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Lebanon urges Pakistan to help end Israeli strikes
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam and strongly condemned Israel's ongoing aggression against Lebanon. He also expressed condolences over the loss of thousands of precious lives in these hostilities. The prime minister said that Pakistan was engaged in sincere efforts for regional peace and it was in this spirit that the peace talks between Iran and the US were being convened. While thanking Prime Ministe...
Stage set for high-stakes Iran-US talks
Pakistan is set to host what could prove to be one of the most consequential diplomatic engagements in recent history, as senior leaders from the United States and Iran arrive in Islamabad for high-stakes negotiations following a devastating six-week war that has left thousands dead and pushed the global economy to the brink of recession. Just three days after a fragile and hard-won ceasefire, the talks, scheduled for Friday, aim to determine whether the tenuous truce can be transformed in...
Sadiq Khan demands stronger action on social media ‘outrage economy’
Mayor says disinformation, including about London crime rates, is ‘eating away at basic bonds of trust’Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration.In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a lack of a...
California officials make arrests in LA hospice fraud crackdown
Exclusive U.S. Arrests made in California fraud crackdown targeting LA hospice ring allegedly behind $267 million in bogus charges By Laura Geller, Laura Geller National Investigative Producer Laura Geller is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist. She joined the CBS News Innovation Lab as a national investigative producer in September 2023. Read Full Bio Laura Geller, Rachel Gold, Rachel Gold Investigative Data Reporter Rachel Gold is an investigative data reporter with CBS News. Read F...
Democratic lawmakers seek to limit Trump's powers on Iran
Democratic lawmakers are taking action to curb President Trump's powers over Iran, but a favorable outcome seems unlikely. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
‘Nothing short of horrific’: World reacts to Israeli ‘carnage’ in Lebanon
The world was relieved on Wednesday when Pakistan mounted an overnight diplomatic push to secure a temporary ceasefire and bring Washington and Tehran into direct negotiations. Things, however, were different for Lebanon. Israel launched its heaviest and most coordinated air assault on Lebanon since its conflict with Hezbollah began on March 2 amid the Middle East war hours after the US-Iran truce, killing more than 250 people. The assault proceeded even as the Hezbollah paused its own attacks,...
Britain must take a new path, says Starmer
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said the Iran war must become a turning point for Britain after two decades of crises, promising to strengthen the country's economy and military to cope with a more "volatile and dangerous" world. Starmer said the crisis, which has already pushed up fuel prices in Britain and is expected to drive further inflation and economic disruption, must become "a line in the sand" for the country. "Britain has been...
Putin orders weekend ceasefire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared a 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the Orthodox Easter weekend, following an earlier call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a pause in hostilities to observe the holiday. Zelenskyy had earlier in the week proposed that both sides stop targeting each other's energy infrastructure over the holiday, saying he made the offer through the United States, which has been mediating talks between delegations from Moscow and Kyiv....
Melania Trump denies any ties to Epstein
First lady Melania Trump on Thursday denied ever having a connection to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and said claims about it are defaming her. "The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today," President Donald Trump's wife said in a rare address from the White House. It was not immediately clear what prompted Melania Trump to speak out now. She said she had never had a relationship with Epstein or his associate Ghislaine M...
U.S.-Iran ceasefire on shaky ground after Israel slams Lebanon with deadly strikes
Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon have become a potential breaking point in the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire. CBS News
IMF Moves Toward Resuming Venezuela Ties With Survey of Members
The International Monetary Fund is distributing a survey to members asking about their relations with Venezuela, according to people familiar with the matter, a key step for the institution to potentially resume engagement with the oil-producing South American nation for the first time in decades.
MEPs raise alarm about possible Russian interference in Hungary’s elections
Von der Leyen urged to take action about alleged disinformation and intimidation on behalf of Orbán’s partyThe European Commission is being urged to investigate whether Hungary’s elections are being undermined by Russian manipulation, intimidation of journalists and voter coercion by the ruling party.Three days before decisive parliamentary elections that threaten the 16-year grip on power of the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, a group of MEPs wrote to the European Commission president, Ursula von...
Foolproof security set for Islamabad talks
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi assured US Charge d'Affaires to Pakistan Natalie Baker on Thursday of foolproof security ahead of the arrival of high-level foreign delegations in Islamabad on Friday for the US-Iran ceasefire talks. The meeting came a day after Pakistan brokered a US?Iran two?week ceasefire. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that Iran and the US, along with their allies, had agreed to an immediate ceasefire 'everywhere, including Lebanon,' effective immedia...
Govt challenges FCC ruling
For the first time, the federal government has challenged the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) judgement which had upheld the validity of legislation enacted by the Balochistan Assembly, empowering the provincial government to levy excise duty on minerals to fund labour welfare in the mining sector. The federal government through law ministry has filed a review petition against December 11, 2025 judgement which was authored by FCC judge Justice Aamer Farooq. The decision settled a const...
PTI to stage big K-P rally on Imran's call
The PTI has decided to organise a major power show in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa later this month after postponing its planned April 9 rally in Rawalpindi. The decision follows a meeting between Imran Khan's lawyer, Barrister Salman Safdar, and the PTI founder at Adiala Jail on April 8, the first substantive interaction after nearly three months. During the session, Imran Khan directed the party to postpone the Rawalpindi gathering in view of the sensitive US-Iran talks taking place in Islama...
Kiev could rebrand conscription agency – MP
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry is attempting to deflect public anger with cosmetic changes, Roman Kostenko has claimed Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is reportedly weighing a plan to rebrand the agencies behind Kiev’s conscription campaign, according to a local lawmaker. Social media has detailed press gangs hunting for recruits in the streets while a desperate population is increasingly fighting back. Kiev in...
The battle for Hungary: How the country’s election became a battleground between the US and EU
Trump’s backing of Orban, Brussels’ pressure, and the Ukraine factor turn Hungary’s vote into a test of competing visions for Europe Not so long ago, US President Donald Trump openly endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of the Hungarian parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12. From a diplomatic standpoint, urging citizens of another country to vote for a specific candidate is contentious, to say...
Moscow backs Tehran on status of Lebanon in US-Iran deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi Moscow believes the US-Iran ceasefire has a regional dimension and extends to Lebanon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Aragchi in a phone call on Thursday, according to a readout. Lavrov stated that Russia fully supports the cessation of hostilities between the US and...
For Iran, Any US Deal Without Lebanon Means Losing the Shia Street
If Iran proceeds to negotiate with the US and reaches an agreement, thus ignoring Israel’s actions in Lebanon, “the Shias in Lebanon will feel abandoned and Tehran would lose face,” Yeghia Tashjian, Regional & International Affairs Cluster сoordinator at at the American University of Beirut, tells Sputnik.
Trump’s ex-attorney general spared Epstein grilling, sparking cover-up claims
The Justice Department has argued that Pam Bondi no longer has to appear before Congress while lawmakers threaten contempt charges Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week, will not be required to testify about her handling of the investigation into late financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the Justice Department (DOJ) has announced. In a letter explaining t...