Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday told a German broadcaster that US peace negotiators "have no time for Ukraine" because of the war in Iran, and bemoaned disruptions of deliveries of US arms.Zelensky told public broadcaster ZDF that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have helped broker talks with Moscow on ending Russia's war on ...more

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has cut down his cabinet and brought in new ministers, the government said on Wednesday, following his party's humiliating defeat at local polls.Muizzu introduced four new faces into a cabinet trimmed to 15 members from the previous 20. Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel was replaced by the Maldives High Commissioner in London, ...more

The death toll from a boiler blast at a power plant in central India has risen to 19, a police officer said on Wednesday, noting 17 others were injured.The explosion occurred Tuesday at a facility operated by Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of London-listed Vedanta Resources, in Chhattisgarh state's Sakti district."The death toll in the power ...more

Direct talks between Israel and Lebanon concluded in Washington on Tuesday, with Israel's envoy hailing a "wonderful exchange" and saying the two countries are "on the same side" in opposing Iran-backed Hezbollah."We enjoyed it together. We had a wonderful exchange of over two hours," Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter told reporters following the talks."We discovered today ...more

It has faced the world's most powerful military, thwarted the conspiracy of the most cunning intelligence agency; it has been bloody, it has lost most of its top leadership - yet it has not collapsed. It has fought like a hero day after day, and finally forced the enemy to come to the negotiating table. ...more

ইরানকে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ‘ধ্বংস’ করে দিচ্ছে বলে আবারও হুঁশিয়ারি দিয়েছেন মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প। হোয়াইট হাউসে সাংবাদিকদের তিনি বলেন, ‘আমরা তাদের (ইরান) নিশ্চিহ্ন করে দিচ্ছি। আমি এটা করতে চাই না—কিন্তু আমরা তাদের ধ্বংস করছি।’ট্রাম্প বলেন, ‘তাদের (ইরান) কোনো সেতু থাকবে না, কোনো বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্র থাকবে না। তাদের কিছুই থাকবে না। আমি আর বিস্তারিত বলব না, কারণ আরও ...more

World food prices climbed in March to their highest level since September last year and could rise further if the West Asia conflict that pushed up energy prices continues, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday."Price rises since the conflict began have been modest, driven mainly by higher oil prices and ...more

An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara area of Kabul province.Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said on Saturday that a child aged around two years old was the only survivor. Afghanistan’s disaster management agency said the boy was injured.The 5.8-magnitude quake struck ...more

China and Pakistan yesterday (31 March) called for an immediate end to the US-Israeli war on Iran in the Middle East, and for peace talks as soon as possible, as they agreed to boost their cooperation on Tehran.The two countries outlined a joint initiative "for restoring peace and stability in the Gulf and Middle East ...more

President Donald Trump has said the United States could stop attacking Iran within two to three weeks and that a deal is not necessary to end a war that has disrupted energy supplies and shaken the global economy.His comments came as Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that no ...more