The first round of talks between US and Iranian officials in Switzerland concluded on Monday, with both sides agreeing on a roadmap aimed at reaching a final agreement within 60 days, Reuters reported. According to a joint statement issued by mediators Qatar and Pakistan, technical negotiations will continue throughout the week at the Qatari-owned Swiss More
At least nine people, including three women, a child and a journalist from Al Jazeera, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in the Gaza Strip, according to reports. Palestinian health officials said the casualties were caused by Israeli airstrikes and shootings across Gaza. Reuters reported that an Israeli airstrike on a residential building More
At least seven people were killed and three others injured in two roadside explosions in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, the blasts occurred in different areas of Bannu earlier in the day. The first explosion took place when an improvised explosive device planted along a roadside detonated, hitting a passenger van travelling from Hathi More
A diplomatic row has erupted between the United States and Italy after US President Donald Trump claimed that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had “begged” him for a photograph on the sidelines of the G7 summit, prompting Rome to cancel a planned diplomatic visit to Washington. According to The Guardian, Trump made the comments during More
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi has travelled to Tehran for talks with senior Iranian officials, according to reports. Tasnim News Agency reported on Saturday that Naqvi will meet and hold discussions with Iranian officials during his visit. According to the report, Naqvi is monitoring the process of Iran–US talks in Tehran. No further More
At least 24 people have been killed, 97 others injured and 515 detained during ongoing protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to a media report on Saturday. The region has also witnessed widespread shutdowns, road blockades and internet disruptions amid the unrest. The protests began ahead of a strike called against the allocation of 12 reserved More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved new regulations banning children under the age of 15 from using social media platforms and requiring technology companies to prevent them from creating or operating accounts through age-verification systems. According to Reuters, the regulations, approved on Thursday, prohibit children under 15 from creating, using, or managing personal social More
More than six million Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran since September 2023, placing immense pressure on services and communities across Afghanistan, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday. Arafat Jamal, UNHCR Representative in Afghanistan, made the remarks during a press conference in Kabul ahead of World Refugee Day. He said More
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have electronically signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war between the United States, Israel and Iran. According to Reuters, the United States and Iran on Wednesday released the text of an interim agreement signed by their presidents to end the conflict. However, Trump More
At least four people have been killed and several others wounded in Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, a media report said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has warned Israel to expect a “strong response” if it does not halt its attacks. The Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announced on 15 More
