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With 3,000 containers stuck in Pakistan, Iran explores more land routes

Documents seen by Al Jazeera say Iran is seeking land transit for stranded sea cargo to bypass US blockade.

Vehicles move past a warehouse yard with shipping containers near port area in Karachi, Pakistan, July 31, 2025. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

India to Iran: How two wars shaped rise of Pakistan’s Asim Munir

The war against India a year ago led to Munir’s elevation to the status of field marshal. Now he’s playing peacemaker.

TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 16: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'IRANIAN PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets Pakistani Pakistani army general and Chief of Army Staff Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah in Tehran, Iran on July 16, 2023. (Photo by IRANIAN PRESIDENCY/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How the US-Iran talks in Islamabad unfolded

Pakistan has been under the spotlight as it managed what others couldn’t due to its ties with the Gulf, US and China.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 11: Pakistani security personnel stand guard outside the Jinnah Convention Centre, where international media have gathered to cover talks between U.S and Iranian officials, taking place in the nearby Serena Hotel, on April 11, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/Getty Images)

Pakistan hosts four-nation bid to encourage US, Iran towards diplomacy

Top diplomats of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye meet to prepare ground for de-escalation in war on Iran.

Turkish, Pakistani foreign ministers

Gas, power and AI’s role in the new age of energy addition

Energy CEOs say the narrative of a managed energy transition from fossil fuels to a cleaner system is over.

LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker on the sea [File: Clement Mahoudeau/AFP]

‘Army alone can’t neutralise grievances’: What fuels Balochistan violence

Nearly 200 people, including 31 civilians, have been killed in latest escalation of the decades-old regional conflict.

Pakistan Balochistan

Power lines and power struggles: Unpacking Syria’s push towards unification

As government takes control of resource-rich areas, rebuilding trust will be key to achieving a united Syria.

A Syrian government soldier walks at al-Thawra oil field after government troops took control of it on January 18, 2026

Venezuela after Maduro: Oil, power and the limits of intervention

For oil markets, Venezuela is a footnote in an age of abundance. For Middle East, the US move is a dangerous reminder.

People demonstrate against US military action in Venezuela in Times Square on January 3. 2026 in New York.

Israeli incursions, abductions stoke fear in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights

Al Jazeera talks exclusively to families of those taken by the Israeli army whose actions are also causing an ecocide.

Syria’s occupied Golan Heights

Syria’s oil heartland poisoned by decades of war, neglect, and inaction

War and neglect have turned Deir Az Zor’s oilfields into rivers of carcinogenic waste seeping into Syrian soil.

oil spill in Syria