Pakistan facilitating backchannel contacts between Iran, US

Pakistan has proposed Islamabad as a potential location for negotiations involving senior Trump administration and Iranian officials as early as this week, according to two people familiar with the conversations. LONDON (Web Desk) — According to the British publication Financial Times, Tehran and US special envoys Steve Witkoff and JaredRead More →

The arrests echo measures around the Gulf as Iran attacks airports, military bases, oil infrastructure, and residential areas with drones and missiles. DOHA (AFP) – Qatari police arrested more than 300 people for spreading photographs and “misleading information” during Iran’s strikes, the interior minister said Monday. The arrests follow similarRead More →

The United States will use additional legal defenses to keep as many of Trump’s tariffs in place as possible, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other administration officials. WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The US Supreme Court overturned President Donald Trump’s broad tariffs, which he sought under a statute intended forRead More →

DHAKA (AFP) – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, is expected to sweep the first polls since a violent 2024 revolt, Bangladeshi TV stations said Friday. In a party statement, senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi declared a “sweeping victory” but did not provide specific statistics. HeRead More →

Reuters/AFP, Washington Egypt and Turkey reported on Saturday that US President Donald Trump has extended an invitation to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join a newly established Gaza “Board of Peace,” which would supervise the territory’s provisional government. After a precarious truce thatRead More →

Minneapolis (Reuters) – On Wednesday, a US immigration officer shot and injured a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic check in Minneapolis, according to the authorities, raising concerns about an unexpected deployment of militarized federal officers in Minnesota’s most populated city. The US Department of Homeland Security, which is in chargeRead More →

DHAKA (AFP) Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s three-time prime minister who intended to lead her country for the last time after next year’s elections, died on Tuesday at the age of 80. Zia, a dominating figure in the South Asian country’s volatile power battles for decades, had promised to participate in theRead More →

According to a New South Wales ambulance representative, over a dozen victims were transported to area hospitals following the incident. SYDNEY (Reuters)— Gunmen opened fire on a Jewish holiday celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounded around a dozen more, according to AustralianRead More →