US and Iran hit pause on strikes for second day

The relative calm comes amid reports of renewed efforts to restore diplomatic talks.Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026The United States and Iran have pressed pause on what had been an escalating conflict for a second day.Reports on Sunday said neither the US nor Iran had launched strikes for a second day in a row. The sudden period of calm after two weeks of nightly attacks on Iran by the US and Iranian retaliation on US allies in the Gulf came amid hopes of a return to diplomacy.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Who is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?list 2 of 3Israel obstructing takeover of pilot zones in Lebanon’s south: Militarylist 3 of 3‘Freeze the conflict’: Drones slow Kazakh oil flow amid Russia-Ukraine warend of listUS Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Fox News on Sunday that President Donald Trump was “giving [the potential for] talks … a little bit of room”.While noting that the president has said the US was “locked and loaded,” Waltz said negotiators have been engaged at every level over the past few weeks, and in particular, over the past few days.US broadcaster CBS, quoting two regional sources, reported that the US decision t...