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Iranian diplomat says ‘satisfactory’ deal must include compensation
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🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Australian inquiry opens public hearings into Bondi Beach shooting
An inquiry into a shooting that killed 15 people at a Hanukkah festival on Australia's Bondi Beach in December opened public hearings on Monday, with some witnesses speaking of a rise in anti-Semitism since the start of the war in Gaza.
🇵🇸 Gaza·France 24·12 days ago
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Australia begins hearings into Bondi Beach attack and rising antisemitism
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, May 4 (Reuters) - Australia began public hearings on Monday into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in December, part of a wide-ranging national inquiry with witnesses set to give evidence on their experience of escalating antisemitism in the country. The attack, which left 15 dead at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration, fuelled calls for tougher gun controls and more action to tackle hatred towards Jews, and followed a spate of antisemitic incidents in Australia.
🌍 Global·Al Monitor·12 days ago
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Doubling down on lithium
Huma Khattak, CEO of Atom Power and EV Technologies The future of energy is closely tied to efficient batteries, not only for e-bikes and electric vehicles (EVs) but also for domestic and commercial power banks for solar energy. The current game-changer is the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery, set to replace wet and dry lead-acid batteries. Pakistan’s battery demand is low, but if EVs, solar storage, and grid applications take off, total demand across sectors could grow to tens of GWh over the
🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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Minister vows to remove hurdles faced by investors
QUETTA: Federal Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has convened a meeting of the authorities concerned on Monday in Islamabad to review the situation created by a Chinese company’s sudden announcement of closing all its operations in Pakistan and China as well as a factory in Gwadar. The management of the company, Han Geng Group, issued a statement on Friday citing administrative, policy and other hurdles in running its business. However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the pla
🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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Govt urged to reduce tax on milk
ISLAMABAD: At a pre-budget consultation on structural reforms in the dairy sector, the government was urged to reduce the general sales tax on milk as safe milk is essential for child development. Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain, while participating in the consultations, organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and the Pakistan Dairy Association, claimed that reducing GST on milk was not difficult and called for tax rationalisation and struc
🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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Procurement policy faces reality
Two years ago, the Punjab government decided, in principle, to discontinue direct wheat procurement from farmers. This decision was driven by the mounting financial burden of outstanding debt — incurred for wheat procurement but compounded by delayed repayments — which had surged to Rs680 billion by June 2023. Consequently, annual interest payments alone reached approximately Rs110bn in 2023–24. This raised serious concerns about the sustainability of the government-led procurement system. Aimin
🇮🇷 Iran·Dawn·12 days ago
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Still in stabilisation mode
The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) decision to raise the policy rate by 100 basis points to 11.5 per cent is an unmistakable signal: there is a clear preference for stability over economic growth; discipline over expansion. In a climate already weighed down by structural fragilities, monetary tightening has become the chosen instrument of restraint, especially since April inflation hit double digits for the first time in 21 months to clock in at 10.9pc. This stance is reinforced across the yield
🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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Jerusalem Christians worried after attack on nun by Jewish extremist
JERUSALEM: Footage of an attack on a Catholic nun in Jerusalem shocked the world when it went viral this week, but for worshippers attending Sunday mass at Saint Stephen’s Basilica, it was just the latest example of mounting religious hostility. The attack on Tuesday was captured by CCTV and shared widely, showing a Jewish extremist shoving the nun to the ground and leaving, before returning to resume his attack on her, at which point bypassers intervened. As the congr
🇮🇱 Israel·Dawn·12 days ago
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US Senator Graham rejects Iran offer, backs diplomacy with pressure
US Senator Graham rejects Iran offer, backs diplomacy with pressure US Senator Lindsey Graham said Iran’s latest proposal to end the conflict is “utterly ridiculous”, accusing Tehran of stalling in negotiations. In a post on X, he said Iran was “playing games” as talks continue. Graham also backed President Donald Trump’s maritime initiative, saying: “I fully agree with President Trump's decision to launch Operation Freedom, which aims to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Horm
🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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UAE’s bumpy divorce from Opec
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🇷🇺 Russia·Dawn·12 days ago
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Ministries told to surrender unspent funds
• Move aimed at finalising revised estimates for FY2025-26 and preparing upcoming fiscal year’s budget • Deadline advanced to May 10 on directions of Public Accounts Committee ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has directed all ministries, divisions, departments, and autonomous bodies to surrender, within 10 days, all savings and unspent allocations that are not expected to be utilised during the current fiscal year. The instructions have been issued to ensure that revised estimates for FY2025-2
🇮🇱 Israel·Dawn·12 days ago
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Search underway for two missing US troops in Morocco
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🌍 Global·Dawn·12 days ago
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Pak-China expand ties across sectors
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🇦🇫 Afghanistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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White House posts Trump's photo with ‘I have all the cards’ message
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🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Jemima ‘plans to remarry’
LONDON: British social activist and Imran Khan’s ex-wife, Jemima Goldsmith, is reportedly set to remarry, marking a new chapter in her personal life. According to recent media reports, Jemima, 52, is engaged to Irish-Australian financier Cameron O’Reilly after the two maintained a relationship for just over a year. O’Reilly, 62, is the son of the late media tycoon Sir Anthony O’Reilly and has built a substantial fortune through investments in smart metering and software ventures. The couple is s
🌍 Global·Dawn·12 days ago
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A gas sector gaslighting itself
Pakistan’s gas sector has an allocation problem, not a supply problem. The country already produces and imports enough gas to serve the existing network more intelligently. Pakistan’s energy ladder runs in cruel reverse. The poorest households, those in places where clean-fuel access remains thin and where firewood, dung, crop residue, or cylinders remain the default, pay the most for energy. Around 40 per cent of Pakistani households still use wood or sticks for cooking, while only 38pc have ac
🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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Tanker hit by projectiles off UAE coast, maritime agency says
Tanker hit by projectiles off UAE coast, maritime agency says The UK Maritime Trade Operations said a tanker off the coast of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates was attacked, reporting it was “being hit by unknown projectiles”. “All crew are reported safe. No environmental impact reported,” the agency said. The incident came hours after UKMTO reported that a bulk carrier was attacked by multiple small craft off the coast of Iran, about 11 nautical miles west of Sirik. The circumstances o
🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Iran says 37,000 buildings repaired after war damage
Iran says 37,000 buildings repaired after war damage Mehr News Agency reported that the Iran Housing Foundation has repaired about 37,000 homes and commercial buildings damaged during the war involving Iran. The repairs are part of ongoing efforts to restore infrastructure following strikes on residential areas. The Iranian Red Crescent Society said more than 125,000 civilian structures were destroyed or severely damaged, and that 339 medical facilities, including hospitals and clinics, we
🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Merz says no US Tomahawk deployment in Germany
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🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Punjab cops in a bind over transfer to ‘hard areas’
• Establishment Division transfers ‘encadred’ officers, many of whom are close to retirement, to KP and Balochistan • Under rotation policy, these postings were supposed to go to younger officers • IGP says matter will be taken up with Islamabad • Estab secretary claims rotation policy ‘suspended’ at provinces’ request LAHORE: The Establishment Division has transferred 10 police officers from Punjab to ‘hard areas’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan for a mandatory period of one year, despit
🇵🇰 Pakistan·Dawn·12 days ago
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Europe, Canada pull together in Yerevan in Trump's shadow
European leaders talked up independence on defence and closer ties with Canada Monday, as they gathered in Armenia for a summit clouded by US threats to cut military support. US President Donald Trump loomed large over the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Yerevan, which was for the first time attended by a non-European leader: Canada's Mark Carney. "We don't think that we're destined to submit to a more transactional insular and brutal world and gatherings such as these point
🇦🇲 Armenia·Al Monitor·12 days ago
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Europe, Canada leaders hold Yerevan talks in Trump's shadow
European leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gather in Armenia Monday as they seek to navigate a fraught geopolitical environment under an unpredictable White House. US President Donald Trump will loom large over the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC). It takes place in Yerevan, a crossroads between Russia and the Middle East -- the two main issues on the agenda.
🇷🇺 Russia·Al Monitor·12 days ago
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Europe, Canada leaders meet in Armenia amid uncertainty over US policy
European leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney are meeting in Armenia on Monday for a European Political Community summit focused on security and geopolitical tensions, as uncertainty grows over US policy under President Donald Trump. Held in Yerevan, the talks come amid strains over the Iran conflict, the war in Ukraine, and shifting transatlantic ties.
🇺🇦 Ukraine·France 24·12 days ago
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Trump says US to help ships stranded in Strait of Hormuz as tanker hit by projectiles
By Parisa Hafezi and Jacob Bogage DUBAI/DORAL, Florida, May 4 (Reuters) - A tanker reported being hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime security organisation said on Monday, shortly after President Donald Trump said the U.S. would start helping free ships stranded in the Gulf by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Trump provided few details about the plan, which he said would start on Monday to aid ships and their crews that have been "locked up" in the vital waterway and are
🇮🇱 Israel·Al Monitor·12 days ago
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AJK PM grants land ownership to 1,000 families displaced by LoC shelling
• Beneficiaries settled on government land near Mirpur in 2006 after fleeing 1998 cross-border shelling MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore announced on Sunday the grant of ownership rights to more than 1,000 families displaced from the Line of Control who had long been residing on state land in Janyal, on the outskirts of Mirpur. The announcement came at a ceremony held to formalise the transfer of land rights to the internally displaced persons (IDPs)
🇲🇱 Mali·Dawn·12 days ago
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'No pilgrims': regional war hushes Iraq's holy cities
In Iraq's holy city of Najaf, the majestic shrine of Imam Ali stands quiet, its vast courtyards no longer echoing with the multilingual whispers of pilgrims from before the Middle East war. The absence of tourists leaves nearby shopkeepers and hotel owners with little to do, their days dragging on as they hope for the crowds to return and revive their businesses. "Iranians used to keep us busy, whether the jeweller, the fabric merchant or the taxi driver. Now there are none," said jewellery sho
🇮🇶 Iraq·Al Monitor·12 days ago
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Russia may come up with new initiatives on WMD-free zone in Middle East
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🇷🇺 Russia·TASS·12 days ago
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Policeman turned PR adviser John Tse set for top government media role
A Hong Kong policeman turned public relations adviser will be promoted to lead the government’s Information Services Department, the South China Morning Post has learned. John Tse Chun-chung, who has served as the government’s information coordinator since 2024, is expected to take up the post as early as Tuesday. Tse, 49, joined the police force in 1999. He became a well-known face during the 2019 social unrest, when he led the force’s daily press conferences while still a chief...
🌍 Global·South China Morning Post·12 days ago
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UK to launch negotiations on taking part in 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine
The office of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer also promised that new sanctions against Russian companies would be announced later this week
🇺🇦 Ukraine·TASS·12 days ago
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Israeli strikes intensify in southern Lebanon, casualties reported
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🇮🇱 Israel·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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US officials say China sent dual-use materials to Iran
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🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Glimmer of hope in Hormuz Strait as fragile ceasefire holds: what happened overnight
The fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran has continued into its third week. There are signs of a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz looming on the horizon. These are the major takeaways from what happened overnight. What did Trump say? President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US would “help free up” ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz within hours. No details were provided. “This process, Project Freedom, will begin Monday morning, Middle East time,” Trump said in a social media...
🇮🇷 Iran·South China Morning Post·12 days ago
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Israel court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists
An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, who were brought to Israel for questioning, a rights group representing them said. The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy to break Israel's blockade of Gaza and bring supplies to the devastated Palestinian territory. They were intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Greece early on Thursday, with Israel saying it had removed
🇮🇱 Israel·Al Monitor·12 days ago
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Israel court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists amid abuse claims
An Israeli court on Sunday ordered a two-day extension of the detention of two foreign activists seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as a legal battle intensified over their arrest in international waters and allegations of abuse in custody. The pair, brought to Israel for questioning after their vessel was intercepted by Israeli forces, deny the accusations against them, while their lawyers argue they were part of a humanitarian mission and should be released immediately.
🇮🇱 Israel·France 24·12 days ago
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Live: US to escort ships through Hormuz as Iran warns of ceasefire breach
The United States is set to begin escorting stranded third-country vessels through the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday morning, as part of its “Project Freedom” initiative, Donald Trump announced Sunday. Iran quickly pushed back, with a senior official warning that any “American interference” would be seen as a breach of the ceasefire. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
🇮🇷 Iran·France 24·12 days ago
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Iran war live: Tehran says Trump’s Hormuz mission violates ceasefire
Iran protests as Trump announces Project Freedom to escort stranded ships out of Strait of Hormuz.
🇮🇷 Iran·Al Jazeera·12 days ago
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Centcom mobilises aircraft, troops for Hormuz maritime mission
Centcom mobilises aircraft, troops for Hormuz maritime mission US Central Command (Centcom) said it will begin supporting “Project Freedom” from Monday to restore freedom of navigation for commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The command said its forces will operate under the direction of the United States president to assist vessels seeking to transit the waterway, adding that the Department of State, along with the Department of War, has launched a “Maritime Freedom Structure
🌍 Global·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Germany calls US key Nato partner amid tensions
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🇮🇷 Iran·Middle East Eye·12 days ago
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Any US "Interference" In Hormuz Would Be Ceasefire Violation, Warns Iran
A senior Iranian official warned on Monday that Tehran would consider any US attempt to interfere in the Strait of Hormuz a breach of the ceasefire.
🇮🇷 Iran·NDTV World·12 days ago