Jammu, May 26 -- Arab nations jittery at U.S. President's latest remark on Abraham Accord

By Ashok Nilakantan Ayers

NEW YORK: The month-long ceasefire that followed the most dangerous phase of the U.S.-Iran conflict in decades is beginning to resemble an uneasy diplomatic intermission rather than a settled peace. Yet in the past 72 hours, a convergence of signals from Washington, Tehran, New Delhi and the Gulf has raised the possibility that the war may be edging toward a negotiated pause-if not a durable settlement.

At the center of the latest diplomatic choreography is U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who arrived in New Delhi for a Quad-related engagement amid intensifying negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, the reopening of ...