cease-fire
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U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, after a massive tech selloff on Friday interrupted Wall Street’s two-month rally, and after new developments threatened the fragile cease-fire in the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
It was the first Iranian attack against Israel since the cease-fire agreement took effect in early April.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026
Developments in the Gulf region suggest Israel has reached a cease-fire agreement with Lebanon, but a similar extension of the fragile truce between the U.S. and Iran remains elusive.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
After long calls with Mr. Netanyahu and Lebanese interlocutors, on Monday afternoon Mr. Trump announced a new cease-fire in Lebanon: “They agreed that all shooting will stop,” he wrote on Truth Social.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
On the morning of November 11, 1918, Major Keith Officer, an Australian, was watching the minutes go around on his large, old-fashioned hunting watch as he waited for the cease-fire to begin.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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