Pakistan is prepping up for the event even though uncertainty looms over the US-Iran talks, with no official confirmation of delegate arrivals on the scheduled start date, even as Pakistan eased visa requirements for officials and journalists attending the negotiations.

Iran talks as Israel's deadly strikes on Lebanon threatens the ceasefire that the two sides agreed upon early this week. While arrangements are being done in Islamabad for peace talks, Iran hasn't confirmed anything on its participation yet.

The lives of millions of people across the Middle East and the fate of the global economy will hinge on the outcome of make-or-break talks between the US and Iran this weekend in Pakistan.

Negotiators from the United States and Iran prepared on Friday for high-level talks scheduled to kick off a day later in Pakistan, seeking to steady a fragile two-week ceasefire teetering amid Israel's refusal to halt operations in Lebanon and deep rifts between Tehran and Washington over truce terms.

The US and Iran are holding their highest-level talks in years in Islamabad in a Pakistan-brokered bid to turn a fragile two-week ceasefire into a lasting end to a war

Vice President JD Vance’s high-profile role negotiating a possible end to the war between the United States and Iran this weekend in Pakistan presents a major test for the 2028 presidential race. The talks offer Vance a rare opportunity to position himself as both a dealmaker abroad and a bridge builder between competing factions of

Islamabad hosts negotiations as US and Iran seek off-ramp. But deep mistrust and regional tensions threaten talks.

Kerry said Netanyahu had actively lobbied multiple US administrations to take military action against Tehran, but faced repeated refusals before Trump.

FTSE 100 was steady on Friday morning amid uncertainty over the US-Iran ceasefire deal, ahead of upcoming peace talks