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Pakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peace

US president and hardliners in Tehran, were on Monday trying to coax both sides to put the conditions in place for a second round of talks in Islamabad this week, including easing the standoff

Middle East crisis live: Trump changes strait of Hormuz plan again as Rubio says US offensive is ‘over’

ships remain stranded there.  US secretary of state Marco Rubio briefs reporters on Iran war at White House

What has Trump said before possible US-Iran talks and what could it mean?

shipping lane in the strait. ## Trump says US will get all nuclear ‘dust’ A major sticking point in the negotiations between the US and Iran has been the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. While

World reacts as Iran and US reach deal

Strait of Hormuz – a development welcomed worldwide as a potential path to a lasting end to the conflict. “The deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” US President Donald Trump announced

US, Iran trade new attacks amid talks: Here’s what we know

agreement between the two countries drags on, here’s what we know about the latest attacks between the US and Iran:![INTERACTIVE_LIVETRACKER_IRAN_US_ISRAEL_MIDDLEEAST_ATTACKS_June 1_2026_GMT0845-1779279257](https://www.aljazeera.com

Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own making

ships and their crews to escape the Gulf, but also aimed at weakening Iran’s chokehold on the strait of Hormuz. By the early hours of Wednesday we were back to peace. The president announced

Albanese signals fuel excise cut may be extended to help motorists paying more amid Middle East crisis

strait of the Hormuz – a shipping lane vital to global oil trade – is contingent on the official signing of the peace deal, which mediator Pakistan said would take place in Geneva on Friday. Australia

US-Iran ceasefire offers welcome respite but true peace looks distant as ever

shipping in the strait of Hormuz, which usually carries a fifth of the world’s oil and liquid gas supplies but was blocked by Iran early in the war. To the [great displeasure of Israel

If US-Iran peace deal is signed, nuclear talks can finally resume

strait of Hormuz when the shipping companies and insurance companies judge it to be safe – and that may be some days or weeks off. ![Two men ride motorcycles past destroyed buildings in Nabatieh, Lebanon

French warship moves towards Hormuz for possible defensive mission

ships through the strait and in return commits to negotiating with the Americans on issues of nuclear materials, missiles, and the region, and we propose that the Americans, for their part, lift their blockade

Iran war day 85: Tehran says major gaps remain in US talks

agreement. He said Iran would not publicly discuss details of nuclear negotiations after past talks “led us into war”, while reiterating Tehran’s right to pursue peaceful nuclear energy. - **Sanctions not a priority:** An Iranian

Iran war: What’s happening on day 55 after Trump extended ceasefire?

agreement”, but that “breach of commitments, blockade and threats” are hindering negotiations, while the White House said US President Donald Trump has set no deadline for the ceasefire extension, with White House Press Secretary Karoline

Iran’s Araghchi holds talks with China’s Wang Yi in Beijing

ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz out of the waterway. The effort – which began on Monday – ratcheted up tensions with the US military claiming it sunk several Iranian boats that attempted to interfere

First Thing: US-Iran ceasefire at risk after exchange of fire in strait of Hormuz

Iran [traded fire late on Thursday](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/iran-accuses-us-of-violating-ceasefire-by-targeting-civilian-areas-and-ships-on-strait-of-hormuz) in the greatest test so far to their month-long ceasefire. Tehran accused Washington of breaching the truce by targeting two ships in the strait

US talks between Lebanon and Israel end – as it happened

shipping through the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/strait-of-hormuz) after the conflict, including sending mine - clearing and other military vessels, the Wall Street Journal reported. French president Emmanuel Macron said the plan

No date set for US-Iran talks, as Pakistan pushes to keep diplomacy alive

agreement had been finalised. “This pact is necessary so that countries can be assured of one another,” he told the state-run Anadolu Agency on Monday. Turkiye also reaffirmed support for the US-Iran peace

‘Turbulent and dangerous’: How shipping is the new global battleground

agreements between the late 1950s and the 90s, aimed at making the oceans safer and free to navigate. And since maritime transport moves more than [80 percent](https://unctad.org/news/shipping-data-unctad-releases-new-seaborne-trade-statistics) of goods traded worldwide, those

Trump needs a better Iran deal than Obama’s – but faces major hurdles

agreement did not explicitly grant Iran a right to enrich as a point of principle. The second issue is Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The 2015 JCPOA limited Iran’s stockpile of uranium

Did Netanyahu really ‘defy’ Trump in bombing Iran?

Iran effectively closed off the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime, global energy markets were rattled and oil prices

Have US-Iran talks failed? Why no deal yet doesn’t mean diplomacy is dead

agreement. It’s very simple: They cannot have a nuclear weapon. Otherwise, there’s no reason to meet.” Iran had already signalled its hesitation about participating in talks with the US. Officials in Tehran have