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Apr 8, 2026 - World

After meeting with Marco Rubio, foreign minister Winston Peters says he made sure US understands ‘significant economic impacts on New Zealand and Pacific’Middle East crisis – live updatesNew Zealand has called on the US to send fuel tankers to the Pacific to help alleviate some of the significant economic and fuel pressure caused by the war in the Middle East.Winston Peters, New Zealand’s foreign minister, met the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, in Washington on Tuesday, where they discussed bilateral relations, the war in Iran and the Pacific. Continue reading...

Apr 7, 2026 - World

Political analysts and observers were taken aback on Tuesday after the initial details of President Donald Trump's announced ceasefire with Iran were released. The New York Times reported that some of the ceasefire provisions include the U.S. agreeing not to attack Iran again and lifting all sanctions on Iranian oil, including those that were put in place by George W. Bush's administration. The details emerged after Trump announced Iran and the U.S. had agreed to a two-week ceasefire just an hour ahead of Trump's self-imposed deadline to reach a deal. Political analysts and observers reacted to the ceasefire on social media. "Wow. The biggest disaster of a president ever!" former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger posted on X. "Putin smiles," investigative journalist Scott Stedman posted on X. "I’m definitely glad there is a ceasefire, but … it sounds like we lost?" Josh Schwerin, founder of Saratoga Strategies, posted on X.

Apr 7, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump just handed the Iranian regime a massive "strategic victory" after retreating from his previous threats, according to one expert. Trump announced a two-week ceasefire to the more than five-week-old war in Iran on Truth Social on Tuesday. The announcement came about one hour before Trump's self-imposed deadline for a deal to be reached, and just a few hours after he threatened to destroy the Iranian civilization in a separate Truth Social post. "The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all Military objectives, and are very far along with a definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran, and PEACE in the Middle East," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We received a 10-point proposal from Iran, and believe it is a workable basis on which to negotiate. Almost all of the various points of past contention have been agreed to between the United States and Iran, but a two-week period will allow the Agreement to be finalized and consummated."Col. Cedric Leighton, a retired military officer, explained to CNN's Erin Burnett on "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Tuesday that Trump's announcement is a "strategic victory" for Iran. "This is a strategic victory for the Iranians, because if they know that they've proven that they can control the Strait, at least up to a point, they will then control commerce," he said. "They want to exact tolls on ships that go through there."

Apr 7, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire "deal" with Iran with just hours to go before his threatened deadline to wipe the country off the map, essentially proclaiming a set of conditions proposed by Pakistan that Iran had already largely rejected, in exchange for two weeks of paused hostilities to allow shipping traffic to move through the Strait of Hormuz.It is unclear whether the ceasefire will have any actual effect on the Iranian side, but the upshot appears to be that Trump will not launch his carpet-bombing campaign at least for the time being. And this prompted an immediate reaction on social media.Many people immediately went live with "TACO" memes — an acronym for "Trump Always Chickens Out.""The best TACO Tuesday yet," wrote Kevin Rothrock, the managing editor of Russia watchdog site Meduza.io."Imagine if we still had diplomats. We'd have so many more options, including DIPLOMACY," wrote Noel Dickover of George Mason University, posting a GIF of a dancing taco."So Iran would have to agree to a complete reopening of the Straight, and elimination of their biggest source of global leverage, in exchange for a two-week ceasefire with an untrustworthy enemy?" wrote Toronto Star columnist Bruce Arthur."Two weeks, of course, just like tariffs," wrote University of Wisconsin political science professor Mark Copelovich.

Apr 7, 2026 - World

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement freaked out on Tuesday after Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. "Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," Trump wrote on Truth Social. CNN reported that the deal, which Trump described as a "two-sided ceasefire," includes Israel, which has agreed to abide by the ceasefire. The announcement came about one hour before Trump's self-imposed deadline to reach a deal with Iran. MAGA fans lashed out at Trump on Truth Social over his announced ceasefire. "You will learn eventually. Mistake Sir. Stop drawing a line in the sand since you keep moving it back," a MAGA account named "Louisiana Mimi" posted on Truth Social. "You are still dealing with the radical Iranian leaders. They are who they are.""Boo. Bomb the s--- out of them," Jacob Fornshell, a military veteran, replied to Trump's post on Truth Social. "F--- THAT!!!! END THIS F------- SHIT ALREADY!!! YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE WITH F------ TERRORISTS FOR F---- SAKE!" another MAGA fan replied to Trump's post.