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      Adla Massoud

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      Adla Massoud is The National’s New York and United Nations correspondent, where she reports on diplomacy, politics and the Middle East’s shifting conflicts. Also a documentary filmmaker, she was recognised in 2022 by the Arab Film and Media Institute as one of six “Rising Arab Women in Filmmaking.”
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      Iran's ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, addresses a Security Council meeting. AFP
      Iran demands compensation, accusing Gulf states of role in US-Israel strikes

      Tehran claims UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Bahrain allowed their territories to be used for attacks

      NewsApril 14, 2026
      Among many pledges on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump said any Iranian attacks on US or commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz would be met with force. Reuters
      US to blockade Strait of Hormuz, Trump says

      President accuses Iran of 'violating every law in the book'

      USApril 12, 2026
      Beirut residents search the debris after a building was destroyed by an Israeli attack. EPA
      Washington to host Israel-Lebanon talks as strikes threaten Iran ceasefire

      Scale of destruction in Lebanon could deepen internal divisions, sources say

      USApril 10, 2026
      A UN Security Council meeting in March 2026. The latest draft resolution encourages states to co-ordinate defensive naval action through the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters
      Russia and China block UN resolution calling for reopening of Strait of Hormuz

      Proposal presented to Security Council stopped short of authorising use of force to unblock waterway controlled by Iran

      MENAApril 07, 2026
      Jerome Bonnafont, France's ambassador to the UN, says Hezbollah 'is attacking Israel, indifferent to the consequences in Lebanon'. EPA
      Hezbollah is not fighting for Lebanon, says French UN envoy

      France has long positioned itself as a key diplomatic actor in Lebanon

      USApril 05, 2026
      French President Emmanuel Macron has shot back at US President Donald Trump's criticism while in South Korea. Bloomberg
      France pushes back on calls to reopen Strait of Hormuz by force

      Intense diplomatic discussions have taken place in New York to lay the ground for an international defensive naval operation in the strait

      EuropeApril 03, 2026
      UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that a wider war would engulf the Middle East, with dramatic effects around the world. AFP
      World on ‘edge of wider war’, warns UN chief amid Strait of Hormuz efforts

      Antonio Guterres says conflict is teetering on dangerous threshold

      USApril 02, 2026
      GCC Secretary General Jasem Al Budaiwi addressed the UN Security Council on Thursday. EPA
      GCC urges UN Security Council to take 'measures' to ensure freedom of navigation

      Closure of the Strait of Hormuz is causing global economic uncertainty

      USApril 02, 2026
      Iran has placed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, allowing only a few ships to pass. Reuters
      UN Security Council split over Bahrain-sponsored Strait of Hormuz resolution

      Draft resolution to safeguard shipping fails after objections from Iran's allies Russia and China

      USApril 02, 2026
      UN peacekeepers with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) in the southern Lebanon, March 14, 2026. AFP
      Roadside explosion in Lebanon killed UN peacekeepers, initial probe finds

      Situation has 'dangerously deteriorated', peacekeeping chief says

      USMarch 31, 2026
      Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz,March 11, 2026. REUTERS
      Play01:14
      UN chief launches task force to safeguard Hormuz humanitarian flows

      Disruptions to maritime traffic could impact food security and agricultural production in coming months

      USMarch 27, 2026
      A US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet operating in the Middle East. AFP
      Iran accuses US of using Gulf states’ airspace to launch strikes

      UN envoy details alleged incidents involving US fighter jets, drones and reconnaissance aircraft

      USMarch 27, 2026
      Former US national security adviser John Bolton has called for a transitional military-led government in Iran. AFP
      Play01:17
      John Bolton warns Iran threat to Strait of Hormuz is growing

      Only way forward for Tehran is to 'change the regime', former US national security adviser says

      USMarch 25, 2026
      Fighters with Al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on patrol in Gaza. EPA
      Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace chief presses Hamas to disarm ‘without delay’

      No credible pathway to Palestinian statehood if enclave remains under control of armed groups, Nickolay Mladenov says

      MENAMarch 24, 2026
      The Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong, carrying oil from Saudi Arabia to India through the Strait of Hormuz, arrives at Mumbai on March 12 after being given passage by Iran. EPA
      Iran tells UN 'non-hostile vessels' may cross Hormuz but shipping firms wary

      Letters to UN Security Council and IMO say ships must not support or take part in action against Iran

      USMarch 24, 2026
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