The Press Editor

Washington: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly engaged in a "tense" and emotionally charged phone call as renewed efforts to strike an understanding with Iran gathered pace. According to a report by Axios, the two leaders exchanged sharp views over Washington's latest push to revive diplomatic negotiations with Tehran. Sources cited in the report said Netanyahu was extremely distressed after the call, with one insider dramatically describing his reaction by saying that his "hair was on fire." The phone call comes at a time when mediation attempts involving Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt…

Washington: At least three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed on Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, authorities said. New Mexico State Police said three of the four people who were found unresponsive inside the home east of Albuquerque died. The fourth was being treated at a hospital in Albuquerque. First responders experience nausea and dizziness During the response, authorities said, first responders were exposed to the substance and began experiencing symptoms including nausea…

New York: Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, on Thursday slammed Pakistan, saying the country has a long record of involvement in genocidal acts against civilians, as 750 civilian deaths and injuries were documented in Afghanistan as a result of cross-border armed violence perpetrated by Pakistan. Parvathaneni, while speaking at the Annual UNSC Open Debate on "Protection of civilians in armed conflict", said that the UNAMA documentation attributed 94 of 95 incidents of civilian causalities to Pakistani Security forces. “It is ironic that Pakistan, with its long-tainted record of genocidal acts, has chosen to refer to issues that are strictly internal…

Washington: Amidst rising tensions between the United States and Cuba, the US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, has arrived in the Caribbean Sea along with its strike group. According to a report by the US media outlet The Hill, this deployment comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has intensified his rhetoric against Cuba and threatened action against the island nation. Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Cuba  The US Southern Command, which oversees US military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, announced this deployment on Wednesday. "USS Nimitz has proven its combat prowess across the globe,…