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17.04.2026 18:00 A second U.S.-sanctioned supertanker has entered the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, shipping data showed, despite ‌a U.S. blockade on vessels visiting Iranian ports, according to Reuters.

17.04.2026 18:00 White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that the next round of negotiations with Iran tied to ceasefire discussions is expected in the Pakistani capital, according to Anadolu Agency.

17.04.2026 18:00 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf has said that repeated breaches of commitments by the United States and Israel remain the main obstacle to establishing lasting peace and security in the region, while affirming the Islamic Republic's resolve to stay united with the Axis of Resistance until complete victory.

17.04.2026 18:00 A top Iranian commander says Iran's Armed Forces are totally prepared for all-out defense of the country against aggressors, nearly 50 days after a US-Israeli military coalition waged an unprovoked war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

17.04.2026 18:00 Commander of the Iranian Army Major General Amir Hatami has stated that the US and the Zionist regime will take their futile wishful thinking and desperate desire to subjugate the Iranian nation to their graves.

17.04.2026 18:00 A military advisor to the Islamic Revolution Leader says Iranian Armed Forces' launchers are ready to hit American warships and sink all of them.

17.04.2026 18:00 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned about the "dangerous consequences" of provocative US positions and actions targeting the Persian Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

17.04.2026 18:00 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany is prepared in principle to contribute to securing maritime routes in the region around the Strait of Hormuz, but only under clear legal and political conditions, including a formal international mandate -- preferably from the United Nations -- and approval by the German Bundestag.

17.04.2026 18:00 Statement on behalf of the European Union and its Member States by H.E. Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, at the General Assembly 79th meeting on the Use of the veto - Item 64: Special report of the Security Council A/80/707 - Debate pursuant to resolution 76/262

17.04.2026 18:00 Leader of Yemen's Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik al-Houthi says the United States agreed to a ceasefire with Iran "out of necessity", stressing that Washington made the hard choice after the US-Israeli military coalition was defeated in in its war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

17.04.2026 18:00 Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Chargé d'Affaires to the UN, at the UN General Assembly meeting on the use of the veto.

17.04.2026 18:00 Critical discussions on the Strait of Hormuz are set to be hosted in Paris today.

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17.04.2026 18:00 During a press conference at the Pentagon today, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanked the sailors and Marines on board vessels in the Persian Gulf enforcing the blockade of ships that sail from Iranian ports.

17.04.2026 18:00 Statement on behalf of the European Union and its Member States at the United Nations General Assembly Plenary Meeting on the Adoption of draft resolution on the "The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rough diamonds and armed conflict as a contribution to prevention and settlement of conflicts"