Peace talk

Peace talk

US and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken on 8 September 2022. File Photo: Reuters

Iran and US to embark on 2 months of peace talks Friday

Optimism that the war triggered by the 28  February US-Israeli strikes on Tehran might be coming to an end was dented, however, by fresh Israeli strikes on south Lebanon.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan,11 April, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran thanks Pakistan after Islamabad talks, says US failed to gain trust

A Pakistani official stands during the arrival of the US Vice President JD Vance for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, 11 April, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS

What are the main talking points at the US-Iran negotiations in Pakistan?

US Vice President JD Vance, walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Islamabad Natalie A Baker, and Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi, after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan calls for constructive US-Iran talks as Vance reaches Islamabad

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, DC, US on 1 April 2026. Photo: Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

'No nuclear weapons': Trump lays out terms, says Hormuz will reopen with or without Iran's assistance

Graves are being prepared after a strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026. Iranian Foreign Media Department/WANA/Handout via REUTERS

'Minab 168' flight carries memory of school strike victims to US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad

A security guard patrols outside the Aiwan e Sadr (Presidential Palace) ahead of Iran–U.S. talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, 9 April, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Asim Hafeez

Shadow of Israel looms over US-Iran 'peace talks' in Pakistan

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Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks fail again: Kabul

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Photo: Collected

Zelenskiy says Russia trying to 'wriggle out' of peace talks

Specialists of emergency services work at the scene, after a road bridge collapsed onto railway tracks due to an explosion in the Bryansk region, Russia, 1 June 2025. Photo: Reuters

Bridge blasts in Russia kill seven ahead of Ukraine peace talks

Mali junta calls for dialogue over flagging peace deal

Mali junta calls for dialogue over flagging peace deal

General Abdourahmane Tiani, who was declared as the new head of state of Niger by leaders of a coup, arrives to meet with ministers in Niamey, Niger on 28 July 2023. File Photo: Reuters

Niger junta says open to talks as Putin, US stress peace

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a meeting with China's special representative for Eurasian affairs Li Hui, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine 16 May, 2023. Eduard Kryzhanivskyi/Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS

Visiting Ukraine, China's envoy urged all sides to create space for peace talks