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Iran war diverts US military and attention from Asia

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2026 (AP) — In 2011, President Barack Obama declared it was time for America to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter the rise of China. Fifteen years later, the U.S. finds itself still at war in the Middle East and has pulled military assets from the Asia-Pacific as it aims to eliminate the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. The demands of the Iran war also caused President Donald Trump to delay by several weeks his highly anticipated trip to China, deepening worries that the U.S. is

US and Iran end 21-hour ceasefire talks without agreement before Vance departs Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran ended a historic round of face-to-face talks early Sunday without reaching an agreement and the fate of the fragile, two-week ceasefire still unclear. Vice President JD Vance, who led the U.S. delegation during the 21 hours of talks in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, said negotiations finished without a deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to refrain from developing a nuclear weapon. There was no immediate comment from the Iranian delegation, but Pakistani mediators called on both countries to maintain the ceasefire. “It is imperative that the parties continue to uphold

US Democrats cheer defeat of Trump ally Viktor Orban in Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to address supporters after the announcement of the partial results of parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 12, 2026. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo.

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats celebrated the defeat of ​Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday, while President Donald Trump’s allies and Republican peers ‌offered a more mixed response to the loss of the leader that Trump had endorsed. Trump had backed Orban leading up to the vote, even speaking briefly last week at a campaign rally in Hungary, when U.S. Vice President JD Vance telephoned ​his boss upon taking the stage. But Orban lost power after 16 years as Hungarians voted ​in record numbers for a pro-EU course spearheaded by center-right rival Peter Magyar. U.S. ⁠lawmakers from both major parties congratulated Magyar on his victory.

Trump says he has ‘no idea’ how talks will go with Iran

Trump confirmed in a phone interview with NewsNation that talks among the U.S., Iran and Pakistan had begun, though he does not know how successful they could be. When asked how negotiations would go, Trump said: “I have no idea.” The U.S. president said he would know shortly if he felt Iran was acting in good faith about resolving the war. Trump added that the U.S. knew where mines had been placed in the Strait of Hormuz and that the military was bringing equipment to remove them.

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