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video Update US and Iran inch toward short-term deal to end fighting

US and Iran inch toward short-term deal to end fighting

  • Emerging plan centers on a short-term memorandum rather than a comprehensive peace deal
  • US President Donald Trump: ‘They want to make a deal … it’s very possible’
video By Reuters ·

Saudi Arabia a ‘no-go area’ for Pakistan, deputy PM says amid US-Iran conflict

Saudi Arabia a ‘no-go area’ for Pakistan, deputy PM says amid US-Iran conflict

  • Ishaq Dar says Islamabad has warned parties in conflict against threatening Saudi Arabia
  • PM says defense pact with Kingdom reflects commitment to protect Two Holy Mosques
By Falak Mahmood Khan ·

Update People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs neighbourhood of Haret Hreik on May 6. video

Israel says it killed Hezbollah commander in first strike on Beirut since ceasefire

  • Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs the first on the area in nearly a month
  • At least 11 other people were killed in strikes across the south and east
By AFP ·

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Saudi Arabia a ‘no-go area’ for Pakistan, deputy PM says amid US-Iran conflict

Saudi Arabia a ‘no-go area’ for Pakistan, deputy PM says amid US-Iran conflict

  • Ishaq Dar says Islamabad has warned parties in conflict against threatening Saudi Arabia
  • PM says defense pact with Kingdom reflects commitment to protect Two Holy Mosques
By Falak Mahmood Khan ·

Spain summons Israeli envoy over ‘intolerable’ activist arrest

Spain summons Israeli envoy over ‘intolerable’ activist arrest

  • Israel deatained Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national, after intercepting a pro-Palestinian flotilla in international waters
  • Spain rewards the outspoken UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese
By AFP ·

Spain summons Israeli envoy over ‘intolerable’ activist arrest

Spain summons Israeli envoy over ‘intolerable’ activist arrest

  • Spain summoned Israel’s top envoy in Madrid to protest the “unacceptable and intolerable” detention of a Spanish activist from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla
By AFP ·

Saudi Arabia wins first-ever seat on IFJ executive committee

Saudi Arabia wins first-ever seat on IFJ executive committee

  • Adhwan Al-Ahmari, chairman of the Saudi Journalists Association, was elected at the federation’s International Press Congress in Paris
  • Seat strengthens Saudi presence within international media institutions, opens the door to a larger role in shaping journalism worldwide
By Arab News ·

Saudi Arabia wins first-ever seat on IFJ executive committee

Saudi Arabia wins first-ever seat on IFJ executive committee

  • Adhwan Al-Ahmari, chairman of the Saudi Journalists Association, was elected at the federation’s International Press Congress in Paris
  • Seat strengthens Saudi presence within international media institutions, opens the door to a larger role in shaping journalism worldwide
By Arab News ·