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Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have discussed regional developments and efforts to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Omani Foreign Ministry said in a post on X this morning. Read More…
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The two discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen co-operation in various fields, as well as the latest regional developments, according to a readout from the Saudi Foreign Ministry. Prince Faisal praised the Lebanese government’s efforts to preserve the state and its national institutions, saying they would contribute to regional security and stability. Read More…
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Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, attended the inaugural UAE Investment Majlis, jointly hosted by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Investment on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Inspired by the traditional Emirati majlis as a forum for open dialogue and consensus-building, the UAE Investment Majlis provided a setting for candid engagement on common economic interests. Read More…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of waging “economic terrorism” against Iran, saying Washington was deliberately seeking to inflict suffering on the Iranian population. Speaking at the UN Security Council in New York, Mr Araghchi said US economic pressure “is deliberately inflicting grave pain” on ordinary Iranians. “This is economic terrorism,” he said. Read More…
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has told the UN General Assembly that any attack on the holy cities of Makkah or Madinah would be a “red line”. Saudi Arabia’s air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Makkah before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city last week. Mr Sharif said any “threat to the safety and sanctity of the Haramain Sharifain”, the two most sacred mosques in Islam, “is a red line that must never be crossed.” Read More…
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Nearly 10,000 shopkeepers registered under the Asan Tax Scheme (ATS) during its first month, according to State Minister for Finance Bilal Azhar Kayani. Officials said 1,929 participants entered the tax system for the first time, while hundreds had already filed returns. The minister directed the FBR to resolve technical issues and expedite tax registration plates for compliant shopkeepers. Read More…
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Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi said in his speech that Iraq wanted to develop energy links with Turkey, Jordan and Syria to help address the Strait of Hormuz bottleneck. Mr Al Zaidi said Iraq was concerned by the blockade of shipping in the Middle East and the effect on energy prices worldwide. “In order to contain the subsequent risks and the consequences for our peoples, we are working to diversify our oil export ports and develop energy lines and corridors linking Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Syria,” he said. Read More…
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called on the UN to “avert the vacuum” that could be left by the departure of peacekeeping troops. The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) runs out at the end of the year, just as Lebanon finds itself in a renewed conflict with Israel. No agreement has yet been reached on what should replace it. “What I wish to stress here and today is the need to avert the vacuum that Unifil’s withdrawal could create were it to take place without agreement… Read More…
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Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi issued an appeal to invest in Iraq as he told the UN General Assembly of his push to stamp out corruption and lift the economy. "Here from the United Nations we say to the world: invest with Iraq. Iraq has resources, markets, a good location and the necessary will to build a new economy," he said. Mr Al Zaidi said his vision was for a strong state and "a diversified and modern economy". Iraqi authorities have made dozens of arrests in a series of startling… Read More…
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi has offered his country as a “bridge for dialogue” and a centre for energy production, as he set out his goals for Iraq’s future at the UN General Assembly. Addressing the assembly for the first time since taking office in May, Mr Al Zaidi touted his efforts to reform an Iraq that has endured many years as an “arena of war and conflict”. “Iraq, perhaps more than others, has experienced wars and the damage they cause. We have lived through the conditions they create… Read More…
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