Vice President JD Vance and White House officials departed Islamabad, Pakistan after failing to reach a peace agreement with Iran on Sunday.

Iran has reportedly submitted a new proposal that defers discussion of its nuclear programme until the war ends and disputes over Gulf shipping are resolved.

There is little choice for the United States and Iran other than to make a deal. The unspoken truth since the war began, this remains more the case in the closing five days of the ceasefire. For the US, the first round of talks in Islamabad, despite their ...

The US has struggled to break an impasse and make any progress towards ending the war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Each side blamed the other for the failure of the 21-hour negotiations to end fighting that has killed thousands and roiled the global economy.

Vice President JD Vance said the US and Iran failed to strike a peace deal to end the six-week war rocking the Middle East, blaming Tehran’s refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions — leaving uncertainty over whether fighting will resume. Vance ...

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Iran needed to move “fast” or risk facing devastating consequences. “For Iran, the clock is ticking,” he wrote.

The US and Iran ended direct talks in Pakistan without an agreement, putting a fragile ceasefire at risk and raising doubts over efforts to end a six-week war that has killed thousands and disrupted global energy supplies.

Washington, US Vice President J D Vance has said Iran having an atomic weapon would trigger a "nuclear arms race" worldwide and asserted that the US was "locked and loaded" to restart military operations if Tehran failed to reach a peace deal.