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15-04-2026 TEHRAN: Iranian authorities say the United States needs to do more if an agreement is to be made to end the war as they urge their supporters to maintain control of the streets. The US delegation at Saturday’s marathon talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, “ultimately failed to gain the trust …

15-04-2026 WASHINGTON: The US military says it will block all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports, starting at 10am ET (14:00 GMT). Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says any military vessel that approaches the Strait of Hormuz will be considered in violation of the ceasefire and “will be dealt …

15-04-2026 BUDAPEST: Hungary’s longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban has conceded defeat in the country’s parliamentary election after partial official results showed Peter Magyar’s Tisza party winning by a landslide. “Prime Minister Viktor Orban just called to congratulate us on our victory,” Magyar posted on social media on Sunday as the …

14-04-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ RIYADH: Pakistan has deployed fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, its first visible military move under a mutual defence pact between the two countries, as it hosts ceasefire talks aimed at ending weeks of regional fighting between the US, Israel and Iran. The aircraft, …

14-04-2026 WASHINGTON: Young American men could be automatically registered for eligibility for the military draft as soon as December, ending decades of self-registration. The new rule, proposed by a government agency, would see men being registered automatically rather than being asked to do so themselves within 30 days of their …

14-04-2026 ABUJA: Nearly 400 people have been sentenced in Nigeria for links with militant Islamic groups following mass trials. The convicts were given sentences ranging from five years to life imprisonment after linked to Boko Haram or a rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap). The trials …

14-04-2026 VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo on Saturday urged world leaders to end what he called the “madness of war,” in an impassioned appeal as senior US and Iranian officials met in Pakistan to discuss ‌ending the six-week conflict. At a special prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica, the first US …

14-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ LONDON: India’s shipping ministry has granted special permission to four vessels carrying Iranian oil, as requested by Reliance Industries to berth at the western port of Sikka, three industry ‌sources said. India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer, has not received a cargo from …

14-04-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, three people close to his inner circle told media. Khamenei’s face was disfigured in the attack on the supreme …

14-04-2026 BAGHDAD: Iraq’s parliament has elected Nizar Amedi as the country’s new president, ending a political deadlock that had paralyzed government formation. Amedi was nominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and secured 227 votes in a second round of voting on Saturday, comfortably defeating independent candidate Muthanna Amin …