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Tehran says talks with Pakistan, Qatar continue to prevent wider US-Iran escalation

  • Tehran says mediators, including Oman, remain in contact as US-Iran strikes intensify across Gulf
  • Pakistan and Qatar helped broker Islamabad MoU before follow-up negotiations in Switzerland and Doha
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Pakistan urges OIC nations to translate commitments into action for women’s empowerment

  • Islamabad says women constitute nearly half of the population of OIC countries and there could be no inclusive growth without them
  • Pakistan assumes chairmanship of the OIC Ministerial Conference on Women for next two years at a two-day summit held in Islamabad
By Arab News Pakistan ·

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Pakistan in talks with Netflix to boost local content, planning homegrown streaming platform - minister

  • Government seeks changes to regional framework that minister says limits Pakistani content
  • Pakistani productions have appeared on Netflix through licensing deals but secured few original commissions
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Pakistan says mobile Internet gender gap narrowed to 8 percent in ‘fastest’ global improvement

  • The proportion of Pakistani women using mobile Internet rose from 33 percent to 45 percent in past two years, IT minister says
  • The statement comes as women across low- and middle-income countries still face a 12 percent mobile Internet gender gap
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Saudi team win 5 awards at physics Olympiad, Kingdom to host 2027 edition  

  • Kingdom’s medal tally grows as students excel on global physics stage
  • Saudi to also host International Nuclear Science Olympiad Aug. 2 to 9
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US missions in UAE suspend consular appointments over ‘security situation’

  • ‘The US Embassy in Abu Dhabi and US Consulate General in Dubai have canceled consular appointments from July 13 to 15 due to the regional security situation’
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Nine European countries and Ukraine form anti-ballistic missile coalition: statement

  • Ukraine and European partners launch joint defense effort amid escalating missile threats
  • At least 25 world leaders were expected at the Paris meeting
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Dollar jumps on renewed Middle East attacks, Hormuz closure

  • US and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults at the weekend, again disrupting oil trade
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New Liverpool boss Iraola says club need more signings ahead of new season

  • Liverpool are working on getting more new players, Iraola says
  • ‌Spaniard says he may tweak his methods after consulting players and staff
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’Jurassic Park’ star Sam Neill dies aged 78

  • Neill died in Australia on Monday aged 78, his family said in a statement that described the beloved actor’s death as “sudden and unexpected“
By AFP ·