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https://ift.tt/ClFz7LB US President Donald Trump is sending special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and special envoy for Peace, Jared Kushner to Pakistan for talks with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, CNN reported on Friday. US Vice President JD Vance is on standby to travel to Islamabad if negotiations show progress, but he is currently not planning to attend the talks. However, the Iranians have not confirmed if they are going to meet with the US delegation. Earlier today, Araghchi said that he was heading to Pakistan, Oman and Russia on a "timely tour" that focused on "bilateral matters and regional developments". Vance, Witkoff and Kushner were scheduled to travel to Islamabad on Tuesday, but the White House said the delegation's "trip to Pakistan will not be happening today (Tuesday)". US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that Iran had a chance to make a "good deal, a wise deal". He said that the US h...

https://ift.tt/3Pa4VCo Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudharsan scripted history with his batting on Friday night during a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The southpaw, who started the season poorly with just one fifty in six matches, slammed a sensational century (100 off 58) against RCB. During the knock, Sudharsan also reached the milestone of 2,000 IPL runs. He achieved the feat in his 47th innings, surpassing the previous record held by Chris Gayle. The former West Indies opener had reached the milestone in 48 innings. Fastest to 2000 IPL runs: 47 innings - Sai Sudharsan 48 innings - Chris Gayle 52 innings - Shaun Marsh 57 innings - Ruturaj Gaikwad 60 innings - KL Rahul In terms of balls, Sudharsan is the sixth fastest Indian batter to achieve the feat of 2000 IPL runs. Have a look at the list: 1193 - Abhishek Sharma 1211 - Virender Sehwag 1306 - Rishabh Pant 1326 - Yashasvi Jaiswal 1353 - Yusuf Pathan 1361 - Sai Sudharsan RCB...

https://ift.tt/xPc4Ogl Ahead of the war in Iran, China aggressively added to its oil reserves, more than any other country, according to the United States government data released this week. "Prior to the Iran conflict, preliminary government data indicate that China has continued building inventories in 2026," the article stated. The New York Times reported earlier in the month that China imported 15.8 per cent more oil in January and February compared to the same period last year. "Oil stockpiling has been taking place for a while now, and Chinese regulators were already preparing for geopolitical tensions to arise from the Trump administration," Cosimo Ries, an energy analyst at Trivium China told the publication. According to the US Energy Information Administration, China had nearly 1.4 billion barrels of oil put aside compared to 1.2 billion barrels among 32 members of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Of these, the US has 413 million barrels. Moreov...

https://ift.tt/gFbde3D Circling them in red, Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra singled out two senior BJP leaders and disclosed thier alleged location in Kolkata as the voting was underway in Bengal for Phase 1. She also slipped in a warning for the two.  The 51-year-old Trinamool MP questioned the presence of Swadesh Singh, a professor at Delhi's Satyavati College, and Saurabh Singh, a former BJP MLA from Chhattisgarh, in Bengal on the day of voting. The MP alleged that the two were "distributing cash". "What exactly are @swadesh171 Professor Satyavati College & @saurabhsinghcg doing in Bengal? Calling up people for vasooli & distributing cash in the name of BJP Rastriya Adhyaksh @NitinNabin," she said in a post on X. The images carried the text 'S+S', likely the names of the two leaders with Leander Paes also appearing in the frame. "We're watching - you will not escape," she said. An hour, later she posted again, claiming that the ...

https://ift.tt/60cZqVl Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Wednesday became the fastest to score 500 runs by balls faced in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Sooryavanshi achieved the feat during the IPL 2026 clash against the Lucknow Super Giants, hitting Prince Yadav for a boundary on the second ball of the second over. He dethroned Glenn Maxwell for taking the fewest balls to score 500 IPL runs, reaching the milestone in just 222 balls compared to Maxwell's 260. Fastest to complete 500 Runs in IPL History Vaibhav Suryavanshi is built different pic.twitter.com/FOz2MVqTvc — Sourabh Raut (@xzx_slipknot) April 22, 2026 However, the 15-year-old failed to play a big knock and was dismissed by Mohsin Khan for an 11-ball eight. RR made a flying start to the season with four consecutive wins, but have since lost momentum with back-to-back defeats. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants find themselves in deeper trouble, currently on a three-match losing stre...

https://ift.tt/nEvCpVX Iran's judiciary denied on Tuesday that eight women arrested over protests that shook the Islamic republic this year were at risk of execution, after US President Donald Trump urged Tehran to release them to help negotiations. Rights groups have said at least one woman arrested over the January protests has been sentenced to death while at least one more is facing charges that carry the death penalty and could see her executed. "Trump was misled once again by fake news," the judiciary's official Mizan Online website said. "The women who were claimed to be on the verge of execution, some of them have been released, while others face charges that, if convictions are upheld, would at most result in imprisonment." Trump had earlier said on social media that the women's release could work in Iran's favour in negotiations, re-posting an activist's claim that eight women were facing death by hanging. That claim did not give nam...