The Pentagon is putting together $6 billion worth of defense industry contracts for ammunition that might reach Kiev in a year or two Read Full Article at RT.com Read more
A Pakistani cabinet minister says Islamabad will continue to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar under a 15-year agreement, despite the severing of diplomatic ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and some other countries.
Shahid Khaqan Abb
A Pakistani cabinet minister says Islamabad will continue to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar under a 15-year agreement, despite the severing of diplomatic ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and some other countries.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the federal minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, said Qatar and Pakistan last year signed a $1 billion agreement, under which Qatar's Liquefied Gas Company Limited will sell LNG from 2016 to year 2031 to state-run Pakistan State Oil.
He said since no sanctions have been imposed on Qatar by the United Nations, Pakistan and Qatar were bound to abide by the agreement.
Qatar has released an initial report into the alleged hack of its state-run news agency, an incident which helped spark a diplomatic crisis between the energy-rich country and Arab nations.
The Qatari Interior Ministry said late Wednesday that the website of the Qatar News Agency was initially hacked in April with "high techniques and innovative methods."
It said hackers installed a file and then published a fake news item attributed to Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, just after midnight May 24.
The ministry did not say who it suspected carried out the attack. It also thanked the FBI and the British National Commission for Combating Crime for assisting it in its investigation.
The alleged fake news item, which had Sheikh Tamim making controversial comments on Iran and Israel, immediately was picked up by Saudi and Emirati media, laying the groundwork for the crisis that began Monday (05.06.2017.)
Kuwait's emir has traveled to Qatar and met that country's leader as part of his efforts to mediate an end to a crisis that's seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich country and attempt to isolate it.
Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was met planeside by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, when he arrived on Wednesday night.
The two held talks, though details of their discussions were not released. Sheikh Sabah earlier Wednesday traveled to Dubai where he met with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves as prime minister and vice president of the UAE.
Sheikh Sabah also has traveled to Saudi Arabia in his efforts.
It said hackers installed a file and then published a fake news item attributed to Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, just after midnight May 24.
The ministry did not say who it suspected carried out the attack. It also thanked the FBI and the British National Commission for Combating Crime for assisting it in its investigation.
The alleged fake news item, which had Sheikh Tamim making controversial comments on Iran and Israel, immediately was picked up by Saudi and Emirati media, laying the groundwork for the crisis that began Monday (05.06.2017.)
Kuwait's emir has traveled to Qatar and met that country's leader as part of his efforts to mediate an end to a crisis that's seen Arab nations cut ties to the energy-rich country and attempt to isolate it.
Kuwait's Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was met planeside by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, when he arrived on Wednesday night.
The two held talks, though details of their discussions were not released. Sheikh Sabah earlier Wednesday traveled to Dubai where he met with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also serves as prime minister and vice president of the UAE.
Sheikh Sabah also has traveled to Saudi Arabia in his efforts.
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The Ukrainian army’s losses in the Avdeyevka area over the past 24 hours amounted to 380 personnel, a US-made Abrams tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, including a US-manufactured Bradley
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that his government is doing its best to see the release of the hostages held in the enclave, maintaining that it is Palestinian radicals who are blocking the talks by making unacceptable demands
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It's been an undeniably good week for the Labour Party, and a bad one for the Conservatives. So it's no wonder that there is perhaps even confidence, among Labour supporters
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One food delivery customer took to social media recently to express dissatisfaction with their meal, after claiming what was ordered turned out to be «totally different» from the menu. In a Facebook post on Saturday (May 4), user Nan Wei shared how she had placed a takeaway order with Alijiang at Vivo City through the Deliverychinatown app. When the food arrived however, she was disappointed by the portion size of a vegetable dish which cost $19.95. «The [takeaway] box was not even one-third full», Nan Wei said. «Contacted Deliverychinatown to complain about the pathetic amount of vegetables that was served for what [I] was charged for.» After lamenting that the amount of vegetables served was totally different from the photo shown in the menu, Nan Wei said that the response she got was that the latter is «only meant for reference». According to screenshots from a series of messages, a representative from Deliverychinatown told Nan Wei said the eatery would not be providing a refund as there were no issues with the portion size.
Mogadishu (HOL) – The Criminal Investigation Department of the Somali government has on Sunday released ten suspects who were arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of a Somali man employed at the Somali Civil Aviation Authority in Mogadishu.
The move could spark outrage among Trump’s supporters, but some advisers are arguing it would help him reach young voters who believe it’s cool to be “Trump-adjacent.”
Guðmundur Fertram Sigurjónsson was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the annual conference of the European Wound Management, EWMA, in London this week.
Emphasising that foreign policy today affects every citizen, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that if India had not been clear on the Russia-Ukraine war, petrol price would have gone up.
Vijay Wadettiwar, a Congress leader from Maharashtra, sparked a significant controversy with his remarks on the death of police official Hemant Karkare during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Wadettiwar claimed that Karkare was not killed by terrorist Ajmal Kasab but by a police officer linked to the RSS, leading to strong criticism and backlash from various sources.
Airline president says work stoppages could begin as early as Tuesday at noon MT.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted Canada as a «rule-of-law country» in comments on Saturday about arrests made in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, as he sought to reassure Sikh Canadians that persecution won't be tolerated.
Farooq Abdullah warns Kashmir voters about EVM integrity, emphasizes the need to verify machine lights, hear a beep, and match VVPAT symbols. He accuses BJP and Modi of communal fear tactics, stressing the elections are about saving the nation.
Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his candidature from Raebareli for the Lok Sabha elections, BJP MLA Balmukundacharya on Saturday said the former would be better suited to contest from his «maternal home» in Italy.
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«It is highly undesirable to come to this point,» Maria Zakharova said, adding that Russia would continue to use diplomatic measures of influence
New Delhi’s new foreign policy involves putting India’s interests first, says the country’s external affairs minister Read Full Article at RT.com
