Month: October 2026

Qatari mediators held more than 12 hours of talks in Tehran on Friday to secure an agreement that would restore direct negotiations between the United States and Iran and avert a renewed outbreak of war, diplomatic sources said, as regional tensions mount ahead of the US midterm elections. The discussions are due to continue in Doha on Saturday, with mediators seeking reciprocal steps from Washington and Tehran to break the deadlock and bring both sides back to the negotiating table over Iran’s nuclear programme and other issues. A diplomatic source…

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Egypt’s Foreign ​Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday he ‌was “extremely worried” that a new escalation in the war between the United States and Iran ​would be more destructive and have ​a major impact. He was speaking at the ⁠IISS Manama Dialogue security summit in ​Bahrain. “The second round will be more dangerous, more ​destructive, and it will lead to nowhere. We have to draw lessons from the past,” he ​said. An interim agreement reached in June failed ​to secure a lasting ceasefire in the Iran war ‌or ⁠restore normal…

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The US State Department said it had approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 ‌missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion, in what would be one of the most significant steps to supply defensive weapons to Kyiv since the start of the second Trump administration. Delayed missile deliveries have added to Ukraine’s tensions with the US after President Donald Trump announced a diesel deal with Russia and criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ​for Ukraine’s unwillingness to stop attacks on Russian refineries. Ukraine has long said it urgently needs more…

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The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to deport more than 150 Afghan immigrants to Afghanistan, including people who fled the country following the Taliban takeover in 2021, according to US officials and advocacy groups. Shawn VanDiver, head of the #AfghanEvac coalition, said many of those facing removal had left Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US forces and the Taliban’s return to power. Some of those facing deportation are “brothers and sons of men who served alongside US forces, families the Taliban already has every reason to target,” VanDiver…

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The prime suspect in the murder of a bride on her wedding reception day in Gujranwala was killed in an alleged encounter with the Crime Control Department (CCD), according to sources on Saturday. The sources said that four men riding two motorcycles opened fire on CCD personnel after spotting them on Madu Khalil Road. One of the suspects was injured in the exchange of fire, while the other three managed to escape. The injured suspect was identified as Sarfraz, who died while being shifted to the hospital. According to the…

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Nonagenarian Japanese bodybuilder Toshisuke Kanazawa took to the stage on Spain’s Costa del Maresme on Friday, aiming to prove that ​age is no barrier to peak physical fitness. The 90-year-old travelled to the coastal ‌town of Santa Susanna to compete against rivals decades his junior in the masters category for athletes aged 50 and older in a competition held by the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation. Backstage, Kanazawa mirrored the ​preparations of younger competitors, warming up with his team and applying spray tan ​before flexing under the stage lights. “I…

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