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Pakistan's chief mediator in its efforts to de-escalate the now eight-month-old Iran war has been to Tehran twice this month, most recently on Monday alongside Saudi and Turkish officials.

Pakistan's military spokesman warns of 'powerful spoilers and detractors' who still believe the conflict serves them.

<p>Pakistan is “cautiously optimistic” about its mediation between Iran and the United States, the military’s spokesman said on Friday in his first interview since a high-level delegation visited Tehran this week.</p> <p>Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir has been to Tehran twice this month, most <a href="https://www.daw

Talks ahead of next week’s US midterm elections aimed at preventing an intense new round of war

Lord of the Dance star has ‘abandoned the most substantial part of the claim’, judge told

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Russia and Ukraine agreed to release 540 captives following a new round of UAE-led mediation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday. Each side agreed to exchange 270 captives, the ministry said. This brings the total number of captives exchanged between the two countries through the Emirates' efforts to 8,537. The ministry thanked both countrie

Iran on Friday dismissed Saudi Arabia's accusations that Tehran was involved in Houthi attacks targeting the kingdom, with its Foreign Ministry offering to mediate between Riyadh a...