• Indian officials believed Trump would repeat Pak-India ceasefire.
• US imposed 50% tariff on Indian exports for purchasing Russian oil.
• Pakistan openly credited US President Trump for ceasefire.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose not to attend the Asean summit in Malaysia in person to avoid a potential discussion on Pakistan with US President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported.

Modi had decided against travelling to Kuala Lumpur for the regional leaders’ summit, opting instead to address the gathering virtually.

“Officials in the government were apprehensive that Trump would repeat his claim that he mediated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, which India has consistently denied,” a report published by Bloomberg read.

Modi was reportedly unwilling to meet Trump, fearing it could prove “embarrassing” for the Indian premier amid the approaching state elections in Bihar.

It is noteworthy that this was not the first instance of Modi skipping a potential meeting with Trump. He had also avoided attending the United Nations General Assembly session the previous month.

Relations between India and the US have deteriorated since the Pakistan conflict five months ago. In August, Trump imposed a 50% tariff on Indian exports, with half of the tariff serving as a penalty for India’s purchase of Russian oil. Since then, trade negotiations have been underway, but there is still no clear indication of a deal.

Trump had repeatedly said that his intervention prevented a “bad nuclear war” between Pakistan and India in May this year.

“We stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it could have been a bad nuclear war, millions of people could have been killed. So I’m very proud of that,” Trump told reporters at the White House days after Pakistan and India agreed on the ceasefire.

Last week, the US president said he told Modi that there should be no war with Pakistan, stressing that he had helped avert several conflicts through diplomacy and trade pressure.

In May, Pakistan and Indian engaged in a military showdown, the worst between the old foes in decades, which was sparked by a terrorist attack on tourists in IIOJK’s Pahalgam area, which New Delhi said was backed by Pakistan.

Islamabad denied involvement in the Kashmir attack, which killed 26 men and was the worst assault on civilians in India since the Mumbai attacks in 2008.

After the incident, India killed several innocent civilians in unprovoked attacks on Pakistan for three days before the Pakistan Armed Forces retaliated in defence with the successful Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos.

Pakistan downed seven IAF fighter jets, including Rafale, and dozens of drones. After at least 87 hours, the war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US.

Pakistan has consistently credited Trump with securing a ceasefire and even nominated him for the Nobel Prize.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described Trump as a “genuine man of peace”, saying that the US president worked “relentlessly and untiringly” to end global conflicts, including the war in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the US president praised Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and PM Shehbaz, calling them “great people”.

Prince Andrew has been called out for allegedly turning into a leech, when it comes to his multi-year freeloading, that was caked with “arrogant”, “rude” and “astonishingly entitled” behavior.

The allegation has been brought forward by RadarOnline and they claim the former Duke was the kind of man who liked “to get things for free.”

A former government official even spoke to the outlet and revealed that “clearly bored and underemployed” through the years that envoy was working in Britain’s special trade. because he often pushed the government “to underwrite his travel, on the basis it was promoting UK PLC.”

Even his unofficial biographer Andrew Lownie penned in his book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, “He absolutely pushed the government to cover expenses. People rubber-stamped stuff because he was a royal. The Foreign Office didn’t feel they could do anything. The problem was, he wasn’t properly supervised.”

“No one quite knew who was in charge. So he was left to run his own show. He likes to get things for free. It’s back to the sense of entitlement – that the taxpayer owes him everything.”

Former head of Scotland Yard, Dai Davies also spoke out similarly and called him “arrogant, rude, and abrasive” while recalling one interaction where “he wanted to speak to someone of higher rank than me. I remember telling my wife afterwards, ‘God, that man is an arrogant so and so’.”

Reba McEntire fought back tears as she remembered stepson Brandon Blackstock on The Voice.

For those unaware, Brandon, a talent manager, succumbed to melanoma at the age of 48 on August 7, 2025. He was the son of Narvel Blackstock, the ex-husband of Reba.

Brandon left behind his four children, Savannah and Seth, whom he welcomed with his ex-wife Melissa Ashworth and River and Remy with Kelly Clarkson before getting divorced in 2022.

On Monday, October 27 episode of the NBC singing competition show The Voice season 28, the 70-year-old American singer and actress became emotional when a contestant from her team, Aubrey Nicole, beautifully sang I’m Gonna Love You Through It, a song by Martina McBride.

Notably, the song chronicles the story of a couple who faces life after a cancer diagnosis and Aubrey dedicated the song to her father, who was previously diagnosed with the disease but is now in remission.

Commenting on her performance, coach Snoop Dogg quipped he was not aware of the song but his eyes teared up, to which Reba said, “I do know this song. Martina’s — I’ll need it, thank you, Snoop,” as Snoop gave her a tissue to wipe her eyes.

“Martina’s a good friend of mine. I lost my oldest son because he did not win with cancer. That was a real reminder that life goes on, and we sing songs about it so we can remember the ones around us that we love so much, that we lean on at times like this. You did a great job,” the Happy’s Place star added, referring to Brandon.