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.
Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing said that the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is constantly seeking to improve its operational readiness against emerging threats.Chan, 55, was speaking to the media during a visit to a mobilisation exercise conducted by the Singapore Army at Selarang Camp on Saturday (April 19), and shared that he had been visiting various units in SAF for the past two months.Chan, who succeeded Dr Ng Eng Hen as Minister of Defence in May, said: «I can see that SAF is continuously trying to improve what it has. It has certainly improved from when I was in the SAF, and I'm sure they will continue to improve going forward. This spirit of unceasing desire to improve is what keeps SAF at the forefront.»He also highlighted the need for SAF to constantly «look at the lessons learnt and lessons to be learnt» from the world, including the crisis in the Middle East, and to reflect, anticipate and prepare for emerging threats.
SINGAPORE - The authorities are dealing with an ongoing attack on Singapore's critical information infrastructure by a state-sponsored cyber espionage group, UNC3886.Naming the nation's attacker for the first time on Friday (July 18), Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam said that Singapore is facing serious threats from state-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actors.These are well-resourced attackers that use sophisticated techniques to evade detection. They lurk in networks to spy over the long term, to steal sensitive information or disrupt essential services, among other objectives.«UNC3886 poses a serious threat to us, and has the potential to undermine our national security,» said Mr Shanmugam at the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore's (CSA) 10th anniversary dinner at Sands Expo and Convention Centre.«Even as we speak, UNC3886 is attacking our critical infrastructure right now.»Mr Shanmugam, who is also Home Affairs Minister, did not disclose UNC3886's sponsors, but experts have said that the group is linked to China.
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Shashi Tharoor, a senior Congress leader, lauded the US decision to designate The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Tharoor stated this move would increase pressure on Pakistan to control its activities, especially after the Pahalgam attack. Following the attack, India initiated counterterror operations and selected Tharoor to lead a delegation to the US.
Tensions flared at Saket District Court as lawyers protested against Delhi Police for filing an FIR against advocates accused of assaulting a sub-inspector. The Saket Bar Association initiated a strike, barring police from entering the court. The conflict stems from an alleged assault on the sub-inspector within the court complex, prompting the bar's action and demands for justice.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has strongly criticized the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, citing a breakdown of law and order due to recent murders and violent incidents. He accused the BJP of turning Bihar into a «Taliban» and alleged government helplessness in curbing criminal activities.
According to the spokesman, units of the battlegroup struck manpower and equipment of Ukrainian mechanized and airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Ryzhevka, Khrapovshchina and Kondratovka in the Sumy Region. In the Kharkov area, units of a Territorial Defense brigade were struck in the area of Volchansk
According to the spokesman, units of the battlegroup South seized control of better positions, struck manpower and equipment of three Ukrainian mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade and a mountain assault brigade and a territorial defense brigade in the area of the settlements of Seversk, Konstantinovka, Kleban-Byk, Pleshcheyevka and Novosyolovka
According to the diplomat, Russia has not taken a single step that would call into question the decisions that were taken at the talks on the settlement of the Transnistrian issue
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