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Pakistan scrambles to salvage US-Iran diplomacy as ceasefire faces collapse

responsible facilitator” throughout the process. ## Washington unease The denials, however, have done little to calm concerns in Washington. ![US President Donald Trump speaks during a "Rose Garden Club" dinner in honor of Police Week

As Israel pushes past the Litani, Lebanese question the purpose of UNIFIL

peace. UNIFIL has been attacked by both Israeli and Lebanese actors for various perceived failures. The Israelis often criticise the UN force for failing to disarm Hezbollah or other nonstate armed actors, although Resolution

Iran's strike on Israel suggests the regime's sense of resilience is growing

peace negotiations with the United States? Part of the answer may lie in how Iran's leaders assess their position after months of conflict. The Islamic Republic emerged from the war weakened in some respects

Trump, ever the unreliable narrator, is unable to force reality to match his preferred story

peace deal and end the conflict. “The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!” he wrote in a missive on Monday. “They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great

Pakistan’s mediation faces limits as Iran-US tensions deepen

negotiator in peace talks with the US to end the war, which began on February 28. Yet on Sunday, as Naqvi continued talks with Iranian officials, US President Donald Trump issued a warning on [Truth

Trump says Xi assured him China would not send weapons to Iran

peace plan to end the war although details were not immediately made public. Trump discussed the planned attack on Iran on Tuesday, telling reporters he was “an hour away from making the decision

Starmer will not be swayed by Trump’s ‘small and petty’ insults, says Lammy

Iran, David Lammy has said, as he insisted the UK would not get dragged into the conflict. The deputy prime minister argued the US president should be able to “disagree agreeably” with allies rather than

Middle East crisis live: Trump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran to reach peace deal

peace deal with Washington. Israel’s airstrikes killed seven people in Lebanon on Sunday, including an **Islamic Jihad** commander, Lebanese authorities and state media said, despite the fragile ceasefire as **Hezbollah** called US-brokered talks

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire extension

responsible for the attack on the [second cargo vessel](https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2046856177288405045?s=20), only that there was no damage or injuries. [Iran's semi-official Fars new agency](https://farsnews.ir/Rahgozar_b/1776852637340052800/IRGC-Navy-Seizes-Two-Violating-Vessels-in-Regional-Waters-Transfers-Them-to-Iranian-Coast) later reported that the Iranian

Middle East crisis live: Iran says it needs guarantees against attacks before Gulf can be stable

peace talks. “The US approaches caused the previous round of negotiations, despite progress, to fail to reach its goals because of the excessive demands,” the minister, **Abbas Araghchi**, said on Monday in St Petersburg, where

Hezbollah drone strikes target Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon

response was “calculated and limited”. The ceasefire in Lebanon was reached after the US requested Israel come to the negotiating table with the Lebanese government, apparently in a bid to ensure negotiations with Iran were

Iran recounts historic battles in response to Trump’s talk of agreement

response to Trump’s talk of agreement **Tehran, Iran –** Iran and the United States have evoked historical and geographical references to the MENA region as the world awaits the [announcement of a possible deal](/news/2026/5/24/marco-rubio-says-significant-progress-made-in-us-iran-talks-to-end-war

U.S. strikes Iran. And, immigration courts use new tactic to speed up deportations

response to Ukrainian strikes targeting Russian oil facilities and military logistics. Negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine have stalled as the U.S. focuses on its conflict with Iran. The Trump administration has eased

Iran foreign minister: strait of Hormuz now ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels

negotiations for a more durable peace. Tahir Andrabi, Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said at a news briefing on Thursday that “peace in Lebanon and cessation of armed attacks in Lebanon are essential for peace

Iran’s IRGC launches retaliatory strike after US attacks

peace talks will be [Iran’s uranium enrichment](/news/2026/5/22/irans-enriched-uranium-stockpile-can-it-be-safely-transferred) programme, and how to dispose of its stock of highly enriched uranium. US media outlet Axios reported on Sunday that the president had asked for “several

Trump needs Xi much more than Xi needs Trump

Iran has submitted a response to a US proposal to end the war, focused on ceasing hostilities and addressing Strait security, which Trump promptly rejected as “completely unacceptable,” highlighting the continued deadlock Washington hopes Beijing

Trump hardens tone against Iran, says ‘may keep going’ with strikes

peace deal between the United States and Iran is close, President [Donald Trump](/news/2026/6/9/did-netanyahu-really-defy-trump-in-bombing-iran) has escalated his rhetoric against Tehran, suggesting that time has run out to reach a diplomatic solution to the crisis

Trump's hopes for an Iran peace deal come with caveats

peace talks in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Axios and Reuters had reported that Washington and Tehran were inching closer to a one-page, 14-point memorandum to end the war. The plan would reportedly

NPT summit: Can nuclear pact survive US-Israel war on Iran?

peaceful use of nuclear energy. It is monitored by the IAEA. The third pillar has largely held. The second has not. “The NPT’s grand bargain has fundamentally broken down because all nuclear-weapon states

The Iran war has strengthened Ukraine in surprising ways. Could a ceasefire with Russia be closer?

peace negotiations with Russia. On Wednesday, Trump said he was confident a "solution" over Ukraine could be reached "relatively quickly" following a "very good" conversation with Vladimir Putin. "I think 'some people' (have) made