International

11-04-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ KABUL/ BEIJING: Afghanistan has said that peace talks with Pakistan being held in China have been “useful”. The comment was issued by the foreign ministry in Kabul amid talks aimed at halting cross-border fighting between the two neighbors, which were launched last week …

11-04-2026 LONDON: The United Kingdom has gathered foreign ministers from 40 countries to discuss options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the United States and Israel’s war against Iran. UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Iran’s “recklessness” in blockading the …

11-04-2026 HAVANA: Hundreds of women marched in Cuba’s capital, Havana, to protest the de facto oil blockade and pressure campaign that the United States has imposed on the island. Banners and signs at Tuesday’s demonstration bore the slogan “Tumba el bloqueo” or “Tear down the blockade”. Many protesters waved Cuban …

11-04-2026 WASHINGTON: United States Vice President JD Vance has warned Iran that it would be “dumb” to jeopardize its ceasefire with Washington over Israel’s attacks in Lebanon. Although Pakistan, which mediated the truce, said explicitly that Lebanon is included in the two-week ceasefire, Vance told reporters that the US did …

11-04-2026 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran and the United States have both claimed victory in their conflict as they both accepted a two-week ceasefire just before US President Donald Trump’s apocalyptic deadline to obliterate Iranian “civilization” if Tehran did not agree to a deal. At least 2,076 people have died in US-Israel …

10-04-2026 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: In the end, cooler heads prevailed at least for now. At 18:32 Washington time, President Donald Trump posted on his social media website that the US and Iran were “very far along” with a “definitive” peace agreement and that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire to …

10-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s aviation market is poised for significant expansion but remains constrained by a limited number of widebody aircraft, Willie Walsh, the incoming chief executive of IndiGo, told media. Walsh described the country’s fleet of 50 widebody aircraft as a “scandal” given its size and growth …

10-04-2026 ATHENS: Greece has announced plans to ban access to social media for under-15s, becoming the latest European country to restrict children’s exposure to online platforms. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the move was aimed at tackling rising anxiety and sleep problems among young people, as well as what he …

10-04-2026 BEIRUT: The Israeli military has carried out a large wave of air strikes across Lebanon, with reports of a high number of casualties across the country, hospitals overwhelmed and people believed to be under the rubble of collapsed buildings. Israel described it as the largest wave of air strikes …

10-04-2026 LONDON/ NEW YORK: TOKYO: Global oil prices have fallen sharply and stock markets have jumped after the US and Iran agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire deal that includes the reopening of the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. The price of benchmark Brent crude fell by about 13% to …