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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz ‌Sharif met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Thursday, where the ​two leaders discussed regional developments, ​the prime minister’s office said. The meeting ⁠comes as the Middle East ​grapples with escalating conflict, including tensions involving ​Israel, the United States and Iran. “The Prime Minister expressed Pakistan’s full solidarity and support ​for the Kingdom of Saudi ​Arabia in these challenging times,” Mosharraf Zaidi, a ‌spokesman ⁠for Sharif, shared a press release from his office on X, adding that the two leaders held an ​in-depth ​exchange of ⁠views on recent regional developments and agreed to…

The US on Thursday announced it has temporarily authorized the purchase of Russian oil stranded at sea to stabilize energy markets, according to media reports. There are nearly 124 million barrels of Russia-origin oil at sea across 30 locations globally as of March 12, CNBC reported, enough crude oil to cover about five to six days of supply. “The temporary increase in oil prices is a short-term and temporary disruption that will result in a massive benefit to our nation and economy in the long-term,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. He noted that the Russian oil…

 UN experts condemned the military assaults on Iran and Lebanon by the US and Israel on Thursday as “flagrant violations of international law.” “The conflict risks engulfing the wider region in catastrophic armed violence and threatens to set yet another precedent of total impunity for some of the world’s strongest military powers,” the experts said in a statement. They stressed that the unprovoked attack by the US and Israel against Iran is “entirely illegal” under international law and constitutes an act of aggression. “US and Israel should stop waging and expanding wars, and considering themselves as above international legality,” the…

Repeated attacks in Lebanon are putting civilians and humanitarian workers at serious risk, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Thursday, urging protection for humanitarian workers. Jan Egeland said an Israeli airstrike badly damaged the NRC office in Tyre, near a hospital, and it occurred during iftar, when families were breaking their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “We are so relieved that no colleagues were inside,” he wrote on US social media platform X. The NGO had shared the locations of its offices with all parties through the UN, said Egeland, noting that humanitarian workers…

Britain has accused Russia of having a “hidden hand” in Iranian strikes across the Gulf after British troops came under attack for the third time since the conflict began. A swarm of 20 missiles and kamikaze drones were fired at a joint base in Erbil, in the Kurdish region of Iraq, where UK and US troops are stationed, as well as at a separate Italian military training base, the local Kurdish commander said. Specialist UK soldiers used surface-to-air missiles to destroy two of the Iranian Shahed suicide drones, the British side said, and others were intercepted by the Americans. An…

Nearly two thirds of all funding spent patrolling northern France for illegal migrants is provided by British taxpayers, the French government has revealed.  The UK paid £155 million of the total £250 million that goes towards funding police patrols, security equipment, sea rescues and new infrastructure required to combat small-boat crossings and people smuggled in vehicles.  This amounted to 62 per cent of the total, with just 38 per cent provided by the French government.  Laurent Touvet, head of the French interior ministry’s DGEF migration directorate, disclosed the figures at a parliamentary committee in Paris. It is the first time…

One of Britain’s leading polling companies has denied claims by Nigel Farage that it is downplaying Reform’s popularity among voters. YouGov, whose voting intention surveys are published in The Times, was accused by the Reform UK leader of using “bizarre adjustments” to “suppress the true figures” about his party’s support.  In a letter to the company, Farage said that across YouGov’s past ten polls, Reform was on average five points lower than surveys conducted by other companies.  His attack follows YouGov’s latest poll, which shows Farage’s party just four points ahead of the Conservatives, with the support of 23 per…

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have properties within royal palaces as part of a long-standing deal agreed with their father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. He has been forced to move out of his home at Royal Lodge and has not had an office at Buckingham Palace since 2022. However, under a deal struck for his daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie can still use the palaces as their second homes despite having primary residences elsewhere. Beatrice has an apartment in St James’s Palace and Eugenie has Ivy Cottage, a three-bedroom property at Kensington Palace. The deal, a private arrangement between the Yorks and the King,…

As the conflict in the Middle East continues to ripple across the region, the UN Security Council met today to discuss the escalating situation, with a morning briefing focused on Lebanon and a second session later on the wider crisis – adopting a Bahrain-led resolution, while a Russian-led text failed to secure enough votes. Across the UN system, agencies are warning of mounting humanitarian needs as displacement rises, services come under strain and regional instability disrupts mobility, trade and aid operations. Stay with us as we bring you the latest developments, reactions and updates from UN Headquarters and across the…

A MacBook Neo teardown has revealed an internal Apple surprise: The new budget laptop is actually easy to get into.For several generations, the company’s laptops have been designed as sealed vaults that house a processor, memory, storage and other electronics. And when I say “sealed,” I mean it: Opening one up often involves using a heat gun to soften stretches of glue and adhesive strips.That’s all great for creating a solid aluminum laptop that won’t split when you look at it sideways, but it is an ongoing source of frustration for non-Apple repair shops and individuals willing to violate their…