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 Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) is facing a wave of public backlash after criticizing the national budget for lacking clear, measurable reform plans—an intervention that has triggered sharp questions about the coalition’s own credibility and relevance. In a strongly worded statement, HRDC warned that the current budget risks undermining public confidence because it does […] The post HRDC Under Fire as Public Questions Its Relevance Amid Budget Critique appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
Five years ago today, on March 3, 2021, Sarah Everard set out to walk home to her London flat after visiting a friend. She never made it. Instead, she encountered the man who would end her life.
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday evening that the US had killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
If you have seen videos showing two horses roaming around Pasir Ris on Tuesday (March 3) and wondering if they were generated using artificial intelligence, the answer is they are real.In the videos, two horses — a white horse and a brown horse — were first seen «riding» against the flow of traffic outside Stratum, a private residential development, before «horsing» over to the right side of traffic outside Pasir Ris Elias Community Club.@asiaoneTwo horses, one white and the other brown, were seen «horsing along» Pasir Ris Drive 3 on Tuesday (March 3) morning. AsiaOne understands that the horses are likely to have escaped from Gallop Stable's horse riding school at Pasir Ris Park, some 400m away. A staff member told AsiaOne that the two horses have since returned safely. #sgnews #Singapore #Road #Horse
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The Prime Minister was accused of undermining the Special Relationship by banning American bombers from using British bases to launch Saturday's assault on Tehran.
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A tool to assess workers' artificial intelligence (AI) readiness levels and recommend training courses for upskilling will be among the new features that will be rolled out to the MySkillsFuture portal, Minister of State for Education Jasmin Lau said in Parliament on Tuesday (March 3).To be launched in the second quarter of this year, it is part of the slew of announcements from Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's Budget 2026 speech which outlined a national push to boost AI capabilities.Developed by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) and the Singapore Institute of Technology, users of the tool will gauge their AI readiness level through a questionnaire.They will then receive course recommendations that are appropriate for their skill level.The AI-related courses on the MySkillsFuture portal will also be tagged by archetype, which users can search for through an AI-powered digital adviser, said MOE in a press release.While there is already a wide range of AI-related courses — around 1,600 — on the website, PM Wong said the issue is that it is not always easy to navigate the options and identify what is relevant.
He may not have found much joy in finding what they set out for, but sadness and a sense of relief instead.Muhammad Fazly Laily, 33, who led a small search party near the Kallang River last Thursday (Feb 26) night, described how they discovered the body of Muhammad Qayyim Daniel Putra Rosli, 13.Daniel was fishing with a group of friends on Feb 25 when he fell into the Kallang River and went missing.Fazly told Malay publication Berita Harian: «I do feel relieved. At least the boy's family is no longer wondering where he is. Otherwise, it would have been a pity for them to keep wondering.»Fazly, who works as a cleaner, said he had decided along with his family that they would join the ongoing search for Daniel after breaking fast.Beginning at 9.30pm from Block 15 Upper Boon Keng Road, he said that they were searching for an hour before they spotted something floating in the water.«We stopped and tried to take pictures, but we couldn't be sure whether it was the body of the deceased or not because it was very dark,» he said, adding that the object looked like «a head and shoulders».
SINGAPORE — A female former teacher has been handed more than 20 charges after she allegedly engaged in sexual activities with at least one underage boy on multiple occasions in 2023.It cannot be determined for now if this case involved more than one purported victim, as all information involving the boy mentioned or any others has been redacted from court documents.The documents also did not disclose how she was linked to the alleged victim or victims.The case involving the 40-year-old woman, who cannot be named due to a gag order, was mentioned in a district court on March 2.There is also a gag order involving the details of a certain school, said to be linked to her case.The woman faces 26 charges in total for offences including procuring an obscene act from a minor, having sex with an underage boy and performing an act that could obstruct the course of justice.Each sex-related charge is said to involve one boy, who was below 16 years old at the time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has surpassed 30 million YouTube subscribers, solidifying his status as the world's most followed leader on the platform. This digital milestone follows his Instagram achievement of over 100 million followers. His significant online presence extends to X, where he boasts a substantial following, underscoring his extensive global digital outreach.
Sonia Gandhi criticized the Modi government's silence on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's assassination, calling it an 'abdication' and 'tacit endorsement.' She argued India's lack of a clear response, especially after PM Modi's recent Israel visit, raises doubts about its foreign policy's credibility and direction.
[Horn Diplomat] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali on Monday led tributes marking the 130th anniversary of the Victory of Adwa, describing the historic triumph as a defining moment not only for Ethiopia but for Africa and people of African descent worldwide.
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In the early morning hours of March 3, the moon will glide through Earth's shadow, producing a total lunar eclipse across Canada. But what you see depends on where you are.
Reaction is pouring in from the Iranian diaspora across the Greater Toronto Area after a sweeping U.S.-Israeli attack over the weekend killed the country’s supreme leader and pulled about a dozen other countries into the conflict.
Reactions range from applause to concern as March 8 will be the last time most British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.
A case of horrific child abuse was in a Calgary courtroom Monday as Justice Ken McLeod considers a fit sentence for a 41-year-old man who pleaded guilty last spring to aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
The Embassy of Canada to the Dominican Republic says there were Canadians involved in a tourist bus accident in the Caribbean nation on Sunday night.
Former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton appeared last week before the Republican-led House Oversight Committee.
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