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Boston Globe - Politics

Live updates - US and Iranian officials meet with Pakistani mediators in Islamabad. Follow live updates. The ceasefire brokered by Pakistan still faces hurdles.

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Vance arrives in Pakistan as US-Iran peace talks set to kick off -- Vance was joined in Islamabad by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

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Live updates - Iranian delegation arrived in Pakistan Friday for talks with the US. Here's what happened. The talks come as a tenuous, temporary cease-fire appears to be on the precipice of collapsing.

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Vance warns Iran not to 'play' the US as he departs for negotiations aimed at ending the war

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Trump's tenuous Iran exit plan isn't healing Republican rifts exposed by the war

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Trump casts doubt on cease-fire, says Iran doing 'very poor job' letting ships through Strait of Hormuz. See how the day unfolded.

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Netanyahu authorizes direct talks with Lebanon in potential boost to cease-fire efforts

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