Washington is trying to make Russia’s diplomats hide behind embassy walls, but this won’t happen, Moscow’s ambassador has said 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.
Top Republicans, including the party’s current presidential nominee, long championed or enabled the gubernatorial nominee in North Carolina. Then it all came crashing down.
In short order, the Democratic presidential campaign, almost entirely inherited from Biden, found a new direction.
The billboards highlight long-held frustrations over the island’s two-party political system — one that is threatening to crumble during the Nov. 5 gubernatorial elections.
According to the media outlet, the move was part of tightened security measures
Somali Youth Link, a government-funded organization, deploys Somali elders to help keep young people out of trouble in the Twin Cities. Farhio Khalif founded the group during the pandemic, after a rise in incidents involving Somali youth, including arrests for shooting fireworks at police, and now works closely with local law enforcement.
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali security forces repelled an al-Shabab attack on a security checkpoint in Mogadishu's Kahda district late Friday night, local residents reported.
Ankara (HOL) — Somali Ambassador to Turkey, Fathudin Ospite, attended a meeting of East African ambassadors in Ankara on Friday to discuss enhancing economic and trade ties between Turkey and East Africa.
He's clearly a deeply disturbed - not to say creepy - individual who likes to dress up as schoolchildren and post weird videos and images on the internet.
The town of Shebekino came under attack once again today
Another body has been found
Ahmad Muhammad Fahd was responsible for carrying out terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel from the area of southern Syria
This peace mission is a continuous one
The attack involved high-precision long-range weapons
Mohamed al Fayed's son Omar has spoken out for the first time on the rape allegations against his father, saying they have 'thrown into question the loving memory I had of him'.
The model, 29, put on a very leggy display as she walked the catwalk in a short figure-hugging dress, which gave the illusion that she was wrapped in yellow and red packaging tape.
Harper Beckham , 13, looked to be following in her mum Victoria Beckham 's stylish footsteps as she led her famous family in heading to the designer's Paris Fashion Week show on Friday.
Some Chinese students in Canada accuse Beijing of targeting them and their families back in China with online threats and harassment — part of a campaign to crack down on anti-government dissent abroad.
World leaders called superbugs, which are resistant to antibiotics, «an urgent global health threat» this week. Here's what patients and doctors say should change.
During the show, he will discuss his bitter parting of ways with ITV and This Morning , which he hosted for 21 years, while fending for himself on a remote island.
Wiltshire Police faced criticism for refusing to specify the defendant's biological sex, saying 'the crime was recorded as being committed by a male', but Secker was tried 'as a woman'.
Maggie Smith has passed away aged 89 years old today - 26 years after the death of her husband, British playwright Beverley Cross, who she continued to grieve and speak fondly about.
The Kiev regime’s attempt to carry out a terrorist attack on targets in Russia using fixed-wing drones was foiled
According to the ministry said, the strikes on the previously detected enemy targets were delivered with air-borne missiles
On-duty air defenses destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Oryol Region
According to the broadcaster, Zainab Nasrallah repeatedly made public statements about loyalty to Hezbollah’s aims
Meanwhile, explosions have also been reported in the city of Sumy in southeastern Ukraine
Four Lethbridge high school football players who were accused of sexual assaulting a teammate won't be going to trial. Three of them were given peace bonds while charges against the fourth were withdrawn, Crown prosecutors told CBC News on Friday.
Montreal-area politicians have implemented or proposed bans on basements in flood-prone parts of the city as climate change raises the risk of heavy rains. Research also shows that basements help speed up climate change. Is it time to stop building them?
A tentative agreement has been reached in the 4-day strike that threatened to disrupt grain shipments across the country.
Scott Ross became suspicious of a scam when he received a lengthy email from an unknown sender, claiming to have access to his online browsing data, personal photographs and his phone number — information the person said would be released if he didn't pay almost $2,000 in bitcoin.
The US will complete its military mission in Iraq over the next year, Washington and Baghdad have announced Read Full Article at RT.com
