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Marka-i-Haq a 'defining landmark in the nation’s journey': ISPR

Marka-i-Haq is a “defining landmark” in the nation’s journey, the military said on Saturday as Pakistan marked the first anniversary of the brief war with India. In a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military said that the brief conflict demonstrated Pakistan’s measured and resolute response and “exposed adversarial conspiracies, false flag narratives and disinformation campaigns, diminishing their credibility internationally”. Last year’s confrontation with...

Bahrain says arrested IRGC-linked network collected funds for Iran-based support

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior has said investigations have confirmed that members of a recently dismantled group were in direct contact with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).Authorities said the arrested individuals collected funds with the intention of transferring them to Iran to support the IRGC and finance what it described as terrorist operations.Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.Criminal investigations underwayThe ministry s...

Starmer defies calls to quit as prospect of leadership challenge mounts

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Keir Starmer faces fury as trophy hunting ban shelved after pressure from Trump's henchmen

A raft of celebrities including Frank Bruno, Cliff Richard, Joanna Lumley, Gary Numan and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton are putting pressure on the PM to give a timetable for when the ban on "sick" trophy imports will be brought in

HMS Dragon heads to Middle East as UK considers international Strait of Hormuz operation

Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon is being sent to the Middle East to join an international mission to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.The Type 45 destroyer will “pre-position” in the region, ready to join the UK and French-led initiative once hostilities cease between Iran and US-Israeli forces.A fragile ceasefire remains in place, although attacks on Friday saw US forces hit two Iranian tankers trying to breach the blockade imposed by Donald Trump.The proposed mission, championed by Sir...

Israeli attacks across Lebanon kill at least 19

No letup in Israeli attacks despite a US-brokered ceasefire, with a new round of talks expected next week.

PTI demands judicial commission to identify, punish culprits behind May 9 riots

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has demanded the formation of an independent judicial commission to conduct a “transparent, impartial and credible probe” into the events of May 9, to bring the suspects to justice. The party has termed May 9, 2023, “one of the darkest days in Pakistan’s political history”, when former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court. He is currently incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where he is regularly denied meeti...

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

How Reform won votes from Swansea to SunderlandJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHarry Farley,Political correspondentandRichard Moss,North East and Cumbria political editorPA Media"We're taking a chance."At the Caerphilly social club in Wales on Friday night, Bernard and Linda explained the gamble they were taking."With Labour I think you get nowhere," Linda told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "They're not the working class now," Bernard adde...

China Summit Stays on Track Despite Iran Concerns

President Donald Trump is moving forward with plans to meet with Xi Jinping in Beijing despite Chinese officials' unease about holding the meeting before the US-Iran conflict is resolved. Former Ambassador to China and Harvard University Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations Nicholas Burns joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

Silva unhappy with Andersen red card decision

Marco Silva believes his side were hard done by, including the decision by VAR to show Joachim Andersen a straight red card for a challenge on Adrien Truffert, as Fulham suffer a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Craven Cottage.

"China is Just Watching": Ro Khanna on Why the Iran Conflict is a Gift to Beijing

With 80,000 manufacturing jobs lost, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argues that the US needs a tougher, more strategic approach to China. He discusses the impact of unfair trade practices on American ports and why lowering the cost of fertilizer and reopening the Strait of Hormuz are critical for the US economy. Watch more here and watch Lisa Mateo, Christina Ruffini and David Gura on Bloomberg This Weekend LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning: (Source: Bloomberg)

Lebanon says Israeli strike on south kills seven including child

Lebanon says Israeli strike on south kills seven including child6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGeorge WrightReutersThe strike on Saksakiyeh also injured 15 people including three children, the Lebanese ministry saidAn Israeli strike on southern Lebanon has killed at least seven people, including a child, Lebanon's health ministry said.The strike on the town of Saksakiyeh wounded a further 15, including three children, the ministry added. Lebanese official media also reporte...

‘I’ll talk to work on Monday’: what happens when a ‘paper candidate’ actually wins

Tyrone Scott, who didn’t think he had a hope in the election, wants to help the Greens rebuild ‘community cohesion’ in HackneyYou would expect most political candidates who pull off a shock win to celebrate their victory, maybe with a glass of bubbly and excitement for the challenges of elected office ahead. But on Friday, as thousands of new councillors celebrated their triumphs, some surprise victors were less than pleased.Green party handlers apologised to one newly elected councillor in Fins...

Reform UK Scotland MSPs elect leader and deputy leader

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Labour MP warns cabinet ministers - 'Topple Keir Starmer today or I will"

Catherine West, a former junior foreign office minister, gave ministers until Monday to decide among themselves who the next leader should be - or she'll try to trigger a leadership contest herself

‘On level of atomic bomb’: Iran highlights Hormuz importance amid US talks

The strait represents 'a capability that can affect the entire global economy with a single decision', politician says.

Why Welsh voters turned their backs on the Labour party

Disregard from UK Labour and struggling public services are just some of reasons behind ‘astonishing’ collapseUK politics live – latest updatesBy Friday night, Keir Starmer and much of the Westminster Labour group were quietly relieved that the local election results in England hadn’t been quite as bad as feared. In Wales, however, Labour’s collapse in the Senedd was even more total than the most pessimistic predictions.For more than 100 years, Welsh Labour was the democratic world’s most succes...

No-bid contract to turn DC’s reflecting pool blue goes to firm with ties to Trump

A company Trump has used for work at his Virginia golf course was awarded $6.9m to paint the iconic attractionDonald Trump’s latest beautification plan for Washington DC – the restoration of the 2,000ft-long reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial – has met been with claims that a $6.9m contract to carry out the project was hastily handed out to a company that renovated a swimming pool at the president’s Virginia golf course.The New York Times reported that the no-bid contract for the L...

SNP leader John Swinney rules out Holyrood talks with Reform UK

SNP leader John Swinney rules out Holyrood talks with Reform UKJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAngus CochraneSenior political journalistEPAJohn Swinney led the SNP to a fifth successive Holyrood election victory SNP leader John Swinney has ruled out any negotiations with Reform UK as his party seeks to return to government. While the SNP comfortably won a fifth successive Holyrood election, the party is seven seats short of a majority - meaning it will have to rely on help from other...