Iran ceasefire nears its deadline. Trump toughens rhetoric, the US seizes an Iranian vessel, Strait of Hormuz fears shake markets, and Israel strikes Lebanon despite a truce.

Vice President JD Vance and top US officials are expected to depart today for Islamabad, Pakistan, ahead of a potential second round of talks with Iran, sources said. Follow for live updates.

The Round 2 of the Islamabad talks to negotiate a peace deal between the United States (US) and Iran seems to be going nowhere after Tehran refused to participate in the next round of negotiations that are being proposed to take place in Pakistan's Islamabad on Tuesday,

Trump and Israel killed Iran’s moderates. Now the more hardline military has stepped into the power vacuum - IN DEPTH: The US president claims that a ‘regime transformation’ has taken place in Tehran,

With the US and Israel pressing for a resolution on Iran’s nuclear threats, Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz remains a key point of negotiation. The dispute between the United States – as

Iran said it has no plans to send negotiators to Pakistan for a new round of talks after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian assistant professor of political science and women’s and gender studies at the Providence college, US, speaks on the implications of the ongoing conflict for the citizens of Iran and the political consequences they’re faced with due to their own struggle against the Islamic Regime’s rule.

The killing of Iranian nuclear scientists in U.S.-Israeli strikes raises fears over nuclear proliferation as experts warn of weakened material controls.