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Pakistan says foreign-backed disinformation campaign targeting its US-Iran peace efforts

  • Minister says elements unable to come to terms with Pakistan’s mediation role behind campaign
  • Attaullah Tarar vows Pakistan will continue to expose nefarious designs of campaign’s perpetrators
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Pakistan set to launch first Panda Bond with $250 million inaugural issue

  • Finance minister in Beijing for Pakistan’s first-ever access to China’s domestic capital market
  • Pakistan says move toward market-based financing complements traditional funding avenues
By Ismail Dilawar ·

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Families of Pakistani hostages held by Somali pirates for 23 days call for their rescue

  • MT Honour 25 was seized on April 21 off Somalia’s Puntland region with 10 Pakistani crew members aboard
  • Pakistan foreign office says pirates haven’t contacted Islamabad yet, are negotiating with the ship owner
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Pakistan orders cybercrime probe after diplomat cites Cambridge exam paper theft

  • Pakistani authorities direct NCCIA to investigate alleged premature sharing of exam papers
  • Cambridge agrees to strengthen systems after repeated mathematics exam breaches in Pakistan
By Usama Iqbal Khawaja ·

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Heavy penalties for 48 people violating Hajj transport regulations

  • Kingdom imposes steep fines and deportations in crackdown on violators of Hajj rules
  • 5 expatriates and 14 citizens caught transporting 29 unauthorized people to holy sites
By Arab News ·

‘Promised to us’: The Israelis dreaming of settling south Lebanon

  • “The idea is that most of the population flees, we move the border, and we do not let that population return,” said Sloutskin
  • The Israeli government has given no public political support to the movement to settle southern Lebanon
By AFP ·

Kremlin says Europe is not fit to mediate in Ukraine conflict, RIA reports

  • Peskov reiterated Moscow’s position that Europe ⁠is currently involved ‌in ‌the conflict ​on ‌Ukraine’s side
By Reuters ·

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How Saudi Arabia is engineering its food future

  • Smart irrigation, science and industry partnerships are redefining food production in extreme climates
By Nada Hameed ·

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Saudi women’s football shines bright at first National Awards Ceremony

  • Honors for players, executives and pioneers growing the game across the Kingdom
By Aisha Fareed ·

Pain on the menu as Iran war squeezes Dubai’s restaurants

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  • Dubai chefs say war has affected sourcing of ingredients, costs
  • Eateries grapple with ‘disrupted footfall’, demand drop
By Reuters ·