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Statement issued after viral clip of Israeli ambassador saying a rogue nation already has nuclear weapons Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi speaking at the FO weekly press briefing January 1 Photo: X/FO Pakistan on Thursday rejected comments made by the Israeli ambassador to India circulating on social media about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, terming them … Read more
[Executives for high-end brands worry that a prolonged war will hurt sales in a city important to the future of the luxury industry.
The Trump administration made the move in exchange for Belarus’s freeing of 250 political prisoners, part of a rapprochement between the two countries.
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Request seeks funds for war and weapons, but White House doubts approval in Congress, sources say Pentagon aims to fund the military campaign against Iran. PHOTO: ANADOLU The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a funding request of more than $200 billion to present to Congress to sustain the war in Iran, The … Read more
A UN vehicle leads ambulances carrying war-wounded people and patients who leave Gaza, for treatment abroad, through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it was opened by Israel on Thursday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 19, 2026.PHOTO:Â REUTERS Israel reopened the Rafah … Read more
[ QatarEnergy will have to ​declare force majeure on long-term contracts for up to five years for LNG supplies A hydrocarbon facility in Qatar. PHOTO: oilandgasmiddleeast.com Iranian attacks ‌have knocked out 17% of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and … Read more
Jerusalem’s Old City sustains some damage after being largely spared in years of fighting.
