
The Deal That Exists on Paper and Nowhere Else
Ninety-five days into the Iran war, a tentative agreement sits unsigned on both sides. The guns are still firing. The strait is still closed.

Ninety-five days into the Iran war, a tentative agreement sits unsigned on both sides. The guns are still firing. The strait is still closed.

Lebanon’s humanitarian disaster deepens as a partial cease-fire offers little more than a fragile and fleeting illusion.

The ceasefire is on massive life support as Iran sent its counteroffer; Trump called it totally unacceptable.
The ceasefire is technically still in effect. Three US destroyers transited under fire. Iran struck back. Both sides claim they were right.
JD Vance is returning to Islamabad. The same gaps exist. But nine days of Pakistani back-channel work may have moved the needle just enough.

Iran charges war tolls, the US blockades Hormuz, and China warns it won’t comply; the world’s most critical waterway is now a war chessboard.

Ninety minutes from catastrophe, Pakistan brokered a ceasefire, ending a conflict that choked the world’s oil supply.

Pakistan brokered a two-week US-Iran ceasefire just 90 minutes before Trump’s 8 pm deadline to launch devastating strikes on Iran.

Pakistan will be honoured to host and facilitate meaningful talks between the two sides in the coming days.

The Iran conflict is shattering the UAE’s three-decade-long image of peace and impacting Dubai’s expat-driven economy.





