WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that negotiators for the United States and Iran were “getting a lot closer” to finalizing an agreement to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News. He said a final agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and would ensure that Iran’s enriched […]
SRINAGAR — A political storm erupted in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP circulated online ‘Omar Abdullah missing’ posters in a bid to mock the chief minister. The BJP’s J&K unit shared the ‘missing’ posters on its social media handles, seeking information about Abdullah and claiming that he has been “missing for the last ten […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson is focused on building greater quality and depth within the ODI setup as attention gradually turns towards next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. “Look, I think with one day cricket with the World Cup in mind, in a year and a half, you know, we have to […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Police, in a joint operation with the district administration on Saturday demolished three properties worth ₹4 crore belonging to notorious drug dealer in Jammu. According to a police statement, Navjot Singh alias Bablu, a resident of Indra Nagar area in Miran Sahib is a habitual offender with 15 FIRs registered against him […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that negotiators for the United States and Iran were “getting a lot closer” to finalizing an agreement to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News. He said a final agreement would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and would ensure that Iran’s enriched […]
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s security officials said on May 23 that China has deployed more than 100 navy, coast guard and other vessels in regional waters stretching from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea and Western Pacific. The deployment began before US President Donald Trump’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, […]
DHAKA — At least 86 children have died from confirmed measles infections in Bangladesh this year, and another 426 with symptoms consistent with the disease, health officials said on Saturday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks in decades. Cases have spread rapidly in recent months, overwhelming hospitals and placing severe strain on […]
NEW DELHI/DUBAI — Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been made in talks on ending almost three months of war. Tehran is focused on finalising a memorandum of understanding, Iran’s foreign ministry said after Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met Asim […]
DUBAI — Iran’s top negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, told Pakistani army chief Asim Munir during talks in Tehran on Saturday that the U.S. was not an honest party in negotiations to end their war and Iran would not compromise on its national rights, state television reported. A regional mediation push led by Pakistan […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday it is a “tragedy” that many prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir are in jails away from their families without a trial. Speaking to reporters, Mufti, who visited the residence of Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, alias Engineer Rashid, in north Kashmir’s Kupwara to pay condolences […]
JAMMU — An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Saturday following a major cordon-and-search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after reports of suspected movement, officials said. According to preliminary reports, the movement of two to three terrorists was suspected in the area. “Today at around 11.30 AM, contact was established […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson is focused on building greater quality and depth within the ODI setup as attention gradually turns towards next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. “Look, I think with one day cricket with the World Cup in mind, in a year and a half, you know, we have to […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid, called upon India and Pakistan “to talk to each other to find a way out to address concerns and democratic aspirations of people of Kashmir”. “As international commitments made over the Kashmir issue were never implemented and wars between the neighbouring […]
