International

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...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was the "first one" to suggest attacking Iran when he discussed the "problem in the Middle East" with his close aides. Speaking at the Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable in Tennessee, Monday, Trump...

Dubai: A missile slammed into a street in central Tel Aviv as Iran kept up its barrages targeting Israel and Gulf Arab states Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. Trump...

Dhaka: An influential former military general who played a key role in 2007 in installing an army-backed interim government replacing a caretaker one, which was presumed to be inclined to the BNP, now headed by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has been arrested, police said Tuesday....

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has voiced concern over the "inhumane treatment" his wife, Bushra Bibi, has been subjected to in prison. Kasim Khan, the jailed former Prime Minister's son, took to his social media platform X, stating that...