Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offered in a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday to host him and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks, according to his office. The statement said Erdogan told Putin that agreement on certain issues could require a meeting between the leaders. Erdogan also said a lasting ceasefire could مزید پڑھیں

Russia said on Wednesday that some parts of a possible peace deal with Ukraine were close to being agreed after Kyiv agreed to discuss neutrality, raising hopes of an end to the biggest war in Europe since World War Two. “Neutral status is now being seriously discussed along, of course, with security guarantees,” Foreign Minister مزید پڑھیں

A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake struck 60 kilometres below the sea. The region is part of northern Japan that was devastated by a deadly 9.0 quake and tsunami in 2011 that also مزید پڑھیں

Riyadh is in active talks with Beijing to trade some of its oil sales to China in yuan, Wall Street Journal quoted sources familiar with the matter as saying, a move that would dent the US dollar’s dominance of the global petroleum market and mark another shift by the world’s top crude exporter toward Asia. مزید پڑھیں

India is conducting a review of its procedures for operations, maintenance and inspection of weapons systems after “accidentally” launching a missile into Pakistan last week, its defence minister said on Tuesday. “We attach the highest priority to the safety and security of our weapon systems. If any shortcoming is found, it would be immediately rectified,” مزید پڑھیں

China on Tuesday called the US a “hacking empire” of the world, urging Washington to stop “malicious” online activities after reports US hackers were involved in subverting a network in China so they could launch attacks on Russia and Belarus. “China is gravely concerned about cyberattacks against other countries that originate from the US and مزید پڑھیں

The United States said on Monday it had “no indication” that India’s missile launch into Pakistan last week was “anything other than an accident”. US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price made the remarks while responding to a question about the incident, advising the journalist to reach out to the Indian Defence Ministry for a follow-up. مزید پڑھیں

The State Department is reportedly paying more than $2 million per month on security for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, as the two men face “serious and credible” threats from Iran. The Associated Press, citing a State Department report from February labeled “sensitive but unclassified,” reported on Saturday that مزید پڑھیں

Russia’s military forces kept up their punishing campaign to capture Ukraine’s capital with fighting and artillery fire in Kyiv’s suburbs on Monday after an airstrike on a military base near the Polish border brought the war dangerously close to Nato’s doorstep. Residents of besieged Ukrainian cities held out hope that renewed diplomatic talks might open مزید پڑھیں

Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas was formally inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Boards Hall of Fame on Saturday. The 74-year-old former batter received his commemorative cap and plaque from PCB chief executive Faisal Has­nain during the lunch break of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi’s National Stadium. Zaheer is the third PCB مزید پڑھیں