Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran will not accept negotiations conducted under the shadow of threats. In a post on X, he said: “We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats and over the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield.” He said US President More
US Vice President JD Vance is expected to travel to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, on Tuesday for talks with Iran, according to media reports. Earlier, US President Donald Trump had said that Vance would not lead the US delegation to Pakistan due to security concerns. However, three US sources told Axios that Vance was More
Iranian judicial authorities say two individuals have been executed on charges of cooperating with a spy network linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Tasnim reported that Mohammad Masoum Shahi and Hamid Walidi were executed on Monday morning after completing legal proceedings and the confirmation of their sentences by the Supreme Court. According to the report, More
At least 15 people were killed and 20 others injured after a passenger bus rolled into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Monday. According to the Hindustan Times, several others are feared dead following the accident. The incident occurred near Kanote village when the bus, travelling from Ramnagar to Udhampur, reportedly lost More
Iran says no decision has yet been made regarding a new round of negotiations with the United States. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei made the remarks after US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that an American delegation had been sent to Islamabad for talks with Iran. Tehran has previously said it would not More
A gunman killed eight children — seven of them his own — and wounded two other people before being shot dead by police in the US state of Louisiana, media reports said on Monday. The victims of the attack, which took place across two houses in Shreveport on Sunday morning, were between one and about More
US President Donald Trump has said that Vice President JD Vance will not lead the US delegation for a new round of negotiations with Iran in Pakistan due to security concerns, a media report said on Monday. “It’s only because of security,” Trump told ABC News when asked about the reason Vance is not making More
A major fire in Malaysia’s Sabah state has destroyed about 1,000 homes and displaced thousands of residents, according to official and media reports. The blaze broke out early Sunday in a coastal village in the Sandakan area of Sabah on the island of Borneo, Reuters reported. Fire officials said the incident began at approximately 1:32 More
Foreign ministers of 16 Arab and Islamic countries have condemned Israel’s appointment of a diplomatic representative in Somaliland, describing the move as a clear violation of Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. In a joint statement issued on Saturday in Doha, the foreign ministers of Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Bangladesh, Algeria, Palestine, More
A French soldier serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been killed and three other peacekeepers wounded in an attack in southern Lebanon. The attack took place in the village of Ghandouriyeh, where three members of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured, two of them seriously on Saturday, Al More
