U.S. and Iran fail to reach agreement after peace talks, JD Vance says - Sunday, 12 April
U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the United States and Iran left peace talks in Islamabad without reaching an agreement early on Sunday, as negoti...
Pakistan has initiated a diplomatic move to request a UN Security Council meeting to discuss recent regional developments, including concerns related to India’s actions and the status of the Indus Waters Treaty.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar has directed Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN to take immediate steps to facilitate the convening of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) session.
Pakistan plans to raise issues it considers significant, including recent statements and actions by India, as well as the current status of the Indus Waters Treaty - signed between the two countries in 1960.
The Pakistani government aims to outline its view that these developments have implications for peace and stability in South Asia and beyond. The move is part of a broader diplomatic effort to engage the international community on regional matters.
Pakistan is set to hold a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2025-2026 term.
Hungarians vote in elections on Sunday that could see the end of hard right nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s more than 15 year rule. Opinion polls show Orbán’s Fidesz party trailing 45-year-old Péter Magyar’s centre-right opposition Tisza party.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators held their highest-level talks in half a century in Pakistan on Saturday in an effort to end their six-week war, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had begun the process of clearing the Strait of Hormuz.
Amid fragile calm, António Guterres urged constructive U.S.- Iran talks, while Pope Leo XIV warned violence is spreading. Lebanon's President said an Israeli strike killed 13 security personnel in Nabatieh.
Donald Trump’s flagship plan for post-war Gaza has come under scrutiny after reports that its financing is falling short of expectations, claims firmly rejected by the White House-backed Board of Peace.
At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede at Haiti’s Laferrière Citadel World Heritage Site, with authorities warning that the death toll could rise.
Israel has reprimanded Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv after a giant effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was blown up in a Spanish town.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of violating a 32-hour ceasefire introduced to mark Orthodox Easter on Saturday (11 April). Russian officials said Ukrainian drones attacked targets in the Kursk and Belgorod border regions, injuring five people.
The U.S., EU and their allies are racing to secure supplies of rare earth elements - essential materials for electric vehicles, wind turbines and advanced technologies - as China maintains a dominant position in processing.
At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede at Haiti’s Laferrière Citadel World Heritage Site, with authorities warning that the death toll could rise.
Hungarians vote in elections on Sunday that could see the end of hard right nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s more than 15 year rule. Opinion polls show Orbán’s Fidesz party trailing 45-year-old Péter Magyar’s centre-right opposition Tisza party.
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