Markwayne Mullin backs DHS staff amid funding row

IANS | March 25, 2026 6:23 AM

Washington, March 25 (IANS) US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that Department of Homeland Security employees working “30 days without pay” showed their dedication, vowing to stand with them “365 days” as a funding impasse continues.

Trump says Iran offered gesture as talks advance

IANS | March 25, 2026 6:18 AM

Washington, March 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that Iran had offered what he described as a significant oil-and-gas-related gesture tied to the Strait of Hormuz, using it as evidence that the United States was now dealing with interlocutors capable of reaching a deal.

Iran talks on, war ‘won’: Trump ​

IANS | March 25, 2026 12:44 AM

Washington, March 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump said the United States is in active negotiations with Iran and declared that the conflict had been “won”, even as he swore in Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of Homeland Security at the White House.​

Prolonged slowdown in West Asia will impact Pakistan severely: Report

IANS | March 24, 2026 9:24 PM

Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) If the war in Iran does not end quickly, it could give the most devastating shock to Pakistan's economy in the living memory, a report has stated. Pakistan remains most exposed to the war's evolving fallout and its economy faces several fault lines considering that it imports majority of its fuel and food from West Asia and relies heavily on the remittances from Gulf.