Live Wire

12:03ZCLASHREPORTucker Carlson:Israel lost the only president it had full control over.Trump went from being a slave to Israe…12:01ZMYLORDBEBO‼️🇯🇵 Toyoji Sudo posted a video of his election campaign shortly before the elections took place in March —…12:01ZTASNIMNEWSThe Strait of Hormuz should remain closed until Israel continues to invade Lebanon and violate Lebanon's terr…12:01ZMYLORDBEBO‼️🇯🇵 Japan's Shimotsuma City mayor found DEAD after promising to crack down on illegal immigrants — labeled…12:01ZEPOCHTIMESCourt filing highlights changes at national park sites from Virgin Islands to Acadia12:01ZGAZAALANPAMinistry of Foreign Affairs (Qatar):Qatar welcomes the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Washi…12:00ZPRESSTVIran's foreign minister holds phone talks with Kuwaiti counterpart12:00ZWFWITNESSIranian President Pezeshkian shares image of recently signed MoU on X

Markets

S&P 500744.54▲ 0.74%Nasdaq26,022▼ 1.34%Nasdaq 10029,671▼ 0.99%Dow516.39▲ 0.29%Nikkei95.99▲ 1.63%China 5033.29▼ 1.07%Europe89.23▲ 1.36%DAX41.36▪ 0.00%BTC$63,946▼ 1.30%ETH$1,743▼ 1.11%BNB$588.98▼ 2.73%XRP$1.16▼ 2.41%SOL$70.89▼ 1.53%TRX$0.3195▼ 0.05%HYPE$70.88▼ 0.22%DOGE$0.0845▼ 1.53%RAIN$0.0146▲ 3.80%LEO$9.62▼ 0.02%QQQ$733.13▲ 1.47%VOO$686.34▲ 0.72%VTI$368.8▲ 0.83%IWM$292.6▲ 0.94%ARKK$79.4▲ 1.16%HYG$79.73▪ 0.00%Gold$389.48▲ 0.23%Silver$60.42▼ 0.31%WTI Crude$113.14▼ 0.95%Brent$43.32▼ 0.39%Nat Gas$11.54▼ 0.26%Copper$38.77▲ 0.34%EUR/USD1.1591▪ 0.00%GBP/USD1.3406▪ 0.00%USD/JPY160.31▪ 0.00%USD/CNY6.7595▪ 0.00%

CLOSEDNYSEopens in 1h 24m

← The MonexusGeopolitics

Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strikes at Gulf Leaders' Request, Citing Negotiations

President Donald Trump announced on 18 May 2026 that he had called off planned military strikes against Iran, saying the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates had urged him to stand down and allow space for talks.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·middle-east·1-minute read·18 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗

Wire provenance

This editorial synthesis draws on the following public wire/social posts:

https://t.me/ClashReport/14238
https://t.me/osintlive/8942
https://t.me/GeoPWatch/5821
https://t.me/Liveuamap/12447
https://t.me/insiderpaper/8891