About 21 people have been killed and 14 others injured when a bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims careened off a cliff in Kotmale town of Sri Lanka, a media report said on Sunday. Associated Press reported: “The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday near the town of Kotmale, about 140 kilometers (86 miles) east of More
Iran and the United States are expected to resume direct nuclear negotiations in Oman on Sunday, with the Trump administration waning of pulling out if the discussions make no headway. Oman, which mediates the negotiations, had sought Iran’s viewpoint about the date for the fourth round of talks, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said. IRNA More
The Group of Seven (G7) countries have urged India and Pakistan to initiate direct dialogue to end the war and exercise restraint, Reuters reported on Saturday. World powers have raised the alarm over the latest escalation in the decades-old India-Pakistan rivalry. India hit Pakistan with air strikes and missiles on Wednesday and since then both More
Pakistan launched a counter-offensive against India early Saturday, blaming the neighbour for striking three of its military bases with missiles. The retaliatory attacks began soon after India fired surface-to-air missiles from fighter jets at Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi), Murid (Chakwal) and Rafiqui (Shorkot in Jhang district) air bases. But all assets of the air force More
Six military personnel have been killed after a helicopter crashed in Sri Lanka, the country’s Air Force confirmed on Friday. According to Reuters, a Bell 212 helicopter carrying 12 armed forces personnel crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir during a training mission. Sri Lanka Air Force spokesman Group Captain Eranda Geeganage said that six of More
US Vice President JD Vance has said that his country cannot intervene between India and Pakistan, but it can urge both sides to de-escalate rising tensions. Speaking on Thursday, Vance emphasized that while the US wants to see tensions ease quickly, it cannot control the nuclear-armed neighbors. “We want this thing to de-escalate as quickly More
Operations have been suspended at several airports in Pakistan and India, with flights no longer operating over Pakistani and northern Indian airspace, media reports said on Thursday. Pakistan claims to have shot down 12 Indian drones on Wednesday night. This development comes amid rising tensions between the two countries following an armed attack on tourists More
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says the threat of an attack from India still persists, but Islamabad is fully prepared to respond and defend its rights. In an interview with Geo News, Asif claimed India made two or three attempts to target certain Pakistani cities on Wednesday. He said in some cities, lights were deliberately More
Former US president Joe Biden has slammed the Trump administration for mounting pressure on Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, his first since leaving the White House, he characterised Trump government’s leniency towards Russian President Vladimir Putin as “modern-day appeasement”. Putin believed Ukraine was part of Russia, he More
Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed in an improvised explosive device explosion in Balochistan’s Kacchi district, the military says. “On May 6, terrorists belonging to the Baloch Liberation Army targeted security forces’ vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Mach,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: In a statement, the army’s media wing said: “Nefarious More
