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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.
AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday raised concern over the safety and security of vulnerables after 807 people, mostly women and children, went missing in the first 15 days of the year 2026.
The Ministry of External Affairs has firmly denied a Bloomberg report alleging National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding a trade deal. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called the claims baseless, stating no such meeting occurred. This rebuttal follows recent announcements of a trade agreement between India and the US.
Lok Sabha was adjourned amid security concerns over alleged Congress plans to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite his presence. Opposition rejected the claims, accusing the government of stalling proceedings. The Prime Minister is expected to address the Rajya Sabha later.
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Singaporean child sex offender Amos Yee, 27, who is facing deportation from the United States, has published a blog post urging the Singapore government not to accept his return, claiming that doing so could create political complications. In the post on Wednesday (Feb 4), Yee said deportation to Singapore would result in a jail term for failing to serve mandatory National Service (NS), which he has allegedly avoided since the age of 17. Yee added that after the possible imprisonment, he would still refuse to enlist for NS. «You think I'm just going to quietly accept my punishment and agree to serve in the military? Hah! I'm going to continue to swerve the military,» he wrote. «There will be numerous court dates, me coming in and out of prison, each time I'll maybe write a blogpost here, make a video there, condemning the military, condemning the government. All the attentions (sic) and negative press you and I will receive, it'll be amazing.»
A shopper browsing the aisles of a Prime Supermarket outlet in Hougang apparently found meat products two days past their expiry date still on the shelf. Taking to Facebook page Complaint Singapore on Jan 22, the shopper surnamed Ho said the use-by date for a pack of marinated meat had been supposedly obscured by a sticker label. A photo he shared showed the price tag on a pack of meat slightly peeled back to reveal that the expiry date was Jan 19. Ho told local media he took the photo on the evening of Jan 21 at Hougang Street 11. In his Facebook post, he claimed that the expiry date of other products on sale were similarly concealed. «All three 'reduced to clear' packages on the shelf had the same issue, with their expiry dates deliberately covered by stickers which appears to not be accidental,» Ho wrote. He urged shoppers to check the expiry dates of items before purchase. Prime Supermarket told AsiaOne that its priority for markdown items is to «clear all stock prior to expiry and remove items from shelves in accordance with food safety requirements».
At the height of his fame, the legendary player and broadcaster was secretly spiralling into a £200,000 gambling addiction that cost him two marriages and his family home.
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Applications have come in hot from first-timer singles looking for a 2-room HDB unit at the upcoming Tampines Nova Build-To-Order (BTO) project in central Tampines, reaching a rate of 50 applicants for each available unit as at 8am on Thursday (Feb 5) — just a day after the project was launched. Tampines Nova is one of three BTO projects with a shorter wait time in the HDB's first sales exercise of the year, with an estimated completion time of two years and eight months. It will comprise 122 units of 2-room Flexi and 133 units of 4-room flats. Located at the heart of Tampines Regional Centre, and bounded by Tampines Concourse and Tampines Avenues 5 and 8, Tampines Nova lies in close proximity to Tampines MRT station and a range of amenities. The application rates by first-timer singles across the four other BTO projects with 2-room flats, in comparison, did not exceed 2.5 as at 8am.
A 76-year-old female personal mobility aid (PMA) user was taken to hospital following an accident with a car in Bedok on Wednesday (Feb 4) night.The accident happened at about 10.35pm along Bedok Reservoir Road. A photograph circulated on an online motoring group showed a PMA lying on its side at the pedestrian crossing. Steps away, paramedics were seen attending to the elderly woman.A silver colour Toyota car was also stopped at the scene with its hazard lights switched on.Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said that the 76-year-old woman was conveyed conscious to Changi General Hospital, adding that police investigations are ongoing.
The Traffic Police (TP) will void demerit points and issue refunds for any fines paid for 1,523 speeding tickets that were erroneously issued between Oct 30 and Dec 8 last year.In a statement on Thursday (Feb 5), TP and Land Transport Authority (LTA) said that the speed limit for three speed enforcement cameras along the KPE was incorrectly set at 70kmh, which was 10kmh lower than the actual speed limit of 80kmh.TP discovered the error — made by LTA's contractor during a hardware replacement on Oct 30 last year — during an audit in mid-December. «As a precautionary measure, the Traffic Police have also checked all other speed cameras islandwide.»«TP and LTA sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused. We take a serious view of this matter and are strengthening our checks and controls to prevent similar occurrences,» the statement said,Affected motorists do not have to take any action as TP will be notifying them of the error.Those who have already paid their fines will receive refunds through PayNow or bank transfer.[[nid:726986]]chingshijie@asiaone.com
Le Directeur du Bureau Central du Recensement Général de la Population et des Logements (DBCR/RGPL), Noel Moussavou, a annoncé le lancement officiel de la phase de dénombrement du RGPL sur l'ensemble du territoire national. Le dénombrement du Recensement Général de la Population et des Logements suit bien son cours, avait annoncé le Directeur du Bureau central du Recensement, Noel Moussavou. Objectifs de l'opération : – Recueillir des informations exhaustives sur les personnes (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON
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