Pakistan's army chief is traveling to Iran carrying a message from the United States, with Islamabad emerging as the proposed venue for renewed US-Iran talks, according to available reporting. The development positions Pakistan as an active back-channel intermediary between Washington and Tehran at a moment when direct diplomatic contact between the two remains constrained. Pakistan's military leadership has historically maintained working relationships with both governments, giving it a rare bridging role in a relationship defined by decades of sanctions, proxy conflict, and nuclear disagreement. The substance of the US message has not been disclosed, nor has a confirmed date for the Islamabad-based talks. What to watch: whether the talks materialize on Pakistani soil, which would mark a significant geographic and diplomatic signal, and whether this back-channel produces any measurable shift in the trajectory of nuclear negotiations or sanctions relief discussions between Washington and Tehran.
Iranian armed forces attacked a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, briefly halting traffic through the waterway. The strike threatens a fragile US-Iran arrangement and could push shipping insurance costs and oil prices higher.
The US has struck Iran, with President Trump citing an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz as justification. The action raises immediate risks for global oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.
The US struck ten Iranian targets on the second consecutive day of military action, putting a fragile ceasefire under serious pressure. The escalation raises immediate risks for Gulf shipping, global oil supply, and regional stability.
Venezuela's twin earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, have killed at least 164 people and injured 971, interim president Delcy Rodriguez confirmed Thursday. The quakes are the country's strongest since 1900, collapsing buildings across Caracas and prompting a state of emergency, with the death toll expected to rise as
