The Pentagon said it was sending 2,000 airborne troops to the Middle East. President Trump appeared to support Pakistan’s offer to broker negotiations to end the war.

Pakistan's role as a possible host of talks aimed at ending the Iran war builds on its courtship of U.S. President Donald Trump and ​its reputation as a relatively neutral player with long-standing ties to neighbouring Iran's Islamic Republic.

President Trump posted a screenshot of a social-media post from Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in which he offered to host talks to resolve

The Trump administration offered a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, a person briefed on the contours of the plan but who was not authorized to speak publicly about it told The Associated Press on Tuesday,

The apparent talks aimed at ending the war come as thousands of U.S. troops have been deployed to the region and gas prices continue rising.

Hopes rose that the Iran war could begin winding down as President Donald Trump claimed that his government was holding productive talks with Tehran, but fighting showed no signs of slowing and Iran denied there were talks.

Pakistan’s prime minister says his country is ready to “facilitate meaningful and conclusive talks” to end the Iran war. Shehbaz Sharif made the comment in a post on X. Pakistan is one of the countries pushing diplomatically for talks between Iran and the United States after President Donald Trump said Monday

President Trump cited ‘major points of agreement’ in direct talks with the Iranian regime to end the war. But Iran denied there were any direct talks. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.