The United States and Iran traded barbs at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday over conditions for reviving nuclear talks, with the US saying it remains ready for direct negotiations and Iran rejecting Washington's terms.

The newest US document dump on Jeffrey Epstein is sprawling, uneven and heavily redacted -- but tucked inside are moments that have sharpened scrutiny on President Donald Trump's long-acknowledged past association with the notorious sex offender.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday offered talks to the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to ease political tension in the country, days after the party founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 17 years in jail each.

A Pakistani lawmaker has called out the hypocrisy of his country's leadership, drawing a parallel between Islamabad's military actions against Kabul and India's 'Operation Sindoor'.

Donald Trump said he believed "people are very angry that pictures are being released" that connect them to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, days after the Justice Department released a new tranche of files tied to the late financier.

Bangladesh's Finance Advisor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said on Tuesday that the interim government does not want a "bitter relationship with a big neighbour like India", and that they are aiming to develop bilateral relations.

A new batch of Jeffrey Epstein files released on Tuesday contains numerous references to President Donald Trump, including documents detailing flights he took on his then friend's private jet.

Days after the brutal killing of factory worker Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh's Mymensingh district, Education Adviser CR Abrar visited his family on behalf of the Interim Government and expressed sympathy while also giving assurance of support.

A day after the death of anti-India Bangladeshi leader Sharif Osman Hadi, Pakistan launched a coordinated propaganda campaign on social media to implicate India in his killing, an investigation by NDTV reveals.

Even as Bangladesh's interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, faces criticism at home while the country descends into chaos, his government has fallen back on a recurring anti-India narrative.

A Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, was lynched in Bangladesh last week.

The Louvre Museum on Tuesday installed metal bars over the windows of the Apollo Gallery, where thieves broke into the Paris landmark to make off with crown jewels in a recent daylight robbery.

US President Donald Trump was a passenger on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's private jet, at least eight times, newly disclosed records published on the US Department of Justice website on Tuesday indicate.

New archaeological excavations at the Tower of London have uncovered over 20 mediaeval burials, including possible plague victims and rare grave goods, offering new insights into the people and structures linked to the historic site.

A woman in Pakistan strangled her teenage daughter to death after an argument over smoking, police said on Monday. The incident happened in Basti Sokar, Bahawalpur district of Punjab, some 400kms from Lahore on Saturday.

Huge protests have erupted outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi over the atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh and the mob lynching of a Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, in Mymensingh.

Canadian MP Shuv Majumdar has called for an end to the "pogroms" against minorities in Bangladesh, demanding the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus for accountability.

A senior youth leader from Pakistan's ruling party has issued a sharp warning to India, invoking military retaliation if Bangladesh's sovereignty is threatened.

London police on Tuesday arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration in support of pro-Palestinian hunger strikers, Palestinian activist groups said.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he convinced French President Emmanuel Macron to accept his demands on drug prices as he pushes for lower costs for Americans.