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Talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia are ongoing as Tehran aims to ​reach new regional security arrangements for countries in ‌the region without foreign military involvement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X on Tuesday. Last week, top ​officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan met ​Iranian officials in Tehran, the first high-level ⁠contact between Iran and the three nations since ​August. The US-Israeli war on Iran started in late ​February, and since then, fighting has spread to Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Riyadh said the visit was intended to…

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A British adventurer who has been ​walking around the world for almost three decades is due to finish his trek on ‌Monday, ending a 31,000-mile journey at the house where he grew up. Karl Bushby has hacked through jungles in Central America, crossed the ice between Alaska and Russia, and last month swam across the English Channel on the final stretch of a voyage made ​entirely under his own steam. Hundreds of cheering supporters greeted the 57-year-old in the square of his home ​city of Hull on Monday morning. “After…

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At least one person was killed and two others injured after two helicopters collided while attempting to land near Mount Everest’s base camp in Nepal on Tuesday, officials said. The helicopters were transporting trekkers returning from the Everest base camp route during Nepal’s popular autumn trekking season when the crash occurred at Pheriche village, located at an altitude of 4,200 metres. Bhupendra Thapa, an official at the Solukhumbhu district administration, said a 47-year-old tourist from India was killed in the collision. A passenger from New Zealand was injured and was…

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Pakistani passport holders have 29 international travel options this winter without obtaining a traditional visa in advance, including destinations offering visa-free entry, visas on arrival and electronic travel authorisation (eTA), according to the latest Henley Passport Index. The travel options come as Pakistan signs new visa exemption agreements with Oman and Saudi Arabia, while Qatar offers eligible Pakistani nationals a 30-day tourist visa on arrival. However, the agreements with Oman and Saudi Arabia apply only to holders of specific official passport categories and do not provide general visa-free entry for…

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The government and Jamaat-e-Islami are set to resume negotiations today (Tuesday) over the petroleum levy and provide relief to the people, with the religious party insisting on a gradual withdrawal of the petroleum levy. Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaquat Baloch said the party would press the government to provide substantial relief to the public and gradually abolish the levy. The government’s negotiating team is being led by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and includes Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal and Rana Sanaullah. Jamaat-e-Islami’s delegation comprises Liaquat Baloch, Syed Farasat Shah and Engineer Nasrullah…

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On the eve of elections that will decide whether President Donald Trump’s Republican Party keeps control of Congress, voters’ minds are on the economy, ​with high and rising prices a key issue and many blaming his policies, specifically tariffs and the Iran war, for the nagging inflation. In short, Americans are in a sour mood. The numbers, however, tell a ‌more complex story. On the upside, the unemployment rate remains historically low, more people than ever are employed, overall economic growth is solid, and the artificial intelligence investment boom has…

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A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and ​freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that echoed a similar attack in France last month. The attack, which raised temperatures in refrigerator and ‌freezer units at dozens of stores, hit supermarket groups Ahold Delhaize and Colruyt, which operate in Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as Swedish grocers ICA and Coop. Furniture-to-meatballs retailer IKEA also saw at least one store affected. “Everything is destroyed,” Engla Ingwall, sales…

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Swashbuckling all-rounder Glenn Maxwell announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday after his hopes of a farewell match on home soil ​had been dashed by Australia’s focus on youth in their short-format ‌selections. One of the most talented batters of his generation, Maxwell wowed crowds around the world in 149 one-day internationals, 130 Twenty20 internationals, and seven Test matches. He earned the nickname “The ​Big Show” for his rapid scoring and unconventional shot selection, helping ​Australia to 50-over World Cup triumphs in 2015 and 2023 as ⁠well as a…

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Russian forces on Monday bombed a school being used as an aid distribution point in a village in Ukraine’s ‌southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, killing 26 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the country’s emergency services said. The emergency services said two members of a rescue crew and four police officers were among the dead in the village of Komyshuvakha. Five people were being treated in hospital, including two rescue workers. Zelenskiy, in his nightly video ​address, said Russian forces initially dropped aerial bombs on a school in the village, used as…

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US Vice President JD Vance has said that Washington has made progress in negotiations with Iran, expressing optimism about the prospects of reaching a negotiated settlement to end the conflict. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Vance said he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the negotiations an hour earlier and that both were encouraged by the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough. “The president and I both feel pretty good about the prospects for potentially coming to a negotiated settlement. We’re going to keep on working at it,” he said.…

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