Qayoom was arrested by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) on June 25, 2024. He was found to be the main conspirator behind the murder of Babar Qadri, a young lawyer who was gunned down by terrorists on September 24, 2020, at his residence in Zahidpora, Hawal, Srinagar

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Ukraine would not be excluded from negotiations to end the war, but success would depend on raising the level of trust between Moscow and Washington.Putin, speaking a day after Russia and the United States held their first talks on how to end the three-year conflict, also said it would take time to set up a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, which both men have said they want, and there was no point in meeting just to drink tea.He praised the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting in Saudi Arabia, where Russia and the U.S. agreed to appoint negotiating teams on Ukraine and discussed ways to reset their bilateral relations, which the Kremlin described as “below zero” under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden.”In my opinion, we have taken a first step to resume work in a variety of areas that are of mutual interest,” Putin said in televised comments. These included issues relating to the Middle East, global energy markets and cooperation in space, he said. n18oc_world n18oc_crux

The comments comes as the latest salvo in a public war of words between the US and Ukrainian leaders. 

​The comments comes as the latest salvo in a public war of words between the US and Ukrainian leaders.