- Erdogan told Al Jazeera the agreement remained open to additional members and indicated that Egypt’s participation was possible
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- Original letters exchanged by separated families came to life at a dramatic reading ahead of Pakistan’s Independence Day
- The event drew a large intergenerational audience, highlighted the human cost of the partition of the Indian subcontinent
- Karachi hosts donkey races up to three times a year, where dozens race on 2km circuit
- Rights groups say animals risk injury, exhaustion while owners insist they take care of animals
- Zhu Rongji, who died at 97, helped steer China’s economic transformation
- Israel resumes airstikes on the territory, hitting a tent camp for displaced
- Hamas officials present at some of the meetings with Trump’s son-in-law, diplomatic source says
- Blaze threatens the 1,000-year-old San Juan de la Peña monasteries
- 100 French firefighters and up to 40 aircraft set to reinforce response
- Riyadh Metro has nearly three-quarters of urban journeys
- Rail passenger traffic rises by over 11m trips year-on-year
- Lani Pallister of Australia has stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international 800-meter freestyle loss at the Pan Pacific Championships
- Ledecky took silver in 8:07.26. She is the four-time Olympic champion in her signature event
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Islamabad Memorandum
- Dar tells Araghchi recent understandings under Islamabad MoU should underpin peace efforts
- Deputy PM warns SCO against efforts to derail US-Iran peace process following Houthi attacks
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What's Dariyah?
Located in Saudi Arabia's central region of Qassim, Dariyah was an important stop on ancient trade and pilgrimage routes and is now one of the Kingdom's significant archaeological sites. Earlier this week, the Saudi Heritage Commission announced that a collection of 100 pieces of gold jewelry dating back to the Abbasid era has been discovered in the site.
Who is “The Joshie-Man”?
It’s a name given by social media fans to Joshua Harris, a 12-year-old autistic and non-verbal Briton, who has been visiting UK mosques and distributing cakes to promote solidarity amid an increase in far-right support in the country. On a recent trip to Madinah with his father, “The Joshie-Man” turned his ‘Cake not hate’ campaign to ‘Dates not hate’ by handing out the holy city’s famous ajwa and ambar dates people in the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque.
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- Amnesty has demanded a probe into a Pakistani airstrike in March that UN says killed over 260
- Pakistan’s foreign office says Amnesty levelled serious allegations without providing “credible evidence“
