Donald Trump said Washington did not need a ceasefire deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country as Hezbollah rejected a new ceasefire in Lebanon.
Trump also said that he did not want to meet with Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
“We could get it right now. I don’t think they could stop us if we wanted, but there’s no reason to. It’s entombed,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
Oman has reportedly suspended oil loading operations at the Mina al Fahal terminal following an explosion near the facility. The blast occurred between the terminal’s SBM 1 and SBM 2 single-buoy mooring berths and was allegedly caused by a drone attack, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Iran-backed Hezbollah on Thursday rejected a new US-brokered ceasefire proposal in Lebanon, saying the group was not involved in the negotiations.
Meanwhile, Israel continued strikes in southern Lebanon, with defence minister Israel Katz saying military operations would continue and troops would not withdraw.
US boasts about 500 days of Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ as Iran war drags on
The United States has boasted about 500 days of President Donald Trump’s “Golden Age” as the Iran war drags on.
The war has caused gas prices to soar while Americans were already struggling with the cost of living.
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 06:11
Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 05:59
Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 05:57
At least 12 injured in Israel’s strike in Lebanon’s Tyre
Israel launched four missiles that struck near the Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre, Lebanon, today.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said the strikes wounded 12 people and destroyed a bank building.
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 05:51
Rights groups say Iranian twin brothers sentenced to death for alleged spying
Two 20-year-old twin brothers have been sentenced to death in Iran on charges of spying for Israel, according to rights groups.
Iran Human Rights said Hassan and Hossein Amiri were convicted by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran. The group said Hassan was arrested in March after authorities allegedly found an image of a bombed site on his phone.
A source cited by the organisation claimed Hassan was tortured and forced to confess that his brother possessed additional images on a laptop, despite neither brother owning one.
Hossein, a car mechanic from Karaj, was arrested days later. Both men were subsequently transferred to Ghezel Hesar Prison for interrogation.
Another rights group, HRANA, said prosecutors based the espionage case on images of damaged buildings allegedly found in the brothers’ possession.
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 05:37
Hezbollah rejects ceasefire as Israel vows to keep troops in Lebanon
Iran-backed Hezbollah has rejected a new US-brokered ceasefire proposal in Lebanon, while Israel says it will not withdraw its forces or halt military operations.
The developments have complicated president Donald Trump’s push for a broader regional peace deal.
Iran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a condition for any agreement with Washington and has warned it could intervene directly if Israeli attacks continue.
However, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the proposed pact between Israel and the Lebanese government, saying the group was not involved in the negotiations.
Despite Trump saying he believed progress was being made and that Lebanon “deserved peace”, Israel continued strikes in southern Lebanon.
Defence minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces would remain in the country, while a senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Israel must at least return to positions held before the war began.
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 05:03
The US just had its highest number of people file for unemployment benefits since the Iran war started
Applications for unemployment benefits in the United States reached their highest level in four months last week, signaling growing economic uncertainty exacerbated by the ongoing conflict in Iran, even as overall layoffs remain historically low.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that US applications for jobless aid for the week ending May 30 climbed by 13,000 to 225,000. This marks the highest figure since early February, prior to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, though it still represents a historically low level. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had anticipated 211,000 new applications.
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US employment benefit filings reach highest level since Iran war began
The war in Iran has injected significant uncertainty into the broader US economy and its labor marketMatt Ott5 June 2026 05:00
Oman suspends oil loading at Mina al Fahal terminal following explosion, sources say
An explosion near Oman’s Mina al Fahal terminal has led to the suspension of oil loading, two people familiar with the matter said today.
The explosion happened near its single-buoy mooring (SBM) berths, between SBM 1 and 2 berths due to an alleged drone attack, they said.
It was not immediately clear when the attack took place.
Several supertankers were seen anchored off the port on Friday, shipping data from LSEG showed.
The terminal could not be immediately reached for comment outside office hours.
Iranian state media on Wednesday reported that Tehran targeted a US military ship hosting a “control and command center” while it was approaching Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, which the US Central Command has denied.
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 04:21
Trump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uranium
US president Donald Trump on Thursday said that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country.
“We could get it right now. I don’t think they could stop us if we wanted, but there’s no reason to. It’s entombed,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump also said that he did not want to meet with Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
But he added that if Washington and Tehran reached a deal, it was possible that the two would meet and added: “If it happened … I’d be respectful”.
Shweta Sharma5 June 2026 04:20
Watch: Trump claims US military ‘wants to’ wipe out’ all of Iran and is ‘ready to do it’
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