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Bus accident in Kashmir kills 21 people

SRINAGAR, India, April 20, 2026 (AP) — A passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway and rolled down a steep, rocky slope onto a road below in Kashmir on Monday, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 45 others, officials said. The 42-seater bus was carrying more than 60 people from Ramnagar town to Udhampur city when it hit an auto-rickshaw at a sharp curve in the mountainous region, civil administrator Prem Singh said. The bus veered off the road and fell down about 100 feet (30 meters) onto the road below, Singh said. The people on the three-wheeler

Silver jumps Rs 4,300, gold gains Rs 800 in Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Silver prices climbed Rs 4,300 to Rs 2.57 lakh per kilogram in the national capital on Monday, while gold advanced to Rs 1.57 lakh per 10 grams on fresh buying by retailers and stockists. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the white metal jumped Rs 4,300 to Rs 2,57,300 per kg (inclusive of all taxes) from Friday’s closing level of Rs 2,53,000 per kg. Gold of 99.9 per cent purity also gained Rs 800 to Rs 1,57,000 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes). The yellow metal had finished at Rs 1,56,200 per 10

Pakistan places $1.5 billion Sudan weapons sale on hold after Saudi objection, sources say

ISLAMABAD, April 20 (Reuters) – Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi ​Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance ‌the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and a diplomatic source said. The conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has stoked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for around three years, turning into a flashpoint for competing foreign interests ​and threatening to break up the Red Sea country, a major gold producer. Reuters first reported a ​deal was in the final

Doubts over talks between Iran and US after violence flares in Strait of Hormuz

ISLAMABAD, April 20, 2026 (AP) — Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran two days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about whether the meeting would take place. Over the weekend, the U.S. attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that it said had tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran’s joint military command vowed to respond, and its Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told his Pakistani counterpart that American threats to Iranian ships and

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