So in the absence of a major breakthrough, the president who objected to forever wars may have landed himself in a forever negotiation—if that’s what he decides he wants to do.

Today, my colleague Steven Erlanger, who covers diplomacy, writes about whether the Iran war is the next Iraq or Afghanistan. By Steven Erlanger No one starts a war expecting it to last forever. Yet,

Has the United States launched a forever war on Iran? As the Trump administration renews its attacks on Iran, killing at least 35 civilians over the course of five days, political analyst Ali Vaez warns that the U.

In many ways it was already the ceasefire that never was. But with the United States and Iran claiming to have hit dozens of targets each with air, drone and missile strikes in the past 48 hours, it’s increasingly hard to see how to see where this goes next.

As missiles and drones light up the skies above them, industry data shows commercial ships are going dark as they transit the Strait of Hormuz. Invisible to most—though not everyone—these vessels are finding their way through a chokepoint that is neither truly open nor truly closed,

For the last two months, Iran and the United States have carried out fitful, unsuccessful peace negotiations. After striking a very shaky ceasefire agreement at the beginning of April, officials from both countries have traded- and then rejected- long-term ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that Iran has freed a U.S. citizen detained in the country since 2024 as a "gesture of goodwill."

The ​White House on Thursday said ‌Iran continues to talk to the U.S. and wants to make a ​deal. "The reason for the recent ​strikes over the course of the ⁠last several days is because ​Iran violated the memorandum of ​understanding that we struck with them,