US and Iranian officials meet directly in Islamabad

Trump said the US would pause its effort to guide commercial vessels through Hormuz while seeking a deal with Iran, while the blockade of Iranian ports would continue. The episode showed how...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published an update covering May. It reported a total of 3,375 civilian deaths, including 383 children, and more than 33,000 injuries,...

The UN Secretary-General condemned Israeli strikes across Lebanon that killed and injured civilians, warning that continuing military activity in Lebanon threatened the fragile US-Iran ceasefire and...

Iranian and US delegations headed to Pakistan for high-level talks. Tehran publicly tied a durable arrangement to a regional ceasefire, relief from sanctions and unfreezing assets; Washington...

After about 21 hours of negotiations, Vice President JD Vance said the talks had ended without a deal. Pakistani mediators urged both sides to keep the ceasefire. Public accounts emphasized...

Reuters reported that Pakistani officials continued passing messages after the Islamabad meeting, despite its failure to produce an accord. Iranian and US accounts differed over the sticking points,...

Following the failed talks, Washington began a naval blockade targeting vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports. The measure sought economic leverage over Iran and further internationalized maritime...

Trump said a preliminary agreement had been signed to extend the April ceasefire by 60 days and reopen Hormuz. Reuters reported that details remained unclear, nuclear questions were deferred, and both...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian described the memorandum as an important step toward stopping the fighting while saying a lasting truce still had to take shape. This public qualification...