Islamabad, Pakistan’s efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran have been going on with a “realistic and positively optimistic” approach, official sources said on Saturday, while emphasising “a deal is only done when it’s done”. A deal is only done when it’s done: Pak official sources on Iran-US talks As Prime Minister…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the US has formally sought a ceasefire extension, stressing that negotiations remain “productive and ongoing,” and said the next round of US-Iran talks will very likely be held in Pakistan again, underscoring its role as the sole mediator. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt smiles as Small…
Iran’s government said that peace talks with the United States, dubbed as ‘Islamabad talks’ and brokered by Pakistan, concluded after 14 hours of negotiations. The talks began on Saturday and went on well beyond midnight, according to Pakistan local time. The US-Iran talks began Saturday and went on till well beyond midnight. (REUTERS) The talks…
When senior American officials, led by Vice President JD Vance, touch down in Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks with Iran, they will carry with them a request that goes beyond nuclear stockpiles and a blocked strait. One with at least six Americans right at the centre of it. Two of the US citizens being…
The two-day trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and mediator United States concluded on Saturday, with no immediate clarity on which direction the negotiations took. Firefighters work at the site of a drone and missile strike amid Russia’s attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo: Sourced via Reuters) Further rounds of trilateral talks to end the lasting…
Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to wish for Vladimir Putin’s death in his annual Christmas address to Ukraine. “Today we all share one dream. And we make one wish, for all of us: may he perish,” the Ukrainian president said. The comment was widely understood to refer to the Russian president, who has continued to bombard Kyiv…
A power struggle has emerged between the two men Donald Trump has dispatched to end the war in Ukraine, according to reports. Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, is understood to have become frustrated with Steve Witkoff, Mr Trump’s peace envoy, for attempting to cut him out of peace talks. In November, Mr Witkoff,…
The issue of territory is still the ‘most problematic’ in peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, an official familiar with the negotiations told news agency AFP. They said that Russian President Putin does not wish to enter into an agreement without territory, amid pressure from the US to reach an agreement. Earlier on Sunday,…
US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff held productive talks with Ukraine’s senior negotiator Rustem Umerov in Miami over the past two days, US officials said on Friday, with further talks scheduled for Saturday. US special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, Russian presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill…
US President Donald Trump hinted at supporting the proposed Senate legislation to sanction countries conducting business with Russia, as he said that such a measure would be “okay with me,” amid a long-running push to cut Moscow’s access to funding. “The Republicans are putting in legislation that is very tough, sanctioning, etcetera, on any country…