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India at the BRICS conclave voiced concern over the West Asia crisis, risks to Strait of Hormuz shipping, energy disruptions and Gaza’s humanitarian situation, urging diplomacy and de-escalation.
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A leading US foreign policy strategist has warned that Washington may have suffered a historic strategic defeat in Iran, as Tehran expands control over the Strait of Hormuz amid rising global tensions.
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Tehran says talks with the US must focus on ending “aggression” as Gulf drone incidents, Strait of Hormuz tensions and military warnings raise fears of renewed escalation despite a fragile ceasefire.
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Trump rejects Iran’s response to US peace proposal as “totally unacceptable”, raising doubts over renewed talks amid tensions over sanctions, war reparations and control of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Pakistan army chief Asim Munir described last year’s conflict with India as a “battle between two ideologies”, while defending Islamabad’s military response and stressing future war readiness.
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At least 15 security officials were killed in a suicide bombing and militant ambush on a police post in Pakistan’s Bannu district, highlighting persistent unrest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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US President Donald Trump warned the European Union of higher tariffs if the 27-nation bloc fails to approve last year’s trade framework by July 4, despite a “great call” with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
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The UAE’s growing alignment with the U.S. and Israel, expanding regional role, and reported security cooperation have increasingly placed it in Tehran’s view as part of an anti-Iran regional bloc.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif thanked Donald Trump for pausing the Strait of Hormuz operation, expressing hope that ongoing US-Iran talks will lead to lasting regional peace.
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Trump renewed criticism of Pope Leo XIV over Iran and immigration remarks, deepening tensions ahead of Rubio’s Vatican visit as the pope defended peace, dialogue and church teachings.
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The US ended its Iran military campaign and paused Hormuz escort operations amid fragile ceasefire talks. Rising China-Iran coordination keeps Gulf tensions and global energy fears alive.
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PM Modi condemns Fujairah attack injuring three Indians, calls targeting civilians unacceptable. India backs UAE and urges dialogue as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening global energy security.
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At least 55 people have been killed after warplanes of the Saudi-led military coalition hit a hospital and a fishing harbor in Yemen’s western province of Hudaydah.
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Young Kashmiri writer Feroz Rather takes a daring plunge into the macabre realm of violence and death in his debut novel "The Night of Broken Glass." Spanning 13 stories - predominantly set in.
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Kashmir’s war, a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan, has smoldered for decades. Now it is collapsing into itself. The violence is becoming smaller, more intimate and harder to escape.
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A top Nigerian court has cleared dozens of the followers of prominent cleric Ibrahim al-Zakzaky of criminal charges, raising hopes for the release of the cleric himself, who has been held.
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The country’s top leaders did not give an immediate response to Trump’s statement a day earlier that he would meet them “any time” without preconditions.
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One of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biggest critics is rallying opposition parties against his government after a new list of citizens excluded 4 million people from a border state.
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US President Donald Trump has claimed that talks with Iran are imminent and could happen “pretty soon,” a day after he expressed willingness to meet with the Islamic Republic's leaders with.
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fter Pakistan’s recent election, Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party are now forming a new government. As usual, it will be greeted by an economic crisis.
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Saudi Arabia announced last week it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea’s Bab-el-Mandeb strait after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway.
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would be willing to meet Iran’s leader without preconditions to discuss how to improve ties after he pulled the United States out of the 2015.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the US withdrawal from a nuclear deal was “illegal” and it was up to Europe to preserve the landmark accord with Tehran.
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An Israeli court has sentenced a Palestinian poet to five months in prison for posting a poem on her social media accounts in support of resistance against the occupying regime.
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