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Pakistan's role in U.S.-Iran diplomacy is giving Islamabad fresh strategic relevance while testing its ability to balance ties across a divided region.

Shehbaz Sharif and Masoud Pezeshkian used an SCO summit meeting in Bishkek to review bilateral ties and support continued regional diplomacy.

Qatar's prime minister is heading to Tehran as Iran ties compensation, sanctions relief and maritime access to efforts to restart diplomacy with Washington.

Ishaq Dar used meetings at the SCO summit in Bishkek to reaffirm Pakistan's commitment to the United Nations and rules-based multilateral engagement.
Al Jazeera’s Griffiths argues diplomacy between Washington and Tehran may only move forward if both sides accept the costs of recent confrontation.
Al Jazeera argues that talks between the US and Iran need more than a brokered handshake: mediators also need backing to help any deal
Syria?s foreign minister is due to visit Pakistan, giving Islamabad another diplomatic opening as regional security, reconstruction and Middle East tensions remain under discussion.

North Korea has restated its nuclear policy while Washington signals interest in renewed diplomacy and reduced military tension.

Iran says diplomacy with Washington can return if pressure gives way to trust and respect, while Qatar continues mediation around regional security and Hormuz shipping.

Oil prices moved higher as U.S.-Iran diplomacy stalled and reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz renewed concern about global energy supplies.

Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has arrived in Tehran with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, placing Islamabad's regional peace diplomacy back at the centre of a tense Iran

Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir is set to lead a Pakistani delegation to Tehran as Islamabad supports dialogue, bilateral cooperation and regional de-escalation.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will immediately reciprocate if Washington returns to commitments in the June memorandum, leaving a path back to talks.

Pakistan and Turkiye are moving beyond traditional friendship in 2026, with defence cooperation, trade goals and regional diplomacy giving the relationship a sharper strategic shape.
Social media has become a global political arena, shaping diplomacy, elections, conflict narratives and public trust in ways governments can no longer ignore.
The planned Trump-Putin summit in Alaska has pushed Ukraine diplomacy back to the top of the world agenda, with Kyiv and European capitals watching for signs of pressure or concessions. It is the kind of
US President Donald Trump has said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has responded to his outreach, reviving attention on whether direct diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang could return. The comment came after
A New York Times report says China is pairing open, inexpensive AI tools with diplomacy in an effort to build goodwill and widen its reach abroad.
Pakistan faces a crowded 2026 security agenda, from the Afghanistan border and TTP violence to Middle East instability and new defence ties.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are travelling to Moscow and Kyiv as Trump presses for a Russia-Ukraine settlement.

Pakistan says high-level talks in Tehran produced progress toward reviving Iran-US dialogue and reducing the risk of wider regional escalation.
Pakistan has reaffirmed support for Syria's sovereignty as Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani visited Islamabad for talks with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.
Iran says reopening the Strait of Hormuz depends on US action over sanctions, frozen assets and military pressure, keeping energy markets focused on one of the world?s most important shipping routes.
South Korea has shortened annual military exercises with the United States, citing a request from Washington and adding fresh questions about alliance messaging in East Asia.