Iran warned that it would no longer be bound by a deal with the US aimed at ending the Middle East war if Washington’s violations of the agreement continued, state TV reported on Saturday. Referring to the deal struck with the help of Pakistani mediation, Tehran’s UN ambassador said in remarks in New York on […]
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Trump’s Deal Puts Netanyahu on the Spot
The interim memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran has moved the Middle East away from immediate war, but it has also placed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in one of the most difficult positions of his long political career. Sent to the US Congress on June 19, the 14-point document, titled the […]
Punjab CM welcomes US-Iran deal, lauds Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday welcomed the Iran-US peace agreement and credited Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts for helping facilitate the breakthrough, paying tribute to the country’s political, military and diplomatic leadership. In a statement, the chief minister said the agreement reflected Pakistan’s constructive role in promoting peace and stability, adding that history would […]
Unreliable India: Deal or Double Game?
India’s foreign policy has long been marketed as “strategic autonomy.” However, deal with Ukraine has now exposed that slogan as calculated opportunism. While New Delhi continues to benefit from Russian oil, weapons, spares and strategic goodwill, it is quietly expanding defence cooperation with Moscow’s battlefield adversary Ukraine. India’s defense ties and technology exchanges with Ukraine […]
Mohsin Naqvi arrives in Tehran as Pakistan pushes for US-Iran deal
Iranian media outlets are reporting that Pakistan’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi has arrived in the Iranian capital. The Pakistani interior minister is expected to hold talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, among other Iranian officials, during his visit, IRNA and Tasnim news agencies said. Pakistan has been the main mediator in efforts to reach […]
Pakistan ‘optimistic’ about US-Iran deal
The United States and Iran are edging toward a temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with Tehran reviewing a proposal that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said Tehran had not yet reached a conclusion on the emerging plan, which […]
Pakistan proposes ‘two-tier’ truce deal to end US-Israel war on Iran
Pakistan has proposed a two-stage plan to end the US-Israel war on Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides now mulling the framework, a source has told the Reuters news agency. Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday acknowledged diplomatic efforts by Pakistan, which has shared a plan […]
Climate Deal
COP30 ended the way too many climate summits now end: applause in the hall, and a deal that sidestepped the hardest question. In Belém, nearly 200 countries approved an agreement that increases finance for climate-vulnerable states all the while avoids any commitment to phase out the fuels driving global heating. For two weeks, delegates fought […]
India’s oil deals with Russia dent decades-old dollar dominance
NEW DELHI: U.S.-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India – Russia’s top outlet for seaborne crude – have been settled in other currencies. The dollar’s pre-eminence has periodically been called into question and yet it has continued because of the […]
Iran, US clash at UN on nuclear deal, human rights issues
The US and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran’s president demanding US guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the US president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone at the United Nations General Assembly by decrying “double standards” […]