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Iran may join peace talks after Pakistan works to end US blockade, Iran source says

DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters) – Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, following moves by Islamabad to end a U.S. blockade ​of Iran’s ports, a major hurdle for Iran to rejoin peace efforts. However, the official stressed that no decision had been made. With a two-week ceasefire set to expire, a senior ‌Iranian official said Tehran was “positively reviewing” its participation but no final decision had been made. The comments conveyed a clear change of tone from earlier statements ruling out attendance and pledging to retaliate for

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

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