Grammy singer Nick Jonas takes to social media to announce the release of his This is Heaven  official audio  inspired by Priyanka Chopra. Nick revealed his inspired for This is Heaven during an interview on SiriusXM Hits 1 and claimed, “It was just meant to encapsulate kind of that euphoric feeling of being with your person. For me, it’s obviously a romantic thing, but I …

Nicola Peltz praised her fiancé Brooklyn Beckham, describing him as an ‘incredible person’ with ‘pure gold’ heart as she extended love to him on his 22nd birthday. She turned to Instagram and posted a loved-up photo with Brooklyn and shared a heartfelt birthday note for him. Sending love to the fiancé, Nicola wrote, “happy birthday baby” followed by heart emoji. …

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday again denied any change in the government’s position on the Kashmir dispute and said that outreach to the international community on the issue would continue. “Let me reiterate that there is no change in Pakistan’s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised dispute which needs to …

VIENNA: European nations will not go ahead with a planned resolution criticising Iran at this week’s meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, as efforts were underway to revive an ailing 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers on its nuclear programme. France, Britain and Germany had planned to introduce a resolution at a meeting of …

ISTANBUL: Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four others wounded when their military helicopter cras­hed in the southeast of the country on Thursday, the defence ministry said. Television images from the crash site showed the ground blanketed in snow and visibility hampered by thick clouds in the mountainous region. Ruling AKP party lawmaker Tolga Agar, who sits on the Turkish …

PARIS: A French court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Edouard Balladur on corruption charges after he was accused of using kickbacks from an arms deal but handed a suspended jail term to his former defence minister. The verdict by the Law Court of the Republic (CJR), which sits to try serving and former ministers for alleged violations committed in …

WASHINGTON: Security was tight on Thursday at the US Capitol in Washington, the scene of a deadly assault in January, after police warned that a militia group might try to attack it to mark a key date on the calendar of a baseless conspiracy theory. A bulletin issued on Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau …

US President Joe Biden has nominated a Pakistani-American, Dilawar Syed, to serve as the deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), according to a statement released from the White House. Confirming the news on Twitter, Dilawar said he was “deeply humbled & honored” on the nomination, which is yet to be confirmed by the US Senate. “I will put my heart …

WASHINGTON: The US State Department used the term “union territory” while referring to India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir in its news briefing on Wednesday, but it emphasised at the same time that Washington’s Kashmir policy remained unchanged. “We welcome steps to return the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to full economic and political normalcy consistent with India’s democratic values,” State …

JALALABAD: At least seven members of Afghanistan’s persecuted Hazara ethnic group were brutally murdered in the country’s restive east, officials said on Thursday, in the latest attack to target the largely Shia minority. The group of migrant Hazara labourers had their hands bound behind their backs and were shot to death on Wednesday night, according to Nangarhar provincial council member …