US President Donald Trump said in mid-September 2026 that an end to which conflict "may be near"?

Explanation: President Donald Trump told reporters that an end to the Iran war may be near, claiming Iranian leaders wanted a deal and that he had heard directly from Tehran. The remarks lifted investor sentiment at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, which staged a partial recovery on select buying. For CSS aspirants, the linkage between geopolitical signalling and emerging-market asset prices is a useful illustration of how conflict risk premiums transmit into oil, equities and currency markets.