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Empty Chairs, Loud Message: Walkout Greets Netanyahu at UN NEW YORK: Israel’s diplomatic isolation was laid bare at the United Nations on Thursday as dozens of delegates rose and walked out the moment Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approached the rostrum. Cheers and jeers rippled through the chamber while General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman called repeatedly for order. Social media quic…

Supreme Court Sides With Trump on Citizenship Voter Checks Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump to Use Disputed Voter Database Washington: The US Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a significant, if narrow, victory in its push to police the citizenship of American voters, lifting a lower court’s block on a controversial federal database just weeks before the midterm elections. The co…

Brussels Turns Up Heat: Four New EU Infringement Cases Against Austria BRUSSELS/VIENNA: The European Commission has launched a fresh wave of legal action against EU members for lagging behind on key rules and Austria finds itself in the dock on four separate fronts. In its latest infringements package, Brussels said Vienna has not fully transposed EU laws on hydrogen and decarbonised gas, industr…

Behind the Carrier’s Steel: The Hidden Strain of America’s War on Iran TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA): The full story of America’s war against Iran has not yet been told. What the public knows comes mostly from official statements, media summaries and scattered documents, a partial picture in which important details still lie in the shadows. It is too early to measure the true cost of a conflict […] The p…

Diplomatic Clash: Jerusalem Counters Vienna on War Crimes Claim VIENNA/JERUSALEM: Israel has rejected remarks by Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) about its conduct toward Palestinians, saying red lines were crossed but by Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. In a statement released Friday, the Israeli Embassy in Vienna quoted the Foreign Ministry as insisting that Israeli courts have …

Afghanistan Accuses Pakistan of Regional Destabilization Amid Border Tensions Kandahar, Afghanistan: Tensions between Kabul and Islamabad sharpened this week after a senior Afghan spokesperson accused Pakistan of destabilizing the region through cross-border strikes, while religious scholars and analysts weighed in on an increasingly bitter dispute. Speaking at the Hamadia religious school in Ain…

Explosives Case in Austria: Former Freedom Party Office Manager Convicted on Blasting Caps KREMS, Austria: René Schimanek, the former office manager to FPÖ National Council President Walter Rosenkranz, has been sentenced in Krems for illegally possessing explosives and war material. The case focused on items found at his home in Langenlois, in the Krems district. At a single judge hearing last Mo…

All Roads to Islamabad Sealed as Government, PTI Circle for Clash Rangers Deployed as Pakistan Braces for Showdown Over PTI March ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has moved thousands of paramilitary Rangers into Islamabad and key districts of Punjab, setting the stage for a tense confrontation as the opposition PTI prepares a nationwide march on the federal capital on Sept. 27. The federal interior ministry a…

Ladakh Shuts Down One Year After Deadly Protests One Year On, Ladakh Renews Its Autonomy Demand Leh fell unusually quiet on Thursday as shops closed and streets emptied across Ladakh to mark one year since four people were killed during protests demanding greater regional autonomy. The shutdown followed a call from the Ladakh Buddhist Association, which said the day was meant to honour […] The po…

Trump Hails “Great Meeting” with Xi as Chinese Leader Tours White House WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump called his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping a “great meeting” on Thursday, as the two leaders sought to steady a relationship strained by disputes over trade, technology and security. Speaking briefly to reporters before showing Xi around a helicopter on the White House grounds, Trump…