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  • Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Friday, June 19.
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    Live Updatesa min ago Iran says it’s closing Strait of Hormuz over Lebanon fighting
  • Women and girls in Punjab, Pakistan, queue at a health unit in August, 2025. The government is set to abolish the so-called "period tax," a reform that could make sanitary products more accessible.
    Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
    Pakistan moves to slash period tax, after legal challenge by two young lawyers
  • A drone view shows vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 15, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
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    Reuters
    Live Updatesa min ago June 15, 2026 — Trump and Vance virtually sign US-Iran agreement
  • Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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    Amirhosein Khorgooi/AP
    Live Updatesa min ago June 14, 2026 — US and Iran reach agreement that includes opening Strait of Hormuz
  • Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives to attend a plenary session in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on December 12, 2025.
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    Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Reuters
    Live Updatesa min ago June 13, 2026 — US, Iran near agreement, officials plan virtual signing
  • US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday,  June 11.
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    Daniel Heuer/Reuters
    Live Updatesa min ago June 12, 2026 — US and Iran say an agreement is close, but questions remain
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  • Bomb attack near railway station in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23
  • Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’ and Strait of Hormuz will be opened
  • US and Iran closing in on agreement aimed at ending war, source says
  • Why President Trump extended his ceasefire with Iran
  • Islamabad on hold as US and Iran at a historic tipping point
  • Even Trump’s most basic claims about the Iran war can’t be trusted
  • US eyes potential second round of in-person talks with Iran as blockade takes hold
  • Deadlock on Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear stockpile led to impasse, officials say
  • World anxiously waits to see if US-Iran peace talks can deliver. Here’s what we know
  • Trump’s Pakistan gamble: Can talks produce peace?

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  • A boat sails past a tanker anchored on the Strait of Hormuz off the coast Qeshm island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
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    Video Iranian gunboats fire on tanker; second ship hit by projectile 2:37
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    Video ‘Very precarious situation which could go any way,’ says fmr. Pakistan general on US-Iran blockade 15:15
  • ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 12: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks as Jared Kushner (C) and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, listen during a news conference after a meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran on April 12, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)
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    Video Source: Trump officials discussing another potential in-person meeting with Iranians 4:09
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    Video Trump: Iran will give us ‘Everything we want’ 1:01
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    Video VP Vance is in Pakistan this weekend for ceasefire talks with Iran. An ex-Trump Iran negotiator shares his best-case scenario 3:49
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    Video Pro-Iranian protesters killed in Karachi after storming US consulate 1:30
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    Video Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border attacks 1:32
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    Video Huge blaze in Pakistan shopping mall 0:32

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  • Demonstrators protest against military action in Iran, outside the White House on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
    Nathan Howard/Reuters
    What’s in the Iran war ceasefire? The two sides can’t seem to even agree on that.
  • President Donald Trump, accompanied by CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C-L), Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (2nd-R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference in the White House on Monday,
    Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
    A deal or a mirage? Trump’s Iran ceasefire collides with chaos on the ground
  • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on Monday in West Palm Beach, Florida.
    Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images
    How Trump suddenly embraced the idea of talking with Iran
  • An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies over Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, on April 15. Most of the strikes against alleged drug traffickers have been carried out using MQ-9 Reaper drones.
    Senior Airman Victoria Nuzzi/US Air Force
    ‘Enemy KIA’: Trump revives playbook from Afghanistan for campaign targeting alleged drug boats
  • Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, known by the nom de guerre Spin Ghul, is shown in this US Attorney’s office in Brooklyn evidence photo released in New York, on March 6, 2017.
    US Attorney's Office/Reuters
    The making of an al Qaeda fighter: Spin Ghul’s journey from the streets of Saudi Arabia to jihadi training camps

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  • Spectators queue to enter the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakaistan on February 19, 2025, ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy one-day international cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand.
    Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images
    This cricket-mad country spent years convincing international teams it was safe to come play. Now the party is in full swing
  • Arshad Nadeem of Team Pakistan celebrates after winning gold in the men's javelin throw final in Paris, France, August 8, 2024.
    Brendan Moran/Sportsfile/Getty Images
    Pakistan celebrates its first Olympic medal in decades as javelin hero breaks Games record
  • DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Saurabh Netravalkar of USA celebrates with teammate Harmeet Singh after USA defeat Pakistan in a super over during the ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 match between USA and Pakistan at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium on June 06, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Matt Roberts-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)
    Matt Roberts/ICC/Getty Images
    Against the odds, the USA cricket team has captured hearts and minds with historic run at Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup
  • India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after dismissing Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan.
    Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
    Pakistan succumbs to heartbreaking defeat against archrival India in T20 Cricket World Cup
  • United States' Muhammad Ali-Khan, second right, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between United States and Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    Tony Gutierrez/AP
    How the USA’s shock cricket triumph reflects a global sporting and geopolitical transformation

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