Diplomacy in Islamabad: US and Iran Talk Peace While Lebanon Burns
US and Iranian delegations held landmark talks in Islamabad, brokered by Pakistan, as a fragile ceasefire teeters and deadly strikes in Lebanon threaten to derail peace efforts.
US and Iranian delegations held landmark talks in Islamabad, brokered by Pakistan, as a fragile ceasefire teeters and deadly strikes in Lebanon threaten to derail peace efforts.
The UK insists it will not join the US-Israeli offensive against Iran, but the reality is far more nuanced, with base access granted, drones intercepted, and Trump publicly fuming at Starmer's refusal to fully commit.
Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal brokered by Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey, demanding a permanent end to the war instead. With Trump's Tuesday deadline looming and threats of infrastructure strikes escalating, the six-week conflict shows no sign of resolution.
Iran has turned cyberspace into a frontline, launching thousands of attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets including hospitals, government officials, and civilian phones, while flooding social media with AI-generated disinformation.
Defence analysts have identified America's newest weapon, the Precision Strike Missile, in CCTV footage of a deadly US strike on the Iranian town of Lamerd, marking the weapon's first confirmed use in combat.
Oil prices have surged from $72 to over $112 a barrel since the US-Iran conflict began, and Trump's market-moving social media posts appear to be losing their grip on increasingly sceptical traders.
Iran-backed hacking group Handala has breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal Gmail, leaking over 300 emails in retaliation for the DOJ seizing the group's websites. The FBI is offering $10 million for information on the hackers.
One month into coordinated US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran residents describe devastation as civilian casualties climb past 1,400 with no shelters, no warnings, and no end in sight.
Israel claims to have killed Alireza Tangsiri, the IRGC navy commander behind the Strait of Hormuz blockade, in a pre-dawn strike on Bandar Abbas. Iran has not confirmed his death.
Iranians marked Nowruz 2026 with extraordinary defiance, celebrating their ancient new year festival amid a joint US-Israeli military campaign, a near-total internet blackout, and a regime crackdown that has claimed thousands of lives.
Oil prices crashed over 10% after Trump claimed productive peace talks with Iran were underway and ordered a five-day strike pause. Tehran flatly denied any negotiations, calling the claims psychological tactics and fake news.
As Trump claims 'productive' talks with Iran and Tehran flatly denies any negotiations, Iranian public opinion is deeply split between those hoping for regime change and those reeling from the bombing campaign.