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WASHINGTON, DC (Kashmir English): President Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding with Iran is effectively “over” as tensions between Washington and Tehran continue to rise following a series of reported military strikes across the region. Speaking during Wednesday morning’s NATO summit, Trump said he no longer believes negotiations with Iran are worthwhile, describing the

WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): The United States military has launched a new series of strikes against Iran, further escalating tensions in the region amid concerns over the security of international shipping routes. In a statement posted on social media platform X, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces had carried out a “series of powerful

ISLAMABAD (Reuters): Pakistan has quietly begun mediating between Libya’s rival eastern and western power centres, two Pakistani sources said, in a previously unreported Pakistani effort that ​would further raise its diplomatic profile if it succeeds. The Pakistani involvement comes after observers have for months monitored a U.S.-led push to find ‌a diplomatic solution in Libya,

  LUCKNOW (Kashmir English): A Hindu extremist preacher has called for the demolition of the historic Shahi Eidgah Mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, urging supporters to replicate the movement that culminated in the destruction of the Babri Mosque in 1992, raising fresh concerns over growing anti-Muslim rhetoric and threats to Islamic religious sites in

  BHOPAL, India (Kashmir English): In yet another horrific incident highlighting violence against women in Modi’s India, a woman was stripped naked, brutally assaulted and paraded through village streets in Madhya Pradesh state over a property dispute. According to Kashmir Media Service, the incident occurred on June 30 in Arnia Vena village, falling under the

TEHRAN (Kashmir English): New details have been emerged regarding who will lead  the funeral prayer of Shaheed Ali Khamenei, who was martyred in a joint attack by Israel and the United States on February 28. According to the Iranian media, the funeral prayers of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family will be

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has sharply criticised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the controversy surrounding a recently conferred overseas award, calling him a “national embarrassment” in a post on social media platform X. In response to reports of questions about the legitimacy and treatment of the honor, Khawaja Asif said: “This

TEHRAN (Kashmir English): Iran officially began the six-day public funeral ceremonies for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla in Tehran on Saturday morning, state television reported, with processions due to continue in Iraq before his burial. The Grand Mosalla was filled with Quran recitations, elegies, and mourners from across Iran

  NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): In yet another grim reminder of India’s entrenched caste-based discrimination, more than 55 sanitation workers, most of them from the marginalized Dalit community, died while cleaning sewers, septic tanks and other confined sanitation spaces across India. The deaths were reported between February and June this year, despite a legal ban