Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam.

World

Tehran will not negotiate under threat or force: Iranian envoy

File picture of J.D. Vance boarding Air Force Two in Islamabad.

World

Vance to visit Pakistan for urgent Iran talks as ceasefire deadline looms

Police guard a checkpoint in Islamabad ahead of a possible second round of US–Iran talks.

World

Conflicting signals on Islamabad talks as ceasefire ends tomorrow

Vance (C) with Asim Munir (L) and Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Islamabad, 11 April.

POLITICS

Congress criticises Modi government over Pakistan’s role in US-Iran talks

Tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Qeshm Island.

World

Iran rejects second round of US talks, ceasefire hangs by a thread

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Business

Oil prices surge towards $100 amid rising tensions over Strait of Hormuz

Tankers and gas carriers anchored in Strait of Hormuz.

World

Tehran condemns US ‘piracy’ after ship seizure, warns of retaliation

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Opinion

Electoral storm gathering over Trump

Dalbara Singh has borrowed money to stock some diesel amidst the growing fuel shortage

Nation

War in Iran, debt in Punjab

US President Donald Trump finds himself with no friends and no real allies

Opinion

Why Trump’s America is a lonely superpower

Donald Trump waves to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, 17 April

World

Trump’s posts and identity of the ‘idiot’ keep Gulf on edge

Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at the White House, 21 Feb

World

Iran says US ‘maximalist’ demands blocking talks; rejects sending enriched uranium

Farmers load cow dung cakes on a cart amid the ongoing LPG crisis, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Opinion

The price of looking inward