News brief: Big stories of the day

Voting begins across the nation in over 85,000 polling booths

After widespread speculation on David Coleman Headley's apparent death in a jail attack by inmates, his lawyer said the 26/11 Mumbai attack plotter is neither in Chicago nor in hospital. 

Amidst fear of violence seen by Pakistan ahead of the general elections due today, the Peshawar's deputy commissioner announced that around 1000 'kafans' (coffins) will be arranged on the polling day. 

The United States President Donald Trump kept open the possibility of negotiating an agreement to denuclearise Iran, two days after he authored an angry warning to the nation on Twitter.

Harley-Davidson executives said Tuesday they had seen no US sales hit so far over the decision to relocate some American manufacturing overseas as the company navigates trade conflicts.