22-06-2025 TEHRAN/ GILAN: The prospect of war seemed to creep nearer to reality with each passing day, but perhaps few of the millions who have been forced to abandon their homes across Iran in the past week including myself, could have known this new reality would impose itself so harshly …

22-06-2025 ISTANBUL: A senior Iranian official said on Saturday that proposals put forward by European powers at talks in Geneva about his country’s nuclear program were “unrealistic”, suggesting that if they stuck to them it would be difficult to reach an accord. There were few signs of progress on Friday …

22-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad, and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India on Saturday. India put into “abeyance” its participation in the 1960 …

22-06-2025 BANGKOK: Taiwan’s defence ministry says that it has detected more than 70 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the last 24 hours, just days after a British naval vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The latest sightings reported on Friday come as Beijing continues to ramp up …

22-06-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says it would recommend United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves. In May, a surprise announcement by Trump of a ceasefire brought an abrupt end to a four-day conflict between nuclear-armed foes India and …

22-06-2025 GENEVA: Iran has said it will not resume talks over its nuclear program while under attack, hours after Israel’s defence minister warned of a “prolonged” conflict with the Islamic Republic. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday met European diplomats in Geneva who urged him to revive diplomatic efforts with …

22-06-2025 LONDON: The British parliament has narrowly voted in favor of a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, marking a landmark moment of social reform in the country’s history. The legislation passed by a vote of 314-291 in the House of Commons on Friday, clearing its biggest …

Visakhapatnam, June 21PMI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed and led the 11th International Day of Yoga (IYD) celebrations in Visakhapatnam today, highlighting yoga’s global influence and unifying power. Extending greetings to participants across the world, Modi reflected on the journey of yoga since India proposed the International Yoga Day at …

21-06-2025 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ QUETTA/ KARACHI: In January 2024, Pakistan and Iran fired missiles into each other’s territory in a brief military escalation between the neighbors. Yet 17 months later, after Israel attacked Iran with strikes on the latter’s nuclear facilities, and assassinated multiple Iranian generals and nuclear scientists, …

21-06-2025 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: The US joining Israeli strikes would cause “hell for the whole region”, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister has told media. Saeed Khatibzadeh said this is “not America’s war” and if US President Donald Trump does get involved, he will always be remembered as “a president who entered a …