Pakistan to mediate Iran-US talks? Trump reposts PM Shehbaz Sharif’s tweet

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fueled speculation about Pakistan playing a mediating role between Washington and Tehran after sharing a post by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing Islamabad’s willingness to host talks to end the ongoing conflict.In a post on X, Sharif said Pakistan was “ready and honoured” to facilitate “meaningful and conclusive…

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‘America will be paralyzed’: Iran issues ‘eye for a head’ to Trump if US hits infrastructure

Iran issued an “eye for a head” warning to Donald Trump, saying the United States would face a harsher response if it attacks Iran’s infrastructure, as Tehran hardened its position on ending the war.Former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohsen Rezaei said the war would continue until “all damages to Iran are compensated and sanctions…

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Coyle: ‘A positive step’: Taliban frees American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention

Taliban frees American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention (Picture credit: AP) Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle, who had been held for more than a year, in a move welcomed by Washington but accompanied by renewed US demands for the return of other Americans still believed…

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Lebanon: ‘Forward defensive line’: Israel says it will control south Lebanon up to Litani River to create a ‘security zone’

File photo: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz Israel said on Tuesday that its military would take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a “security zone”, marking a major escalation in its campaign against Hezbollah, while Lebanon took the unprecedented step of declaring Iran’s ambassador persona non grata and ordering him…

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‘Hatched conspiracy to secede Kashmir from India’: Why J&K separatist Asiya Andrabi got life term in UAPA case | India News

NEW DELHI: Asiya Andrabi, founder of the women’s separatist outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat, was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring against the State under stringent anti-terror laws.A Delhi court, presided over by Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh also sentenced her associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, to 30 years of imprisonment. The court directed…

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Lok Sabha passes Bill redefining ‘transgender’; excludes sexual orientations, self-perceived identities | India News

Members of Odisha Transgenders Association stage a demonstration demanding withdrawal of the Centre’s proposed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to give a precise definition of the term “transgender” and exclude “different sexual orientations…

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