Trump offers ‘better deal’ as US-Iran talks falter​

IANS | April 21, 2026 12:06 AM

New York, April 21 (IANS) While the second round of talks between Iran and the United States hung in the balance, President Donald Trump said Monday that he was offering Tehran a better deal than the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which he ripped up in 2018 as favouring Iran.​

Pakistan using nuclear deterrence as cover for proxy warfare, reckless escalation

IANS | April 20, 2026 6:46 PM

Washington, April 20 (IANS) The wider international community should move beyond treating Pakistan's nuclear arsenal as a "static fact" managed discreetly by experts behind closed doors. As an instrument used for strategic leverage, Pakistan's nuclear arms possession demands political consequences, the analysts reckon.

Unlike Afghan war, Pakistan has failed to get cash from US in Iran war: Report

IANS | April 20, 2026 6:34 PM

New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Pakistan could secure huge amounts of aid from the US by offering its territory as a base to oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which began in December 1979, but it has not been able to get any money from during the Iran war in which it is playing the role of a peacemaker, laments an article in the Pakistani media.