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Pakistan has emerged as a central mediator between the US and Iran, hosting talks last month.Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Sunday in Tehran with Iran’s chief negotiator and speaker of parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir was due in Tehran on Thursday, Iranian media reported.China has played a quieter role, shepherding phone calls and meetings with officials of affected Gulf countries.After high-profile talks with President Xi in Beijing last week, Trump told Fox News the Chinese leader had offered China’s help to open the Hormuz Strait – the key oil route largely blocked since the war…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Marreese Speights, a former NBA player who won a title with the Golden State Warriors and a national championship with the Florida Gators, poked fun at basketball players trying to return to school on Wednesday.Speights, 38, facetiously announced he was returning to the Gators nearly 20 years after he left the school to pursue a pro career. He played two years at Florida before declaring for the NBA in 2008.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Golden State Warriors center Marreese Speights reacts after…

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesQuantum computing shares popped in premarket trading on Thursday, following reports that the U.S. government will award $2 billion in grants to nine firms operating in the space. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the deals, which will see the U.S. government take equity stakes in the companies. IBM is reportedly the biggest beneficiary of the package, with the U.S. Commerce Department agreeing to give the firm $1…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailPuneet Chhatwal, Managing Director and CEO at Indian Hotels Company Ltd says weddings in India could see a major boost as more Indians opt for domestic celebrations instead of overseas destination weddings. He adds that strong demand continuing to outpace supply is allowing hotels to raise room rates and absorb higher costs without hurting margins.

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted a video of himself taunting foreign activists abducted from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla at a makeshift holding pen in Israel’s city of Ashdod.The activists, abducted by Israeli forces in international waters, are seen cable-tied and kneeling while Israel’s national anthem blares in the video, which was released on Wednesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSeveral countries, including Italy and France, have summoned Israeli ambassadors to explain the stunt.As well as a global backlash, the video has even been met with sharp rebukes from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and staunch ally,…

Washington — The Justice Department’s new $1.776 billion fund to provide payouts to people alleging the legal system was “weaponized” against them was met with immediate scrutiny and questions surrounding its legality, enforcement and implementation.The Justice Department has said that there are no “partisan requirements” to seek compensation, but if its past settlements and actions and statements from lawyers and communications professionals are any indication, it’s likely that President Trump’s highest-profile supporters and allies may stand to benefit. The fund was established as part of a settlement agreement between Mr. Trump and the Internal Revenue Service to end a civil lawsuit he…

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The federal government’s proposed lawful access bill is raising concerns about the potential lengthy retention of Canadians’ metadata that could then be accessed by law enforcement, which privacy experts warn is risky and “unprecedented.” Concerns about the legislation have already spurred multiple service providers, including VPN operators, to say they would pull out of Canada rather than comply with the controversial proposals that seek to give investigators access to company-held data.Bill C-22 includes a new provision that would allow the government to make regulations for “core” telecommunications providers to retain certain types metadata — including transmission and location data —…

An EFL independent commission has expelled Southampton from the Championship playoffs and the FA is now investigating the matter.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has ordered TikTok to take immediate steps to improve how it regulates harmful content following the circulation of posts deemed “grossly offensive” to the country’s royals, the communications regulator said on Thursday (May 21).The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the social media platform owned by China-based ByteDance failed to “take sufficient and timely action” on a fake account that carried the allegedly defamatory posts against Sultan Ibrahim, the country’s current king.The content included material deemed “grossly offensive, false, menacing and insulting in nature, including AI-generated videos and manipulated images”, the regulator said.”MCMC take serious view…