Iran's Araghchi Departs, Ceasefire Struggles

0:00Iran's foreign minister Abbas Arakchi dipped out a Pakistan Saturday evening before any sign of U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner showing. Up for indirect talks on the shaky ceasefire. Pakistan officials confirmed he got seen off at the airport, but kept it low key since they weren't clear to talk publicly. Meanwhile, an open-ended ceasefire has slowed most of the fighting, but the economic hit keeps piling up with ships stuck from the near shutdown of. The Strait of Hormuz. That's messing with oil, gas, fertilizer, and global trade routes, even rippling to spots like the Panama Canal. Iran's side is straight up skeptical, asking how they can trust the U.S. after last year's nuclear talks blew up into attacks from America and Israel. Pakistan went into lockdown mode prepping for these talks, pushing hard since Trump extended the ceasefire at their request. Over 20 hours space to face in Pakistan and indirect ones in Geneva didn't seal any

1:00deals. On the standoff front, bring crude oil prices are still nearly 50 percent higher than pre-war levels, thanks to Iran's hold on that key waterway, carrying a fifth of the world's oil. Iran hit three ships this week, U.S. blockading ports, and Trump greenlit shooting small boats that might plant mines. Germany's sending minesweepers to the Mediterranean to clear things once it calms. Iran just restarted commercial flights from Tehran for the first time in two months, heading to Istanbul, Muscat, and Medina. Casualties mount with over 3,375 dead in Iran, 2,490 in Lebanon, plus losses in Israel, Gulf states, and among U.S. troops and UN peacekeepers. Trump's three-week extension on the Israel-Lebanon troops holds for now, but the diplomacy dance continues. Stay in form with Canada News Today, AI-powered updates, I'm Corey with The Story.