Islamabad also pledged support for Saudi Arabia after Houthi threats to block the Bab el-Mandab waterway, a key global shipping route linking the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia depends on the kingdom recognizing Israel, throwing the agreement into turmoil just the day after it was signed.
India’s youth protesters called for nationwide demonstrations on Friday even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government urged them to join talks, while shutting metro stations and mobile internet services and curtailing business in central Delhi.
A landmark US-Saudi nuclear agreement will only proceed if Riyadh joins the Abraham Accords and establishes diplomatic relations with Israel, the White House said on Thursday
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has blamed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rhetoric for the stabbing of two people on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Thursday. The assailant reportedly shouted “Allahu Akbar.”
The US House of Representatives approved a $95 billion budget framework on Wednesday, with most of the funding earmarked for the Pentagon to fund the war against Iran.
The United States on Wednesday announced a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear program in the Gulf country, with Washington insisting the agreement includes nonproliferation safeguards.
