Ahead of a second round of talks scheduled in Islamabad, Iran is yet to confirm whether it would be participating, even as the US has announced that its team of negotiators would be in Pakistan on Monday. Amid suspense over the future of these talks and a ceasefire that is soon set to expire, a
Just before sunrise, the Shreveport neighbourhood in the US’s Louisiana woke up to a deadly mass shooting, as at least eight children, all under the age of 14, were killed after a man went on a shooting rampage. Police officers secure a street where eight children, with ages ranging from 1 to 14, were killed
An Iranian-flagged cargo ship was intercepted and subsequently seized in the Gulf of Oman after it tried to get past the naval blockade imposed by the US near the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said on Monday. Subsequently, Iran vowed a “swift response” to the action, as reported by news agency AP. A tanker
KYIV, April 19 (Reuters) – Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already holding talks with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. Defense against ballistic missiles is one of Ukraine’s biggest challenges in the war with Russia, since only certain types of missiles
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine, officials said Sunday, as the Ukrainian military struck a drone factory in southwestern Russia. A “massive” nighttime drone strike on Chernihiv in northern Ukraine killed a 16-year-old boy and wounded four others, according to the head of the city’s military administration. Rescuers
New Delhi: A permanent US resident of Iranian origin was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night on charges of brokering weapons deals on behalf of the Iranian government, according to a report by New York Post. It said the deals allegedly included armed drones, bomb fuses, and ammunition destined for Sudan’s ongoing
By Victoria Waldersee and Joan Faus BARCELONA, April 19 (Reuters) – From reforming the UN Security Council to taxing billionaires, thousands of leftists gathered in Barcelona over the weekend to brainstorm ways to halt the rise of authoritarianism and win back voters who have drifted rightwards. The gathering, which drew more than 6,000 people from
A precedent was set 50 years ago that still influences decisions today The council and Government fell out over education policy Fifty years ago, Tameside Conservatives seized power at the local elections. What happened next changed UK case law forever. The 1976 elections saw a shift in power from Labour to the Conservatives in Tameside.
The PM is in the final throes of his disastrous premiership (Image: Getty) Sir Keir Starmer is now so toxic even Labour’s foot soldiers have disowned him. With local elections approaching, many households across rudderless Britain will have been unfortunate enough to have received a knock on the door asking for a vote. Remember, these
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump has issued yet another threat today as Iran continued its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US naval blockade of the Islamic nation’s ports. This time, Trump said there will be “no more Mr Nice Guy” if Iran doesn’t take the “very fair and reasonable
World News Trump, in a post on social media Sunday, didn’t detail which officials the U.S. would sending to a second round of in-person talks with Iran is Islamabad. The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati) AP
Amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has clarified that it hasn’t given Chinese ships any blanket approval to transit through the key oil and gas route. About half of India’s crude oil and LPG supplies pass through the Strait of Hormuz. (REUTERS/ Representative) The Iranian consulate in Mumbai said in a post
US President Donald Trump took two apparently divergent tones in the same set of sentence, again, on Sunday amid the stalemate in his West Asia war. He threatened to “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge” in Iran, while “offering a very fair and reasonable deal” with a second round of talks
A sort of tug of war has been going on between the United States and Iran as the two countries negotiate to end their ongoing conflict in West Asia. And at the centre stage is a term that US President Donald Trump has used multiple times: Nuclear dust. Iran was believed to have more than
Despite no official announcement about a possible second round of talks between the US and Iran here, Pakistan has begun taking stringent security measures for the safety of foreign delegates, officials said Sunday. More than 10,000 police personnel have been deployed and over 600 checkpoints have been established across Rawalpindi. (Reuters) The US and Iran
By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi PARIS/DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) – European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said. They worry Washington, eager to claim a diplomatic win for
Iranian officials are reportedly “too afraid” to hold an elaborate funeral service for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei amid the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel. Earlier in March, IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported that Ali Khamenei’s body would be buried in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad. (AP) Tehran is yet to
A huge fire destroyed about 1,000 makeshift homes, many of them built on stilts over water, and displaced thousands of people in a coastal village in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Sunday, authorities said. This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Sandakan Fire and Rescue Department on April 19, 2026, shows a general view of
There’s a trend developing across Greater Manchester. The nature of Local Elections is changing – and it could mean residents’ votes have more power than ever before. On May 7, residents will head to the polls to choose a new councillor to represent their neighbourhood at their local authority. And for the first time, most
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