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New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met visiting US Under Secretary of War Elbridge Colby on the sidelines of the India–US Defence Policy Group meeting in New Delhi Wednesday, discussing strengthening defence cooperation and strategic partnership. "Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met US Under Secretary of...

New Delhi: For Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, countering the pro-Iran Shia mobilisation in the country is increasingly becoming a headache. For Pakistan, countering this mobilisation is important as it is threatening to become bigger. However, the dilemma the establishment faces is that...

New Delhi: Israel does not place trust in countries with which it lacks diplomatic relations, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said, responding to a question on whether Tel Aviv trusts Pakistan in the context of the ongoing Iran conflict and related diplomatic efforts. In...

Dubai: An Iranian military spokesperson mocked US attempts at a ceasefire deal Wednesday, insisting that the Americans were only negotiating with themselves. Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for the Iranian military's Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, made the statement in a prerecorded video aired on...

Dubai: The Trump administration offered a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran, a person briefed on the contours of the proposal said late Tuesday, even as the US military prepared to send at least 1,000 more troops to supplement some 50,000 troops already in the Mideast....

Washington: The Pentagon declared cybersecurity and digital networks as central to modern warfare, telling lawmakers that its “digital backbone” is now a “weapon system” critical to how US forces fight, decide, and win future conflicts. At a Senate Armed Services cyber subcommittee hearing, Department of...

Washington: US lawmakers warned of mounting pressure on American weapons stockpiles and a rapidly deteriorating global nuclear landscape, as a Senate hearing exposed sharp concerns over the Trump administration’s war with Iran and the future of arms control. At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing,...

Islamabad/Jerusalem/Tel Aviv: Pakistan’s prime minister said Tuesday he was willing to host talks between the US and Iran on ending the war in the Gulf, a day after President Donald Trump postponed threats to bomb Iranian power plants, saying there had been “productive” talks. In...

Kyiv: A major Russian drone and missile attack on civilian areas of Ukraine killed four people and injured at least 27, officials said Tuesday. Moscow's army stepped up efforts to break through Ukrainian front-line defence in what could be the start of an anticipated spring...

Tehran: Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr has been appointed as the new Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing Ali Larijani who was killed in an Israeli attack last week, the Iranian media reported on Tuesday quoting a statement issued by Mehdi Tabatabai, the Iranian President's...