Archives for April, 2026

A police officer stands guard on a road leading to Serena Hotel as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Asim Hafeez

Pakistani five-star hotel becomes unlikely site for US-Iran talks

Reuters

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the day of the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS

France's Macron says discussed Iran ceasefire, Ukraine with Turkey's Erdogan

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Ukraine can play useful role in Strait of Hormuz, Britain says

Reuters

An image obtained from social media appears to show wreckage of an American aircraft and helicopter rotor in Isfahan, Iran, at the site of the U.S. mission to find rescue a downed airman in Iran. via social media

Americans weigh in on the Iran war, gas prices and their fears

Reuters

Israel has also been striking Lebanon, here hitting a building in the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyyeh on Friday

Iran, Lebanon bore brunt of missiles and drones launched during war

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner walk with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for peace talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Iranian source says US has agreed to release frozen Iranian assets in Qatar, other banks

Reuters

Members of the delegations, led by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, hold talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 10, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Indonesia President Prabowo to visit Russia, meet Putin, minister says

Reuters

A Pakistani official stands during the arrival of the U.S. Vice President JD Vance for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS

Factbox-What are the main talking points at the US-Iran negotiations in Pakistan?

Reuters

Vice President JD Vance arrived for a news conference in Islamabad where he announced Iran and the US had failed to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East

Vance says talks failed to reach deal with Iran on ending Mideast war

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2024. Hamed Jafarnejad/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources say

Reuters

Pakistani flags flutter near the Parliament House, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold high-stakes talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

US, Iran set for peace talks but doubts emerge over Lebanon, sanctions

Reuters

The Prime Minister's House building, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold high-stakes talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

US plane carrying team for talks with Iran lands in Islamabad, two Pakistani sources say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

US intelligence indicates China preparing weapons shipment to Iran, CNN reports

Reuters

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir during the meeting with Saudi Arabia Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan as Pakistan prepares to host the U.S. and Iran for peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 10, 2026. Press Information Department (PID)/Handout via REUTERS

US, Iran set for peace talks but doubts emerge over Lebanon, sanctions

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, before boarding Air Force One on his way to Virginia, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., April 10, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Trump says US will have Strait of Hormuz 'open fairly soon'

Reuters

U.S. Vice President JD Vance boards Air Force Two for expected departure to Pakistan for talks on Iran, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., April 10, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS

US team heads to Iran talks in Pakistan with low expectations

Reuters