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Iranian officials have apparently refused to continue talks with President Donald Trump's two closest allies behind key negotiations in the Middle East, according to reports on Tuesday.

Negotiations involving Iran, Pakistan and the United States were expected to take place in Islamabad as early as this week or next; however, Trump's picks to discuss the ongoing military conflict were reportedly not wanted at the table, The Guardian reported.

Instead, another top Trump administration official was under consideration to join the talks: Vice President JD Vance. ...

Donald Trump's desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize took a major step backward when the Ukrainian lawmaker who nominated the U.S. president abruptly withdrew his recommendation.

Newsweek reported Tuesday that Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign committee who nominated Trump last November, said he had "lost any sort of faith and belief" that Trump would make good on his vow to end the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Trump promised during his 2024 presidential campaign that he would "end the Ukraine war within 24 hours." Trump has since said he was being "sarcastic" when he repeatedly made the remark, and said in April that the U.S. will "take a pass" on brokering further negotiations unless there Moscow and Kyiv made progress toward a ceasefire....

The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan — one that has the real possibility of becoming nuclear — could turn out to be the first true test of the Trump administration's foreign policy mettle, according to a new piece in The Atlantic.

On Wednesday, Pakistan claimed to have downed several Indian fighter jets in response to India's attack on Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir earlier this week. Pakistan claimed 21 people were killed in the strikes, including two children, and vowed further retaliation. India claimed it was striking back after a terror attack on India-controlled Kashmir killed more than 20 tourists in April.

The Atlantic writer Tom Nichols claimed that it's in America's best interest "to prevent a larger conflict, which would be a diplomatic and humanitarian disaster on multiple levels even without the introduction of nuclear weapons."...

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was sworn in as the country’s 14th president on Sunday. Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Islamabad attended by civil and military leaders. Zardari, the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is the first civilian to be re-elected as president for a second five-year term. Zardari, 68, led the PPP after his wife was assassinated in a bomb and gun attack in 2007, and he became president in 2008. Zardari’s new term begins amidst protests over alleged ......

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was sworn-in on Monday to face daunting economic challenges and political instability in the country. President Arif Alvi administered the oath at a ceremony in the capital Islamabad, which was broadcast live on national television channels. Political and military leaders, former sports stars and diplomats participated in the ceremony at the presidential palace. Sharif, the 72-year younger brother of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, would be serving his second term as chief executive of the country. In 2022, he had replaced former prem......

Pakistan on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister, weeks after national elections that were marred by allegations of rigging and manipulation. “We will change the fate of Pakistan,” Sharif said in his victory speech, amid protests by supporters of jailed leader Imran Khan against his appointment. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) were carrying portraits of the jailed leader and shouted “vote thief” during Sharif’s speech. He asked the protesting opposition leaders for input on the economy and reconciliation and said, “let’s face the challenges [t......