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An Iranian worshipper wears a banner showing portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, bottom, late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top right, and the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, during Friday prayers ceremony at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump dispatches Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan for new talks with Iran’s foreign minister

April 24, 2026 at 1:32 p.m.

By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and JAMEY KEATEN ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan to meet with Iran’s foreign...

Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint ahead of the second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Trump says the US will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request

April 21, 2026 at 3:56 p.m.

Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were...

A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft prepares to land at Nur Khan airbase, ahead of second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ehsan Shahzad)

Doubts over talks between Iran and US after violence flares in Strait of Hormuz

April 20, 2026 at 6:17 p.m.

With the ceasefire with Iran set to expire Wednesday, President Trump whipsawed in telephone interviews and social media posts between optimism that a deal could be reached and warning that “lots of...

Residents gesture and point toward damage as they stand near charred cars at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last Wednesday in central Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pakistani delegation arrives in Tehran in move to ease tensions and arrange more US-Iran talks

April 15, 2026 at 12:24 p.m.

Pakistan’s army chief arrived Wednesday for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the Middle East and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States...

President Donald Trump speaks outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Diplomats try to arrange second round of US-Iran talks during first full day of American blockade

April 14, 2026 at 7:07 p.m.

The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said...

Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran as Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen, on Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

US military says it will blockade Iranian ports after ceasefire talks ended without agreement

April 12, 2026 at 7:53 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would swiftly begin a blockade of ships entering or leaving the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

A police officer walks past a billboard regarding the United States and Iran negotiations, outside a media facilitation center in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Historic US-Iran ceasefire talks continue after midnight in Pakistan

April 11, 2026 at 5:57 p.m.

Iran's state-run news agency said three-party talks with the U.S., Iran and Pakistan were started after a reduction in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon and other Iran preconditions were met.

First responders inspect a destroyed car at the site of a residential building hit in an overnight strike during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, northwestern Iran, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matin Hashemi)

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast

March 25, 2026 at 8:20 p.m.

Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge...

Shiite Muslims mourn the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against the U.S. and Israel in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

At least 10 killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate over Khamenei’s death

March 1, 2026 at 10:25 a.m.

Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Sunday left at least 10 people dead and more than 50 others injured.

Afghan Taliban soldiers stand on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan in Torkham, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)

Pakistan is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

February 27, 2026 at 6:58 p.m.

Pakistan and Afghanistan traded attacks in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the countries that Pakistan’s defense minister said Friday means they are now in “open war.”

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