Iran said it will not meet directly with the U.S. in upcoming talks mediated by Pakistan, despite a contrary statement from the White House earlier Friday. “No meeting is planned to take place between ...

United States President Donald Trump has claimed a second round of negotiations with Iran will take place in Pakistan on Tuesday as mediators try to revive negotiations before the end of an ongoing ...

BEIRUT, TEL AVIV and WASHINGTON — Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday held their first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington, trying to end the conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed ...

A new round of in-person talks between the United States and Iran could be held as early as this week, two people familiar with the ongoing negotiations told NBC News. Subscribe to read this story ...

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during their meeting at Islamabad, Pakistan on April 11, 2026. The cocoon of Islamabad’s fanciest hotel was not ...

The talks, set for Tuesday in Washington, were not expected to produce an immediate breakthrough in the war between Hezbollah and Israel. By Anushka Patil With Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon and ...

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US-Iran War Ceasefire Talks Highlights: The talks between Iran and the US in Pakistan have ended without a deal due to "excessive demands" made by the American side, a top Iranian official said on ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shakes hands with U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance on the sidelines of the U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. Credit: X/Prime Minister’s ...

US-Iran war talks highlights: Updates to this live blog have ended, follow here for the latest news. Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who took part in peace talks with the United ...

US President Donald Trump was not physically in Islamabad for the peace talks with Iran, but he was in constant touch with his team leading the negotiations, hoping to end the Middle East conflict.

They talked for 21 hours. The highest-level meeting between the US and Iran since its revolutionary government came to power in the '70s. But in the end it wasn't enough. The Americans were the first ...