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US lawmakers backs Indian strikes, urge Pak to restore democracy
Washington: One Indian-descent US lawmaker on Wednesday called for Pakistan to not use the current tensions with India as pretext to further undermine democracy while another offered full-throated support and endorsement of…
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UK PM Keir hits back at Oppn attacks over India FTA tax clause
London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday came out fighting against Opposition criticism over a double taxation clause in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, designed to prevent temporary workers…
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Operation Sindoor: World leaders urge India, Pakistan to show restraint
Washington: World leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, May 7, called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and hoped that the hostilities would end…
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Netflix’s You star Penn Badgley reveals he reads Quran before bed
Hollywood actor Penn Badgley, widely known for his roles in Netflix series ‘You’ and ‘Gossip Girl’, has opened up about his spiritual practices—revealing that he reads the Holy Quran before bed as…
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UAE Deputy PM calls for restraint, de-escalating India-Pak tensions
Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of UAE, has called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint and de-escalate tensions, and avoid…
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Pakistan Stock Exchange bleeds as tensions between countries escalate
Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) lost 6,500 points on Wednesday amid an escalation of military confrontation between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. The market saw…
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UAE: Multiple flights to Pakistan, India affected amid tensions
Multiple flights to and from Pakistan and northern India have been cancelled or delayed from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following escalating military tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi launched…
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Trump plans to announce US will call Persian Gulf Arabian Gulf
Washington: President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the US will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the…
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Trump says only 21 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now believed to be alive
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, leaving only 21 believed to be still living. “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,”…
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‘Hope it ends quickly,’ Trump on India-Pakistan escalation
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Indian strikes on Pakistan were expected and that it’s his “hope it ends very quickly.” The Indian embassy in Washington DC also said…
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Palestinian author Mosab Abu Toha wins Pulitzer Prize
Palestinian author Mosab Abu Toha on Monday, May 5, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary regarding the situation in the occupied country. Toha’s essays in The New Yorker on the physical and…
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UNSC raps Pak, poses tough questions over Pahalgam terror attack: Reports
United Nations: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has pulled up Pakistan and asked tough questions concerning the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam at its closed session amid the escalating…
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Australian govt to make case that US tariffs on foreign films ‘unjustified’
Canberra: Australia’s re-elected Labor Party government will make the case that US tariffs on foreign-made films are “unjustified,” a senior minister has said. Amanda Rishworth, the minister for social services, said on…
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Threatened by Trump tariffs, Japan walks delicate tightrope between US and China
Washington: Just as Japan’s top trade negotiator travelled to Washington for another round of tariff talks last week, a bipartisan delegation bearing the name of “Japan-China Friendship” wrapped up a visit to…
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Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia returns to country after treatment in UK
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday returned to the country from London after four months of medical treatment, according to a media report. Zia went to London on…
