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Pakistan PM to attend Gaza peace board meeting as Islamabad backs Palestinian statehood

  • Islamabad says participation tied to ceasefire, reconstruction and pre-1967 Palestinian state
  • Analysts call move diplomatic balancing act between Muslim bloc coordination and US ties
By Waseem Abbasi ·

Pakistan says Hajj arrangements in final stages, pilgrims trained in 107 cities

  • Training held in 183 sessions nationwide to prepare pilgrims for rituals, logistics
  • Authorities say accommodation, transport, visas being finalized in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
By Arab News Pakistan ·

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‘Pak-Saudi Friendship’: Pakistani artists take truck art to Kingdom on vintage Italian scooter

  • Hand-painted scooter featuring Saudi leaders and landmarks to be displayed at Al Khobar restaurant
  • Artists say project symbolizes people-to-people ties between longtime allies Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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Imran Khan will not accept any ‘deal’ for release, sister says amid renewed speculation

  • Supporters “very impatient” as health dispute intensifies political tensions, Aleema Khan says
  • Government says family politicizing medical issues as party demands independent care
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

Celestial spectacle in Saudi Arabia’s north on first day of Ramadan

  • Venus-crescent moon alignment visible over Northern Borders Region skies
  • Meteorology Center completes operational plan for the holy month
By Arab News ·

Rubio plans to update Netanyahu on US-Iran talks in Israel next week, officials say

  • Trump is weighing whether to take military action against Tehran as the administration surges military resources to the region
  • Dozens of US fighter jets, including F-35s, F-22s and F-16s, have left bases in the US and Europe in recent days to head to the Middle East
By AP ·

Airports in GCC are turning stopovers into tourism growth

  • Governments and airport operators are turning aviation as a central pillar of tourism and economic strategy
By Donia Diaaeddine ·

Gordon scores four as Newcastle hit Qarabag for six

  • Gordon stole the show by netting four times before half-time
  • England forward Gordon has netted 14 times this season, including 10 in the Champions League
By AFP ·

Robert Duvall: understated actor’s actor, dead at 95

  • One of his most memeorable characters was the maniacal, surfing-mad Lt. Gen. William Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War epic ‘Apocalypse Now’
  • One regret was turning down the lead part in ‘Jaws’ (which went to Roy Scheider) because he instead wanted to play the salty fisherman, a role that went to Robert Shaw
By AFP ·