Top news of the day: April 11, 2026

U.S. Vice President JD Vance ‌held talks with Pakistani ⁠Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday (April 11, 2026), ‌the White House and ‌Mr. Sharif’s ‌office ⁠said, with ⁠special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s ‌son-in-law Jared Kushner also taking part. “Prime Minister expressed ‌the hope that these talks would serve ⁠as a stepping stone toward ‌durable peace in the region,” Mr. Sharif’s office said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 11, 2026) promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code in West Bengal to end what he called the “politics of appeasement”. He said the BJP will not let Bengalis become a “minority” in the State. Addressing a rally at Jangipur in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district, Mr. Modi said the BJP’s election manifesto, released by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday, is a roadmap to end Trinamool Congress’s ‘maha jungleraj’ in West Bengal.