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May 17, 2025

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Trump Middle East tour marks significant shift to US foreign policy

US President Donald Trump attends a business forum at Qasr Al Watan during his final stop at the Gulf of Gulf, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16th 2025. – Reuters Washington: President Donald Trump has set a new lesson on US foreign policy in the Middle East. During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, he promised to move away from the years of US military action and to focus on agreements instead. He said that the area should no longer say how to live and praise what it called “a modern miracle of the

December 9, 2024

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Pakistan will export labor to the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia

Migrant workers walk pushing bicycles along a road in Dubai’s Satwa district in this file photo. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC), an attached department of the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD), is set to export skilled and unskilled manpower, including medical professionals, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain. An official source said APPLICATION that health professionals with the following prescribed qualifications and experience could apply for the jobs. He said that interested job seekers should possess Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) or equivalent degree from an accredited institution (essential),

December 3, 2024

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Saudi Arabia’s MBS tackles new Middle East crises in UAE visit

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) meets UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. — AFP Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed recent developments in the Middle East during the former’s “private visit” to the Emirates. The meeting, held on Sunday, hours after the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Kuwait, came after rebels captured Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo. During the meeting, the two kings “reviewed the latest regional and international developments, with a particular focus on the Middle East,” the UAE official said WAM news

September 24, 2024

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US names UAE as top defense partner amid escalating Middle East tensions

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on September 23, 2024. — AFP United States President Joe Biden recognized the United Arab Emirates as Washington’s main defense partner on Monday after talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on issues that included the war in Gaza and growing instability in the Middle East. The US designation — India is the only other country so designated in 2016 — allows for close military cooperation

September 11, 2024

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Iran’s president visits Iraq amid tensions in the Middle East

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attend a news conference at the government palace in Baghdad, Iraq on September 11, 2024. — Reuters BAGHDAD: Iranian President Massoud Pezheskian visited Iraq on Wednesday in his first trip abroad, signaling the cleric’s intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of Tehran and Washington as regional tensions rise. Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who was elected in July, met Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the start of a three-day visit that Tehran and Baghdad said would include the signing of several agreements and discussion of

September 6, 2024

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Israel Blocks Polio Vaccination Efforts in East Gaza: Palestinian Ministry of Health

Israel has denied coordination for medical teams to administer polio vaccinations in areas east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to Gaza’s health ministry. This region hosts a significant part of the target population for the vaccination campaign. The ministry has urged the immediate intervention of the relevant agencies to ensure the success of the vaccination campaign and reach all children in need. The second phase of the polio vaccination campaign began on Thursday in Khan Younis, targeting children under the age of ten. Dr. Abdul Hadi Seyam reported strong parental interest in the vaccination drive, with medical teams

September 4, 2024

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The German foreign minister will leave for the Middle East to push for a ceasefire in Gaza

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was to leave for a trip to the Middle East on Wednesday, Berlin said as efforts continue for a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. Pressure has mounted on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a deal to end the fighting, days after the Israeli military recovered six dead hostages from a tunnel in Gaza. Baerbock will leave Wednesday afternoon for Saudi Arabia where she will hold talks with Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, State Department spokeswoman Catherine Desauer said. The talks will focus on the “dramatic

August 27, 2024

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Pakistan aims to raise $4bn from Middle East banks, says SBP chief

State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmad presents the new fiscal policy at the bank’s headquarters in Karachi on January 23, 2023. — AFP The SBP chief says efforts have been stepped up to plug external funding gaps. Ahmad hopes to secure $2 billion in additional outside funding. He says inflation slowed after the central bank cut interest rates. KARACHI: Seeking to plug its external financing gaps, Pakistan plans to raise up to $4 billion from Middle Eastern commercial banks by the next financial year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad said. Reuters on Tuesday. The governor’s optimism

August 25, 2024

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Top US strategist tours Middle East to de-escalate amid Iran threats of retaliation

AMMAN: The top US general began an unannounced visit to the Middle East on Saturday to discuss ways to avoid any further escalation of tensions that could lead to a wider conflict as the region prepares for a threatened Iranian attack on Israel. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, began his trip in Jordan and said he would also travel to Egypt and Israel in the coming days to hear the perspectives of military leaders. His visit comes as the United States tries to broker an elusive Gaza hostage ceasefire between Israel and the

August 23, 2024

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Loans were requested from the Middle East

Islamabad: As Pakistan begins to seek commercial loans from Middle Eastern banks to bridge a $2 billion external financing gap, the government informed a Senate committee on Thursday that the cost of borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has exceeded 5% , making it an expensive option. On Thursday, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb contacted Dubai Islamic Bank, requesting a commercial loan. This was his second meeting with a Gulf bank in a week, following an earlier meeting with Mashreq Bank for financing. In a virtual meeting with Dr Adnan Chilwan, Group CEO of Dubai Islamic Bank, Aurangzeb discussed Pakistan’s

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