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Mediators propose framework for crucial Iran-US talks

07-02-2026 ISTANBUL/ MUSCAT: Mediators from Qatar, Turkiye and Egypt have presented Iran and the United States with a framework of key principles to be discussed in talks on Friday this week, including a commitment by Iran to significantly limit its uranium enrichment, two sources familiar with the negotiations have told …

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Can India switch from Russian to Venezuelan oil?

07-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: When US President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday this week, he declared that New Delhi would pivot away from Russian energy as part of the agreement. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump said, had promised to stop buying Russian oil, …

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US House passes $1.2 trillion to end government shutdown

07-02-2026 WASHINGTON: The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1.2 trillion spending package to end a partial government shutdown. The bipartisan legislation, passed on Tuesday, restores lapsed funding for key federal programs, including those within the Departments of Labor and Education. The bill passed with 217 voting for …

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Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam killed in Libya

06-02-2026 TRIPOLI: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi, was killed on Tuesday by a “four-man commando” in his home in western Libya’s Zintan, his French lawyer, Marcel Ceccaldi, told media. “For now, we don’t know” who was behind the killing, Ceccaldi said, adding that …

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UK police launch investigation into ex-envoy over Epstein ties

06-02-2026 LONDON: Police in the United Kingdom have launched an investigation into allegations that political veteran Peter Mandelson committed misconduct in public office in his dealings with the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Metropolitan Police made the announcement on Tuesday, hours after Mandelson, London’s former ambassador to the …

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Modi, Trump announce India-US ‘trade deal’

06-02-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: United States President Donald Trump has announced what he described as a “trade deal” with India to reduce market barriers between the two countries, which have a combined gross domestic product of $33 trillion. On Monday, Trump said he would reduce trade tariffs on Indian …

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