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Moscow : Russia announced a temporary 32-hour ceasefire with Ukraine on the occasion of Orthodox Easter from April 11 to April 12, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The ceasefire will begin from 4 pm on Saturday…

Budapest : US Vice President JD Vance firmly discarded the claims of Lebanon being a part of the truce talks between Washington and Tehran, as the precarious two-week ceasefire comes into place. Speaking to reporters ahead of his departure…

Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence on Thursday detected the presence of 8 PLAN vessels, 6 PLA aircraft sorties, and 1 official ship operating around its territory. Sharing the details on X, the MND noted that while 5 out of 6…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump seemed to have shifted his focus back to acquiring Greenland after a temporary ceasefire agreement with Iran, signalling out NATO allies' lack of cooperation during the conflict in the West Asia…

Tehran : Israel's continued operation in Lebanon has threatened the temporary ceasefire, with Iran accusing the US-Israel side of violating the agreement. Tehran also threatened to leave the negotiations talks set to take place in Islamabad…

Washington DC : The White House clarified that Iran presented two 10-point plans, out of which one was "unserious, unacceptable" and was "literally thrown in the garbage" by US President Donald Trump. White House Press Secretary Karoline…

Washington DC : Pakistan attempted to present itself as a peacemaker between the US and Iran, but the new details from a Financial Times report suggest that it was rather pushed by White House to broker the temporary ceasefire with Iran.…

Tehran : Iran's Supreme National Security Council has announced that it will enter into a two-week round of negotiations with the United States in Islamabad to finalise the terms of a proposed ceasefire, while asserting that Tehran has…

Washington DC: US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor who is in the United States attended a dinner at the White House on Tuesday night and said that during the dinner he discussed US-India ties with Preisdent Donald Trump. Gor called the…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) said that it was a big day for world peace as the US-Iran war headed towards a ceasefire. Trump said that the US will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of…

Canberra : Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the United States' decision to suspend its strike campaign against Iran for a two-week period, describing the move as a step in the right direction amid rising global…

Jerusalem : Israel has backed the US decision to suspend strikes against Iran as the two nations look to work out a lasting peace formula. A statement from the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Office said, "Israel supports…

Islamabad : A social media post by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has triggered widespread debate after an apparent "draft" message was mistakenly published on X and later edited. The incident quickly drew attention online, with…

Our regular Community Health contributor, *Dr Naresh Purohit-Fellow (Defence Institute of Psychological Research, New Delhi) and Advisor- National Mentral Health Programme, laments on the disastrous impact on human life and Society post…

Washington DC : A report by Joseph Webster and Ginger Matchett, published by the Atlantic Council, serves as a stark warning against the "power plant day" strategy currently being weighed by the US administration. The authors argued that…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) spoke to the crew members of Artemis II mission and praised them for inspiring the world with their feat. Noting that they made history, the US President said that the mission…

Taipei : Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence on Tuesday recorded the presence of 8 PLAN vessels, 1 official ship and 1 sortie of PLA aircraft around its territory. Sharing the details in a post on X, MND said that they have monitored the…

Our regular Community Health contributor, *Dr Naresh Purohit-Fellow (Defence Institute of Psychological Research, New Delhi) and Advisor- National Mentral Health Programme, laments on the disastrous impact on human life and Society post…

Tehran : Direct airstrike destroyed Red Crescent Rescue Vehicle in Southern Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported. A rescue vehicle belonging to the Iranian Red Crescent Society was completely destroyed in a US-Israeli…

Geneva : WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned the strike which took place merely 100 meters from Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon's largest public medical facility, and resulted in the death of 4 people,…