Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi laid out Iran’s demands and its reservations about U.S. positions on Saturday as Islamabad hosted a new push to end a war that has ​killed thousands and roiled global markets.

Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with 17 crew that was sailing near the Somali coast, according to multiple security officials who spoke to the BBC.

Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, says “no meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the US”.

A UK government minister told Parliament on Thursday that data from a health charity, UK Biobank, was briefly listed for sale by at least three vendors on the Chinese Alibaba e-commerce platform.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday to discuss proposals ​for restarting peace talks with the U.S., offering some hope for an end to the eight-week war that has killed thousands and sown turmo

From robotaxis to flying cars, China is working to export more of its cutting-edge vehicle ​technology - a strategy that reflects both its global ambition and hard economic realities.

Oil prices have jumped on heightened tensions between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz following Washington and Tehran’s tit-for-tat captures of commercial vessels.

The electoral battlelines are drawn, and voting day is here in Tamil Nadu, which goes to the polls in a single phase on April 23. The ruling DMK – in alliance with Congress and DMDK – faces AIADMK, which has tied up with BJP and PMK.

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightened its grip on the strategic waterway after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling ​off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting.

Germany expects to soon ​sign a final ‌agreement with India about a planned $8 billion ​submarine cooperation between ​the two countries, Defence ⁠Minister Boris Pistorius ​told reporters on Wednesday.

Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng (9868.HK), expects to start large-scale ​production of its ’’flying’’ cars next year and of its humanoid robots in ‌the fourth quarter of 2026, President Brian Gu told Reuters on Thursday.

An envoy to Donald Trump has asked FIFA to replace Iran with Italy in the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Tata Group-owned Air India is weighing a significant scale-back of its flight operations after reportedly posting a loss of nearly Rs 20,000 crore in FY26, amid persistent operational headwinds and elevated aviation fuel costs, businessline newspaper

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a sharp escalation in global fertiliser prices, with urea surging nearly 47% in under a month. For Pakistan, the shock is not just about rising costs; it exposes a deeper structural weakness in its ag

Iran’s chief negotiator in talks with the US said it is ’’not possible’’ for the Strait of Hormuz to be opened due to ’’the blatant violations of the ceasefire’’ by the US and Israel.

US Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday.

At least 13 people have been killed in an explosion at a firecracker factory in India’s southern state of Kerala, officials say.

The boss of the world’s biggest condom maker, Karex, says the firm will raise its prices by up to 30% or possibly more if the Iran war continues to disrupt supplies of the raw materials used in its products.

Gold prices firmed on Wednesday as lower oil prices, following a U.S. extension of a ceasefire with Iran, eased ‌fears of an inflation spike and prolonged high interest rates.

The Pope has warned humanity’s future risks being ’’tragically compromised’’ due to a breakdown of international law and political responsibility.

Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes last year, with sea routes to Europe the most deadly, according to the United Nations.

The dollar steadied in early Asian trade on Wednesday, as skepticism over U.S. ​President Donald Trump’s announcement of an indefinite extension of a ceasefire with Iran lifted demand for the safe-haven ‌currency, pushing it to a one-week hig

Global oil prices fluctuated in early Asian trading on Wednesday as the status of peace talks between the US and Iran remains unclear.

Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way for it to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has welcomed the US announcement about a ceasefire extension.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would indefinitely ​extend the ceasefire with Iran, hours before it was set to expire, to allow the two countries to continue peace talks ‌to end a war that has killed thousands of people and shaken

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Pahalgam massacre, the memory of 22 April 2025 returns with a weight that has not diminished. What began as an ordinary spring morning in one of Kashmir’s most beloved tourist valleys descended into one of

India has underscored the need for greater representation in the permanent membership of the UN Security Council, particularly of countries from the Global South, and called for a fair and inclusive global financial system.

Hackers linked to foreign governments are now behind the majority of ’’nationally significant” cyberattacks targeting the U.K., the country’s top cybersecurity official is set to warn.

US President Donald Trump has appealed to Tehran to release eight women reportedly facing execution, framing the move as a vital gesture of goodwill before the high-stakes second round of negotiations in Pakistan.