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United States President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear ‍weapons or the next US attack would be far worse. “Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ ‌and negotiate a fair and ‍equitable ‌deal — no nuclear weapons — one that is ⁠good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!” Trump wrote in a social media post. The Republican US president, who during his first White House term pulled out of world powers’ 2015 nuclear ⁠deal with…

President Asif Ali Zardari explored avenues for enhanced multi-domain cooperation in a meeting with Dubai’s ruler on Wednesday during a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirate. President Zardari arrived in the UAE on Monday for the visit. According to a statement issued by the President’s Secretariat, he met UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Dubai’s Zabeel Palace today and congratulated him on completing two decades of leadership as the city’s leader while commending the emirate’s transformation into a global centre for…

MEITAR, ISRAEL: Israel on Wednesday laid to rest the last hostage from Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned at the funeral that the country’s enemies would pay a heavy price for any future aggression. Netanyahu’s threat came as Hamas told AFP it was prepared to carry out a full transfer of governance in Gaza to a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee established under a US-backed ceasefire plan. Hundreds of mourners packed a stadium in southern Israel on Wednesday for the funeral of Ran Gvili, the last…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next US attack would be far worse. Tehran responded with a threat to strike back against the United States, Israel and those who support them. “Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal — NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS — one that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!” Trump wrote on social media. Amid a…

BEIJING: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he wanted to build a “sophisticated relationship” aiming to boost growth and security, signalling a breakthrough in ties after years of acrimony. On the most important day of his four-day visit to China, the first by a British prime minister in eight years, Starmer held talks with Xi at the Great Hall of the People before they lunched together. Starmer, whose centre-left Labour Party government has struggled to deliver the growth it promised, has made improving…