensions following days of retaliatory strikes with Iran, a US official has told Al Jazeera.
- Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has plunged during renewed fighting between the US and Iran, dealing a new blow to energy markets.
- Tehran has dismissed the NATO summit in Ankara as politically driven after the military alliance met to focus heavily on Iran’s nuclear programme and freedom of navigation in Hormuz.
- The Palestinian Authority president’s office has condemned Iran’s attacks on Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, declaring Palestine stands in solidarity with the three nations.
1h ago
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US hasn’t ‘figured out’ how to wrestle back Hormuz from Iran
Dan Grazier, a former US Marine Corps officer, says the response to Iran’s attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz has been “proportional”, but Washington needs to find a way to halt the fighting.
The US military has hit Iran’s military installations along its southern coast, as well as “fast boats” used to harass ships Tehran hasn’t authorised to sail through the strait, he noted.
“Iran has huge advantages where they aren’t trying to project military power far beyond their shores. They only have to take minor disruptive measures in order to create a big problem for the United States and Israel to deal with,” he told Al Jazeera.
“And so, officials here in Washington should really try to find a way to end the fighting, because this kind of asymmetric type warfare is a tricky military problem and, frankly, it’s one that the United States has not figured out yet.”
1h ago
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Israeli forces conduct extensive demolitions in south Lebanon
The National News Agency reports Israeli forces continue to conduct demolitions in southern Lebanon with extensive blasts inside the town of Khiam.
Multiple consecutive explosions were heard shaking the area throughout the night, according to the NNA.
Israel has been accused of carrying out a deliberate policy of destroying homes and infrastructure in the south – much like it did in Gaza – to make it uninhabitable for Lebanese residents.
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1h ago
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Qatar official says ‘diplomacy & mediation’ path to conflict resolution
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that Qatar is committed to diplomacy and dialogue as the path to resolve conflicts and advance lasting security and stability in the Middle East.
Majed al-Ansari made the remarks in London, where he participated in a roundtable discussion at Chatham House during the London Conference 2026, which focused on the new geopolitical realities in the region.
1h ago
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Hormuz shipping grinds to halt as US, Iran resume fighting
Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has plunged during renewed fighting between the US and Iran, dealing a new blow to energy markets already reeling from the biggest supply disruption in history.
No large vessel has crossed the strait via the US-coordinated route while broadcasting their location since Tuesday, with traceable crossings via the Oman-hugging lane “effectively grinding to a halt”, Lloyd’s List Intelligence said.
“Data shows no vessels above 10,000 dwt have transited the so-called Southern Highway with their AIS switched on since July 7, although at least two ships are believed to have crossed dark,” the maritime data company said, using the abbreviations for deadweight tonnage and automatic identification system.
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Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman [Reuters] 1h ago
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WATCH: Iran says strikes hit south; US denies carrying out attacks
Iranian state media reported strikes on the military headquarters in Bushehr province and the port city of Konarak.
The US told Al Jazeera it wasn’t responsible for the strikes, which came on the same day as the long-anticipated funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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2h ago
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Russia posts rare budget surplus amid oil sales during Iran war: Bloomberg
Russia posted its first monthly budget surplus of the year, amounting to 279 billion rubles ($3.7bn), due to the US-Israel war on Iran, Bloomberg News reported.
Russia, a major producer of oil and gas, has benefitted from the war, with the country’s oil and gas revenue jumping 38 percent from the previous year. However, the relief is likely to be temporary.
The price of Russian crude fell to $63.52 a barrel from May’s $86.52 after Iran and the US signed the MoU last month, causing Bloomberg to predict weaker budget revenue for Russia in July.
Russia’s spending has ballooned over the course of its four-year war on Ukraine. During the first six months of this year, the government spent $320bn, The New York Times reported.
2h ago
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US committed to finding resolution with Iran: Government official
Reporting from Washington, DC, United States
Despite reports of explosions inside Iran, a US defence official has been telling Al Jazeera the US did not conduct military strikes in Iran on Thursday.
Now, according to media reports, that is because there are ongoing efforts in the region to mediate and try to de-escalate the tensions between the US and Iran.
A US official is saying that the US is still committed to finding a resolution, and the technical talks are ongoing.
This US official says that the performance-based MoU is something the US is committed to, even as Iran’s actions are, in the eyes of the US, at an unacceptable performance level.
Mediators are working to try to keep negotiations on track, even as we know that in recent days, the fighting has threatened to derail diplomacy.
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Gaza mourns aid worker killed by Israel who helped them see the World Cup
Palestinians in Gaza have turned out in large numbers to pay their respects to a senior member of Egypt’s main aid organisation, who had set up World Cup screenings in the shattered enclave and was killed by an Israeli air strike on a taxi he was in this week.
The strike killed Mohammed al-Wahidi, himself a Palestinian, on the eve of the Egypt vs Argentina match on Tuesday, along with three other people, including two young passers-by, siblings aged 10 and 8, in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, medics said.
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2h ago
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Palestine to hold first legislative elections in 20 years
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that legislative elections will be held in late November, as his government comes under mounting international pressure to demonstrate its legitimacy.
Abbas issued a decree on Thursday declaring the election date for November 28 in all Palestinian territories, including the occupied West Bank, occupied East Jerusalem and Gaza.
If the vote goes ahead, it will be the first in 20 years.
The last legislative elections in the Palestinian territory were held in 2006, when Hamas secured a shock victory. The result triggered a political split with Abbas’s previously dominant Fatah party, culminating in Hamas taking control of Gaza in 2007.
“This is understood to be a consequence, an outcome if you will, of the dialogue between the Palestinian president, the Palestinian leadership and foreign countries, namely powerful countries,” said Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
2h ago
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Oil dips slightly, but tracks for weekly gain amid ongoing US-Iran strikes
Crude prices dipped in early Friday trading, though they were still headed for weekly increases amid ongoing retaliatory strikes between the US and Iran.
Brent futures ticked down by 6 cents, or 0.08 percent, to settle at $76.24 per barrel as of 01:25 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude edged lower by 4 cents, or 0.06 percent, to $72.04 per barrel.
3h ago
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US may have de-escalated on Thursday due to ongoing mediation
Reporting from Washington, DC, United States
A US defence official has been telling Al Jazeera that the explosions being reported in Iran are in no way the result of US actions.
The US defence official did not tell us what may be behind, or who may be behind, the explosions in Iran.
Just having said that, they will only say that they are not the responsibility of the US.
It is being reported here in the US that part of that reason could be because of ongoing negotiations in the region, with a number of countries working to help with mediation efforts.
3h ago
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How many ships have passed through the Hormuz strait since June 17?
More than three weeks after the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end their war and restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the future of passage through the vital waterway is once again under a cloud.
Three ships were attacked in the strait in recent days, after Iran accused them of attempting to pass without seeking its approval. The US hit back with escalating strikes on Iranian soil — first targeting coastal cities, and then, on Thursday morning, hitting the capital Tehran, too. Iran has in turn fired missiles and drones at multiple Gulf nations. On Friday, Iranian officials reported new attacks on the country.
All of this has implications for a global economy that has for decades depended on the Strait of Hormuz, that suffered in recent months as the US-Israel alliance waged war on Iran, and that is now again on tenterhooks.
So how many ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Iran signed the MoU on June 17? And how many vessels have been attacked?
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3h ago
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Palestine stands with Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain: Palestinian president
The office of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned Iran’s attacks on Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain this week.
Iran has said it attacked “US bases and strategic centres” in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Qatar, after the US bombed Iranian cities on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Abbas’s office expressed solidarity with Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain on Thursday, and reaffirmed Palestine’s support for any measures the countries took to maintain their sovereignty, the Wafa news agency reported.
Original source: Al Jazeera
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