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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.

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.

The United States and Iran ended peace talks on Sunday without reaching a deal to end the war, leaving a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt as both sides blamed each other for the breakdown and

The impasse means Hormuz remains largely blocked, with Iran and other Persian Gulf countries unable to export energy supplies through the waterway.

After Iran made a fresh proposal to end the 10 weeks of war, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the war with Tehran wasn't over until the enriched uranium was removed and the nuclear facilities in the country dismantled.

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

The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after a day of highly anticipated face-to-face peace talks, Washington's lead negotiator Vice President J.D. Vance announced on Sunday.

Iran wants to negotiate and strike a deal to end the Middle East “skirmish”, Donald Trump has said, amid warnings the war could threaten British jobs.The US president also insisted the conflict, currently the subject of a fragile ceasefire,

Iran has threatened that the US is making a “big mistake” following President Donald Trump’s rejection of the regime’s latest peace deal offer.

DONALD Trump confirmed that US fighter jets shot out the rudder of an Iranian oil tanker – as he handed the reeling regime a one-week ultimatum to reach peace deal. The US president said he