US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington was close to reaching a trade agreement with Mexico and that negotiations with Canada were also progressing, as the three North American countries
by Our Correspondent in Islamabad High-stakes negotiations between Iran and the United States in Islamabad have ended in a dramatic breakdown, with no agreement reached after extended discussions. The talks, which were
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Nine months after Donald Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program “obliterated,” the fragile balance between Washington and Tehran is once again nearing a breaking point. Following last year’s 12-day conflict between Israel and
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Since the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, allegations of systematic land appropriation and demographic reshaping in the Northern and Eastern provinces have persisted, fueling long-standing grievances among Tamil communities.
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US inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in nearly two years in March, highlighting the economic fallout from escalating geopolitical tensions linked to the war between the United States and Iran and
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A new analysis circulating in intelligence and technology circles has claimed that parts of the United States surveillance and data-processing infrastructure are struggling to keep pace with the scale of modern digital
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Iranian authorities have showcased the rapid repair of a bomb-damaged bridge in central Iran, presenting it as evidence of fast recovery capacity following recent strikes, while contrasting it with ongoing delays in
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A high-level Iranian delegation has arrived in Islamabad for direct negotiations with the United States, opening the talks with an emotional display of school belongings linked to children killed in reported airstrikes
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A striking feature published by Times UK has drawn global attention and scepticism after it detailed the alleged use of a classified CIA system known as “Ghost Murmur,” a tool said to
More Vice President JD Vance has been thrust into the most consequential diplomatic role of his political career, after President Donald Trump appointed him to lead high-stakes peace negotiations with Iran, according to
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At 2:31, she walked through the tall doorway, past the two standing American flags, and stood at the podium inside the Grand Foyer of the White House. She was there to deliver
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The finest military modern thinker, Maj Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, stated that the true object of war is not victory but the peace that follows the conflict. By that standard, the Trump-Netanyahu war
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The glaring differences between the United States and Iran notwithstanding, the talks beginning in Islamabad tomorrow have a fairly good chance of being a success. There is too much at stake, and
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Donald Trump has declared the start of a new “golden age” in the Middle East after announcing a ceasefire with Iran. The war, at least for now, has been paused. And while predictions are
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Editorial The language of peace, when deployed by states long entangled in cycles of militarisation and geopolitical opportunism, often invites not admiration but scrutiny. Pakistan’s latest overtures towards peace, accompanied by the
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The Middle East stood on the edge of a much bigger disaster earlier this week. On the night of April 8, 2026, US President Donald Trump suddenly announced a two-week ceasefire with
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