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Imran Khan's sons say they fear for their father's deteriorating health in a Pakistani jail and are seeking permission to visit the former prime minister, urging the authorities to grant access after more than two years apart, Reuters reported. 

Khan's lawyer told Pakistan's Supreme Court last week that the former cricketer had lost significant vision in his right eye while in custody. A medical board said on Feb 16 the swelling had reduced after treatment and his vision had improved.

Speaking to Reuters in London, where they are based, Khan's sons Kasim and Sulaiman, 26 and 29, said they were uncertain about the medical report. They spoke to their father on Feb 12 for the first time since September.

Iran’s Foreign Mini­ster Abbas Araghchi met with the UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Monday ahe­ad of high-stakes talks with Washington in Geneva today, coinciding with Tehran’s military drills in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. 

The negotiations aim to resolve a decades-long dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program as tensions remain at a boiling point following a wave of US and Israeli air strikes on Iran in June, with few clear signs of compromise despite Washin­gton joining Israel in the earlier aerial campaign. 

Adding to the friction, the US has bolstered its presence in the region with warships and aircraft. In response, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard began a drill named “Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz” on Monday to test the readiness of naval units in the vital international waterway, according to Reuters. 

Donald Trump has said he will be "indirectly" involved in the talks between Iran and the United States which are due to begin in Geneva later on Tuesday, BBC reported. 

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the US president added that he believed Iran wanted to make a deal over its nuclear programme. 

The second round of talks in Switzerland follows repeated military threats against Iran over the country's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests and the ongoing dispute over its nuclear programme, according to BBC. 

Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of "Apocalypse Now" or the spectral Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died at age 95, his wife said in a Facebook post, Reuters reported. 

The actor, who played Tom Hagen, a lawyer for the Corleone family, in "The Godfather" and its first sequel, and starred in the TV miniseries "Lonesome Dove," died peacefully on Sunday, according to the statement, which did not give a cause of death.

"For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented," Luciana Duvall said in the post, according to Reuters.