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🔴 BREAKING: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, local media reports.
Key FactsPrison Report Says Imran Khan’s Vision Is Nearly Normal
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: dawn.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: dawn.com
- According to the report, Imran Khan’s right eye improved significantly after treatment at Pims Islamabad, with his vision described as nearly normal.
- After complaints of heaviness in the head and palpitations on Aug. 10, a medical board recommended a one-hour walk, more reading material, television and more frequent contact with relatives.
- The three-member Supreme Court bench was due to hear on Aug. 18 Khan’s request for treatment at Shifa International Hospital and access to his family and personal physicians.
- The PTI raised concerns over the blood-pressure and stress symptoms cited in the report, while government representative Rana Sanaullah said timely medical care had been provided.
The government cannot keep Imran Khan in isolation, deny him basic facilities and then escape responsibility when his health deteriorates.— Statement by PTI Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram, after the report on Imran Khan's health was submitted to the Supreme Court
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US President Donald Trump shares an image on Truth Social depicting the Strait of Hormuz as “New US Territory.”
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Colombian pop star Shakira visits Quibdo to see schools damaged by a recent powerful earthquake. She met with local officials ... Show more
Key FactsShakira Announces School Reconstruction Aid in Colombia
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
- Shakira visited the severely affected department of Chocó with U.S. philanthropist Howard Buffett exactly one week after the earthquake, which killed nearly 300 people.
- The magnitude-7.4 earthquake on August 10 damaged more than 2,800 schools nationwide, including many in Chocó.
- Shakira announced support for rebuilding at least 10 damaged schools and a technical college.
- She said pledges totaling $1 million (€864,000) had already been secured, while it remains unknown whether and how much she will personally donate.
Every day that children do not go to school is a day they miss out on their future.— Shakira said this in Quibdó, the capital of the Department of Chocó, to journalists during her visit to the earthquake-affected region.
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UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has received a call from US President Donald Trump, according to the Emirati state news agency (WAM).
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Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Karim Gharibabadi says Trump’s claim over the Strait of Hormuz will be corrected.
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🔴 BREAKING: Saudi Arabia condemns the attacks on the Kurdistan Region, which targeted the office of the region’s prime minister ... Show more
UK will support Ukraine ‘100 pct.’ despite Russian warning, PM Burnham says: Britain will support Ukraine “100 percent” against Russia and remain at its side “in ...
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UN says only three percent of Gaza cropland accessible and undamaged: Just three percent of the cropland in Gaza remains accessible and undamaged ...
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Iranian army chief Amir Hatami says any Iranian who captures or kills a US service member will receive a $30,000 reward.
🔴 BREAKING: US President Donald Trump says Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon in any way, shape, or form.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says that the UK will continue to support Ukraine “100%” against what he calls an “illegal war led by Vladimir Putin.”
🔴 US Special Presidential Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack says he is deeply concerned about Israeli airstrikes on Syria’s Abu Duhur airbase
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Qatar says an agreement over the Strait of Hormuz would “make it much easier” to resume talks between the United States and Iran.
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Former US Ambassador and President of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), Edward Gabriel meets Lebanese Army chief General Rodolphe Haykal to discuss ... Show more
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🔴 BREAKING: Qatar’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari says mediators are waiting for Oman and Iran to reach a bilateral agreement on the Strait of ... Show more
🔴 BREAKING: The Saudi Cabinet chaired by King Salman welcomes the activation of the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance.
The Russian frigate Admiral Makarov is struck at Novorossiysk following an overnight Ukrainian drone attack.
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US President Donald Trump clashes with a reporter, repeatedly calling her “fake news” and telling her to be quiet during a tense exchange at the Oval Office.
Hamas remains committed to Gaza deal after Kushner talks in Israel: Report: Hamas said Tuesday it remained committed to a Gaza peace deal backed by the United ...
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Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing, capturing US soldiers: Iran’s military announced on Sunday that it was offering a bounty equivalent to $30 ...
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Yemen’s government forces shell Iran-backed Houthi militia positions and gatherings on the southern Marib fronts.
A Syrian court in Damascus sentences Wasim al-Assad, cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, to death for torture, intentional killing and crimes against ... Show more
🔴 BREAKING: Two major Chinese shipping companies, COSCO and CMES, have stopped sending oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb ... Show more
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🔴 BREAKING: Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the remains of one of the Iranian pilots who breached Qatari airspace were found on March 19.
President Donald Trump says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has responded to his overtures after Trump ordered the United States to scale back military ... Show more
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US envoy Jared Kushner describes the proposed Gaza arrangement as a “win-win situation” for Israel, saying Hamas will either disarm “willingly over the next 60 ... Show more
🔴 BREAKING: The Pentagon awards Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to accelerate production of Tomahawk missiles for the US Navy.
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🔴 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged US President Donald Trump during a phone call to continue talks with Iran to de-escalate tensions and offered ... Show more
“I like the idea of declaring it a territory.”
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🔴 BREAKING: Iran condemns the “suspicious” drone attack on the office of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s prime minister in Iraq.
Syria state media says three dead in blast at coastal power plant: Syrian state media said three people were killed on Tuesday in an explosion of unknown origin ...
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🔴 Israel has presented to US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner a detailed plan for the disarmament in Gaza, sources tell Al Arabiya English
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Japan’s defense minister says that cooperation with South Korea and the United States is “critical” to regional peace and stability.
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🔴 BREAKING: Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) should not attack Iraqi territory.
🔴 BREAKING: The Houthis targeted Marib with two ballistic missiles and two drones, Yemeni sources tell Al Arabiya English.
🔴 Iran should raise “the white flag of surrender,” US President Donald Trump tells Fox News
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🔴 BREAKING: President Donald Trump says the US is not seeking the extension of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Iran.
🔴 Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to a “fully offensive” one, a senior Iranian official tells Reuters
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🔴 BREAKING: US President Donald Trump says Iran won’t make the type of deal that he thinks is necessary.
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US President Donald Trump says Iran won’t make the type of agreement with Washington that he believes is necessary.
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Top US democrat slams Trump’s ‘inane’ move to shrink South Korea military drill: The top US Senate Democrat on military affairs said Monday President Donald ...
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US President Donald Trump defends his ties with North Korea, saying Kim Jong Un has always treated him with “great respect,” adding, “I understand him ... Show more
US envoy Jared Kushner says progress toward getting Hamas to give up its weapons and advancing a Gaza peace plan could materialize within about a month.
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Yemen’s government forces target Iran-backed Houthi militia positions in al-Jawf province.
Saudi Arabia, Sudan establish coordination council to deepen bilateral ties: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Sudanese counterpart ...
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🔴 BREAKING: Reports indicate an agreement has been reached to extend a 60-day ceasefire between the US and Iran, sources tell Al Arabiya English.