05-04-2026 CAIRO/ ISTANBUL: Eight Muslim-majority countries have issued a joint statement that “strongly condemned” Israel’s one-sided bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks. Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates condemned “increasingly discriminatory, escalating Israeli practices that entrench a …
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05-04-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s two largest steel plants have been shut down due to multiple rounds of US-Israeli air strikes, the companies operating them say. “Our initial estimate is that restarting these units will take at least six months and up to one year,” Mehran Pakbin, deputy head of operations at …
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05-04-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ BEIJING/ KABUL: Pakistan and Afghanistan have confirmed they are holding talks in China aimed at ending the worst conflict between the South Asian neighbors since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in 2021. Senior officials from both countries are holding preliminary talks in …
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05-04-2026 United States President Donald Trump has announced that Pam Bondi is out as US attorney general, in his second major cabinet-level shake-up in less than a month. Trump confirmed the decision in a post on Truth Social on Thursday, after a slate of media reports suggested he was considering …
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05-04-2026 MOSCOW/ HAVANA: Russia plans to send a second ship carrying oil to Cuba, the Russian energy minister has said, as the Caribbean nation struggles under a crippling United States blockade. Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said on Thursday that the cargo was being loaded and would be brought to Cuba. …
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04-04-2026 BAGHDAD: A US freelance journalist has been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and one of the suspects is linked to an Iran-backed militia, Iraqi and US officials say. Shelly Kittleson was abducted on Tuesday evening, said Al-Monitor, a news outlet for which she has contributed articles. The Iraqi …
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04-04-2026 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told media on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime address to the nation. Trump also said he would state in …
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04-04-2026 ACCRA/ BLANTYRE/ LAGOS: African governments have imposed sharp fuel price increases as the Iran war sends global oil prices surging and threatens to spark inflation across the continent. African countries import most of their petroleum products, leaving many highly vulnerable to supply disruptions. South Africa, one of the continent’s …
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04-04-2026 BEIRUT: Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon this week, hitting areas outside of Hezbollah’s control on Tuesday. Strikes without warning hit a vehicle north of Beirut and the Jnah neighborhood in the heart of the capital. Attacks also continued in the city’s southern suburbs and the country’s south, …
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04-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian fuel retailers raised jet fuel and commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices on Wednesday, following a sharp spike in global prices due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. India, the world’s second-largest LPG importer, is battling its worst gas crisis in decades, with the …
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