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Islamabad: Last-minute ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran looked uncertain Tuesday as a two-week truce was set to expire and both countries warned that, without a deal, they were prepared to resume fighting. US Vice President JD Vance, expected to lead US negotiators...

Washington: US forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as it puts into place a global warning to track down vessels tied to Tehran. US forces "conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction" and boarded...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he's ready to resume Iran bombardment if talks don't go well. In an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Trump was asked directly if he'd resume strikes if there isn't progress in the coming talks in Islamabad. "Well,...

London: The Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, has held a wide range of high-level discussions with military counterparts and ministers on the evolving nature of conflict and countering emerging challenges in the Indo-Pacific in London this week. General Chauhan called on Luke Pollard,...

Beijing: China Tuesday denied any links to the Iranian cargo ship seized by the US in the Gulf, allegedly containing chemical materials to manufacture missiles. To my knowledge, this is a foreign-flagged container ship. China opposes any malicious linking and hype, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

New Delhi: Pakistan Tuesday extended the closure of its airspace for Indian planes till May 24 as the curbs will now remain in place for more than a year. In the wake of the terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, that killed 26 people April 22...

Peshawar: A resolution recommending Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir for the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in easing regional tensions through diplomacy was submitted in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Tuesday. The resolution, moved by Pakistan Muslim...

New York: India has highlighted the need for greater representation of the Global South, particularly in the permanent category, in the United Nations Security Council. Secretary, West, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George, delivered India's national statement at the IGN meeting on the United...

San Francisco: Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iphone-fueled era of prosperity. Cook, 65, will turn...

Tokyo: Japan Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression. The approval by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet of...