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Washington: While the United States (US) and Iran continue with back-and-forth attacks against each other despite the ongoing peace negotiations, President Donald Trump has said that Washington prepared a "high-risk" plan to send American troops to the Islamic Republic to retrieve its enriched uranium, but ultimately it was scrapped because it required major military deployment. Trump, who made the remarks while speaking to reporters from the Oval Office of White House on Thursday, said the plan would have taken at least two weeks to get completed and involved large amount of military equipment to be transported to Iran. Trump said…

Saint Petersburg: Sending a strong message to US President Donald Trump who has constantly forced India to reduce its cooperation with Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that New Delhi would never follow 'diktats' from a foreign power and would continue to act as a sovereign nation. Speaking at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Putin also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said sanctions, referring to those imposed by Trump on India, would only get 'boomeranged'. He said India would continue to choose its partners based on "national interest, price, and technology advantage". "The US is trying…

United Nations: India strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday, accusing Islamabad of misusing UN platforms to advance its political agenda and reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir remains an integral part of India. Addressing the UNGA plenary session on the Annual Report of the UN Security Council, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Parvathaneni Harish, responded to remarks made by Pakistan's envoy regarding Jammu and Kashmir. "The unwarranted reference by Pakistan to a matter strictly internal to India, the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, has compelled me to respond," Harish said. The Indian diplomat…

Tehran: It appears that fresh tensions are brewing in the Middle East with the United States (US) and Iran striking each other despite attempts of peace negotiations. The US said it has targeted Iranian military infrastructure in the Goruk and on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz to defend itself against 'drone attacks'. In a statement on micro-blogging site X (formerly Twitter), the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the strikes were conducted by the American military in response to the four drones that were launched by Iran. The CENTCOM described them as "one-way attack" drones that were launched toward…