External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has noted that a trade agreement between India and the US, if finalised, would foster better bilateral ties, observing that initial optimism regarding swift progress had been tested against a far more intricate ground reality. Addressing prominent members of the Indian-American diaspora alongside policy experts on Monday during a special interaction hosted by the Asia Society, EAM Jaishankar delivered the remarks as the high-level week of the 81st session o...

US President Donald Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release frozen funds as part of a final deal, but only if Tehran offers "concrete progress" on the nuclear issue, a US official told CNN on Monday (local time), as mediators sought to bring both countries back to the negotiating table. The United States is having "positive and constructive discussions through the mediators," the official said, while noting that there would be no deal unless nuclear issues were addressed. Trum...