Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran have failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war enters its second week with a fresh round of strikes between the two

The first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials in the weeklong war concluded after four hours with no sign of an immediate breakthrough.

President Donald Trump will decide within the next two weeks whether the U.S. will intervene in the Israel-Iran war, his press secretary said on Thursday. Trump said a two-week timeline was “based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take,