International relations

Iran is ready to engage with the US at talks on Saturday over its nuclear programme “with a view to seal a deal”, its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said. But US President Donald Trump must first agree there can be no “military option”, Araghchi said, and added that Iran would “never accept coercion”. He also insisted the negotiations in …

In the old and new Great Game, Afghanistan has held a central position. Peter Hopkirk, in his pathbreaking book The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia. Chronicled the 19th-century geopolitical chessboard involving Britain and Russia. To prevent an armed conflict between British India and the Russian empire, both powers decided to declare Afghanistan as a buffer state …

Warning: This article contains distressing content Palestinian detainees released back to Gaza have told the BBC they were subjected to mistreatment and torture at the hands of Israeli military and prison staff, adding to reports of misconduct within Israel’s barracks and jails.One man said he was attacked with chemicals and set alight. “I thrashed around like an animal in an …

The Australian stock market experienced a historic downturn as the ASX 200 plummeted, shedding a staggering $100 billion in market value. This marks the worst single-day loss in five years, with investors scrambling in response to a fresh wave of tariff threats from former U.S. President Donald Trump. The Catalyst: Trump’s Tariff Shock Market volatility spiked after Trump announced a …

The global economy is an intricate web of trade, investment, and interdependence. Any disruption in one part of the world can send shockwaves across continents. One such disruption was the trade war initiated by former U.S. President Donald Trump, which sent ripples through financial markets, supply chains, and global GDP growth. But does this trade war have the potential to …

Tens of thousands of protesters mustered in cities and towns across the country on Saturday to sound off against the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government and its policies. Carrying homemade posters and chanting “Hands Off,” the protesters came out to the more than 1,200 rallies nationwide despite rain in many cities, according to organizers. Several Democratic heavyweights, including …

The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the human toll of the intensified hostilities in Gaza. He condemns the reported killing of over a thousand people, including women and children, since the collapse of the ceasefire. Large-scale Israeli bombardments and ground operations have resulted in widespread destruction and the displacement of over 100,000 Palestinians from Rafah in the last two days …

The Nobel Institute has officially denied recent claims suggesting that former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan had been nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. The reports, which quickly gained traction across social media platforms and certain media outlets, have now been dismissed as misleading and politically motivated. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Nobel Institute, addressed the matter directly, …

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Pakistan has called for an international crackdown on the illegal flow of arms to terrorist organisations, warning that groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) are using advanced weapons, abandoned in Afghanistan, to carry out cross-border attacks.