Tensions between the United States and Iran intensified over the Strait of Hormuz. Pakistan's diplomatic efforts to revive a ceasefire deal faced significant challenges. U.S. President Donald Trump expressed no interest in immediate talks with Iran. Iran-backed rebels opened a new front in the Red Sea, impacting oil supplies. Both nations targeted civilian infrastructure, raising global energy prices.

An Iranian official has begun meetings with mediators in Pakistan as an interim deal between Iran and the United States has collapsed.

Diplomats on Tuesday sought to salvage the collapsed interim deal between Iran and the US