Pakistan fumes over India-Afghanistan talks: Rattled over joint statement, lodges protest to Kabul; objects to terror remarks

shehbaz sharif (left), Amir Muttaqi and S Jaishankar (File – agencies) Pakistan has lodged formal objections with Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Islamabad over several ‘elements of the India‑Afghanistan joint statement’, particularly the reference to Jammu and Kashmir as ‘part of India’. It also rejected remarks by Afghan foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi that “terrorism is […]

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Trump vs Musk: Nasa, Pentagon rattled by ISS threat- officials warn space program caught in feud

Nasa logo, left, and Elon Musk (Image credits: AP) Nasa and the Pentagon moved quickly this past week to contact alternative spaceflight providers after a public spat between US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk raised new fears about the government’s reliance on SpaceX.The situation escalated when Musk, responding to Trump’s threat to cancel SpaceX […]

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Trump not rattled by market reactions, says White House official amid row over his golf course visit

White House says Trump’s full attention on Friday was on tariffs though he spent much of his day on the golf course. President Donald Trump spent much of his Friday on the golf course in Florida as the markets struggled for two consecutive days from the aftershocks of Trump’s tariffs. When Trump left his Mar-a-Lago […]

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