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Islamabad, April 1 – Participants in a jirga (tribal council) have urged the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to stop the border clashes and resolve their differences through dialogue, local media reported on Wednesday.A "Pakistan-Afghanistan Peace Jirga" was organized in Pakistan's...

Islamabad, March 29 Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary Arbab Shehzad Khan said that a Pakistan-Afghanistan peace jirga will be held in Peshawar on March 31 to urge the leaders of the two nations to ease tensions and work towards peace, local media reported on Sunday.Addressing a press...

Islamabad, March 28 Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held discussions with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian via phone on Saturday regarding the ongoing hostilities in West Asia and condemned the continued Israeli attacks on Tehran.“During their detailed conversation that lasted over...

Islamabad, March 27 Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar spoke with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Friday and discussed the ongoing efforts for peace in West Asia.Deputy Prime Minister Dar said in a statement on X that he exchanged views with Wang, who is also a member of the Political...

Imphal, March 25 Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Wednesday said he met President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi and briefed her on the evolving situation in the northeastern state.Singh left for the national capital on Tuesday."Honoured to call on Hon'ble President Smt. Droupadi...

New Delhi/Imphal, March 25 Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh met with President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital on Wednesday.The President's office shared a picture of the meeting on X."Chief Minister of Manipur, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, met with...

Imphal, March 25 Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh said on Wednesday that he met President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi and briefed her on the evolving situation in the northeastern state.Singh left for the national capital on Tuesday."Honored to meet Hon'ble President Smt. Droupadi...

Churachandpur (Manipur), March 22 A group of people attempted to storm the residence of the chairman of the Kuki Zo Council (KZC) in Churachandpur district, Manipur, on Sunday, but security forces thwarted the attempt by firing tear gas shells, officials said.The incident occurred a day after...

Imphal, March 22 Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh on Sunday said his meeting with a Kuki Zo Council delegation was a "good beginning" in restoring peace in the state and rebuilding trust between Meiteis and Kukis.A day after holding the closed-door meeting with the delegation in...

Hyderabad, March 14 Top Maoist leader Devuji, also known as Thippiri Tirupati, who recently emerged from hiding and joined the mainstream, has appealed to the government to lift the ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist), saying the organization is willing to function legally and disband...

March 13, New Delhi – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday to visit a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) F-16 fighter jet training centre and meet with Romanian leaders.The visit comes amid uncertainty surrounding peace talks between Ukraine...

Moscow, March 8 Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Western countries for triggering the Ukraine crisis, saying the conflict stemmed from their support for the change of power in Kyiv.Putin made the remarks in an interview for the state television programme “Moscow, Kremlin, Putin”...

Moscow, February 24 A Russian intelligence agency claimed on Tuesday that the UK and France are secretly planning to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) made this claim in a report it issued on Tuesday, as Moscow's military operation in the former...

Munich, February 15 – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he hopes for serious and substantive discussions in the upcoming peace talks with Russia and the United States in Geneva."We truly hope that the trilateral meetings next week will be serious, substantive, and helpful...