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Washington: US President Donald Trump said that a peace deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen immediately afterward. Trump earlier announced on Truth social: "The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal to end the war with Iran will be signed Sunday and the Strait of Hormuz will be "open to all" immediately after that. "The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it...

Nice: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in France Saturday where he is scheduled to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and also attend the G-7 Summit. In the first leg of the visit, the prime minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Macron Sunday...

Dubai/Washington: Iran said Saturday it could sign the framework for a peace deal with the United States in the coming days, but dismissed a suggestion by mediator Pakistan that it would be signed within the next 24 hours. The US and Iran signalled Friday that...

Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 meeting in France Wednesday, local media reported quoting US officials. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since February last year in Washington. Trump embarks...

Islamabad: US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss plans to demine the Strait of Hormuz with allies during next week's Group of Seven summit in France, a senior US administration official said Saturday, as mediators said an agreement to end the war was close....

Lagos: Eleven Indian sailors have been convicted and their merchant vessel fined USD 5.3 million by a court in Nigeria for cocaine trafficking. They were arrested around six months ago by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 31.5 kilogrammes...

Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that any violation of the American blockade and illicit transport of Iranian oil through the Straits of Hormuz will not be tolerated, an official statement said Saturday. Rubio conveyed this to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar,...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, local officials said Saturday, as part of Kyiv's campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia. Drone debris sparked a fire at a sea terminal, local...

Beijing: China said Saturday it firmly opposed the US adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military companies, and that the move ignored the consensus reached during US President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month. The Pentagon on Monday...