Category: International

ISLAMABAD — In a rare and carefully watched moment of diplomacy, the first phase of in-person ceasefire talks between the United States and Iran wrapped up Saturday in Pakistan’s capital, according to Al Jazeera News. Sources close to the mediation described the meetings as productive yet measured, with both delegations now exchanging written texts to […]

ISTANBUL – Israeli parliament’s decision to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners is “essentially no different from Hitler’s policies against Jews,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday. “What is being done is discrimination, it is racism, it means implementing in Israel a worse version of the apartheid regime that was overthrown in South […]

US authorities have launched a new campaign to uncover so-called “birth tourism” schemes that allow foreign women to travel to the United States to give birth and secure citizenship for their newborns, according to Reuters. The initiative marks another step in President Donald Trump’s broader push to limit immigration, both legal and illegal. According to […]

RIYADH: In a significant step toward strengthening regional military cooperation, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that a military force from Pakistan has arrived at King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran, according to Arab News. According to the ministry, the deployment is part of efforts to reinforce the mutual defense pact signed between […]

Islamabad Talks Enter Critical Technical Phase as Extension Looms ISLAMABAD/TEHRAN: Diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Iran and the United States entered a more serious phase on Saturday as talks in Islamabad moved beyond broad political positions and into technical discussions on key issues, according to Tasnim News Agency. According to reports from Tasnim News […]

Islamabad, April 11 — Pakistan has become the focus of international diplomacy as senior delegations from the United States and Iran arrived in Islamabad for high-stakes negotiations aimed at strengthening a fragile ceasefire after six weeks of war in the Middle East. The US delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance, arrived on Saturday along […]

Pakistan’s repatriation of Afghan refugees and undocumented nationals has crossed 2.16 million people, as hundreds of families continue to leave daily through the Chaman border crossing into Afghanistan, according to the latest official figures released on Friday, according to The Nation. Authorities at the Chaman transit point said that between 500 and 600 people arrive […]

Israel has quietly paused its heavy bombardment of Lebanon following what sources describe as a “low-key” instruction from U.S. President Donald Trump to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to NDTV. The move comes amid fears that Israel’s fiercest strikes since Hezbollah entered the Middle East war have endangeringly strained the fragile truce between Washington and […]

TEHRAN – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called on European nations to take a “responsible and effective role” in supporting long-term peace and stability across the Middle East, according to Tasnim News Agency. Speaking in a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, Pezeshkian criticized European governments for failing to take a firm […]

Israel has agreed to begin direct talks with Lebanon even as fresh violence and confusion over a supposed ceasefire continue to deepen fears across the region, according to BBC News. The move comes after one of the deadliest days in recent fighting, with Lebanon’s health ministry reporting at least 303 people killed and more than […]