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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has directed the country’s foreign minister to initiate negotiations with the United States over Iran’s nuclear programme.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi are expected to meet in Turkey on Friday to discuss a potential nuclear deal, media reports said on Tuesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): US President Donald Trump has announced a new trade agreement with India that would sharply reduce tariffs on Indian exports to 18 percent

Eight Islamic countries have strongly condemned Israel’s repeated violations of the Gaza ceasefire.

At least 31 Palestinians, including six children, have been killed in Israeli bombardments across Gaza, a day before the Rafah border crossing is scheduled to reopen, media reports said

One child has been killed and 14 others injured in a gas explosion in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, according to local media reports.

Separatist militants affiliated with the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) launched coordinated attacks across several parts of Balochistan on Saturday, according to media reports.

At least 12 Palestinians, including children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, according to media reports.

The Trump administration has approved significant new arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia, totalling $6.67 billion and $9 billion respectively, prompting criticism in Congress over the timing and handling of the announcements, media reports said on Saturday.

Tajikistani authorities have reported that three “drug traffickers” crossing from Afghanistan into their country were killed during a clash with border forces.

More than 200 people have died following a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, media reports said on Saturday,

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis on Friday as students across the United States staged walkouts and rallies demanding the withdrawal of federal immigration agents from Minnesota following the fatal shootings of two US citizens.