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New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed relief that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance were unharmed after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Condemning the incident, he further stated that violence has no place in a democracy.Trump and several senior US officials were evacuated from the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on Saturday night (local time) after multip…

Washington, April 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and several senior US officials were evacuated from the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night after multiple gunshots were reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Secret Service agents and other security personnel rushed into the banquet hall as panic spread among attendees. Guests reportedly took cover under tables while security officers urged people to duck.Following the incident, Trump shared an update…

New York, April 25 (IANS) Iran and the US appeared to be readying for communicating again, if at arm’s length and with secondary-level interlocutors, as a team from Tehran arrived in Pakistan and a US group was set to head there on Saturday. After the second round of talks that was to have taken place this week or over last weekend didn’t take off because Iran refused to join, there has been some delicate manoeuvres by Tehran to reopen contacts.As the stalemate continues, Tehran has closed the S…

New York, April 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has unilaterally extended the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely, hours before it was to expire, even though Tehran refused to attend a second round of talks that Trump had said were imminent.After making several threats to Iran if it did not accept his terms for a settlement, he announced on Truth Social on Tuesday (local time) that because “Iran is seriously fractured”, he was extending the ceasefire till Tehran can come up with a unified appro…

New York, April 20 (IANS) There was confusion over US Vice President J.D. Vance travelling to Pakistan to lead the US in talks with Iran, after President Donald Trump ruled it out on Sunday citing security concerns, while the White House said he would attend.Trump told two television programmes that Vance would not be going to Islamabad for the second round of direct negotiations that he said would take place next week.But both CNN and The New York Times reported soon afterwards that, according …

Washington, April 16 (IANS) Pakistan should focus on securing its own peace before projecting itself as an arbiter of it on the international stage, a report highlighted on Thursday citing the recent failed Islamabad talks between Iran and the United States. Writing in US-based ‘Inkstick Media’, Marcus Andreopoulos stated that while Islamabad’s role in brokering a temporary ceasefire may have resulted in greater global attention in the short term, any optimism quickly faded once US Vice Presiden…

New York, April 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday that talks between the US and Iran may resume in the next couple of days and that discussions were afoot. Speaking by phone from Washington to a reporter for the New York Post in Islamabad, he said, “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go.””It’s more likely,” he emphasised.In an earlier phone call with the reporter, Trump said, “Discussions w…

Washington, April 13 (IANS) Republican Indian American politician Nikki Haley said the US was right to walk away from Iran talks, backing President Donald Trump’s blockade plan and warning Tehran was using the Strait of Hormuz to “hold the global economy hostage.”Negotiations between Washington and Tehran had failed to make progress, with both sides entering discussions far apart. “The US had a 15 point plan. Iran had a 10 point plan. They really were miles apart,” she told CNN in an i…

Tehran, April 12 (IANS) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the US failed to gain Iran’s trust during recent negotiations, despite what he described as Tehran’s willingness to engage in “good faith”. In a series of posts on X, Ghalibaf stated that the Iranian delegation raised “forward-looking initiatives”, however, the US failed to gain its trust. He mentioned that the US has to decide whether it can earn Iran’s trust and logic, as it has understood Tehran’s l…

Islamabad, April 12 (IANS) People are facing series of problems, from buying edibles to daily essentials in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi as the markets have remained shut at the behest of district administration, local media reported on Sunday. Markets in Rawalpindi remained shut due to the security reasons as US-Iran talks were held in Islamabad. The worst-impacted regions of Rawalpindi were Peshawar Road, Murree Road and areas which shared border with Islamabad, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported…