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Washington: US President Donald Trump said that American negotiators will be in Pakistan Monday for talks with Iran. Trump, in a post on social media Sunday, didn't detail which officials the US would send to a second round of in-person talks with Iran in Islamabad....

Tehran: Iran has indicated that there has been "progress" in its ongoing discussions with the United States, though it stressed that a final agreement is still a long way off, with the current two-week ceasefire due to expire on April 22, according to local media...

Cairo: The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. The strait is closed...

New Delhi: A convoy of 14 India-bound ships carrying crude oil and gas were stopped by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by firing at two of them while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz, leading to 13 of the vessels returning to different...

Cairo: Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway Saturday after the US said the move would not end its blockade. The country's joint military command said Saturday that control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned...

Beirut: Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on who got through and threatened to close it again if the...

New Delhi: In a major setback to the government, a Constitution Amendment Bill to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816 was defeated Friday, with the ruling dispensation asserting that the...

New Delhi: The Women Reservation Act 2023, which gave 33 per cent quota to women in legislatures, came into force Thursday, according to a notification issued by the Union Law Ministry. It is, however, not immediately known why the 2023 act was notified with effect...

Cairo: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire starting later Thursday, President Donald Trump said. The truce is scheduled to begin at 5 pm Eastern, Trump said. The president announced the pause in fighting on social media, saying it followed "excellent" conversations with...

New Delhi: As the three-day special sitting of Parliament began this morning to debate and discuss three legislations, the Lok Sabha witnessed fireworks and uproar, with Opposition and treasury benches engaging in a war of words over the ‘merits’ of the proposed amendments. Law Minister Arjun...