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WEB DESK: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday announced that $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets will be released and repatriated through Qatar, describing the move as a major diplomatic achievement under a broader peace framework reached through international negotiations. Speaking during a visit to the city of Qom, where […]
CARACAS: At least 164 people have been killed and nearly 1,000 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Thursday, as rescue teams continued searching through the rubble of collapsed buildings. Rodriguez announced that the government would establish an initial $200 million reconstruction fund, supported […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation, saying he is leaving office after steering the country through economic stabilisation and rebuilding his political party from what he described as a state of collapse. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer confirmed that he had informed King Charles of […]
BURGENSTOCK: US Vice President JD Vance has announced significant diplomatic progress with Iran following high-level multilateral talks in Switzerland, saying Tehran has agreed to allow international nuclear inspectors back into the country and that the Strait of Hormuz has been officially reopened. Speaking at a press briefing after the negotiations, […]
The United States has issued a 60-day general licence allowing limited production, sale and export of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, marking a major policy shift following diplomatic progress in high-level talks held in Burgenstock, Switzerland. The US Treasury Department said the decision was taken under a temporary framework agreed […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has successfully facilitated the repatriation of eight Iranian fishermen who were rescued at sea by a British vessel after their boat ran aground, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Monday. Dar said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with Pakistan’s maritime authorities, worked closely […]
BÜRGENSTOCK, Switzerland: US Vice President JD Vance met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Sunday ahead of high-level technical negotiations between the United States and Iran aimed at implementing the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The […]
ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif and Syed Asim Munir arrived in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on Sunday to participate in high-level talks aimed at advancing the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the prime minister is leading a high-level Pakistani […]
The first tankers carrying Iranian crude oil have exited the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a shipping tracking service, as the United States and Iran prepare to begin negotiations on a final peace agreement later this week. TankerTrackers, which monitors global oil shipments using satellite […]
A proposed $300 billion private investment fund aimed at boosting investment in Iran has been included in the US-Iran framework agreement, with more than half of the planned financing already committed by international investors, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. The source said the fund is intended to […]