President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe.
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Bangladesh’s Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the government wants former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to return to the country through “legal procedures,” after she recently expressed hope of coming back “very soon” despite facing a death sentence in absentia.
Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has travelled to Tehran for high-level discussions as regional diplomatic efforts intensify to end the ongoing US-Iran conflict, according to security sources.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that talks with Iran had made “slight progress,” though he cautioned against overstatement and stressed that negotiations were still ongoing with no clear outcome yet.
His comments came amid growing uncertainty over whether a diplomatic agreement will be reached or if renewed conflict could follow.
India and the African Union (AU) have postponed the India–Africa Forum Summit, which was scheduled to be held in New Delhi from May 28 to May 31, due to an “emerging public health situation” in Africa, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, responded to Pakistan’s envoy raising Jammu and Kashmir by calling it ironic, citing what he described as Pakistan’s “long-tainted record” of genocidal acts.
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran to discuss ongoing US–Iran peace talks, as Islamabad continues its mediation efforts between the two sides. Naqvi is on his second visit to Iran within a week as Pakistan seeks to bridge differences in indirect negotiations.
US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a tense phone call over the future course of the war on Iran as Washington appeared to be in favour of a deal instead of the resumption of strikes, US media reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, focusing on areas such as trade, defence, clean energy and technology.