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A complex tug-of-war inside the White House is driving US President Donald Trump’s shifting public statements on the course of the Iran war, as aides debate when and how to declare victory even as the conflict spreads across the Middle East. Some officials and advisers are warning Trump that surging gasoline prices could exact a political cost from the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, while some hawks are pressing the president to maintain the offensive against the Islamic Republic, according to interviews with a Trump adviser and others close to the deliberations. Their observations to Reuters offer a previously unreported glimpse inside White House decision-making as it adjusts its approach to the biggest US military operation since the 2003 Iraq war. Shifting messages, various internal viewpoints The behind-the-scenes maneuvering underscores the high stakes Trump, who returned to office last year promising to avoid stupid military interventions, faces nearly two weeks after plung...

NEW YORK — The WNBA and its players’ union met for more than 14 hours during a third straight day of negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The session that began at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday continued into early Friday morning. The two sides have met for more than 36 hours since first getting together in-person Tuesday – the day the league had said there would need to be at least a handshake agreement for the season to start on time. The sides exchanged more proposals Thursday and the main sticking point remains revenue sharing. The executive committee players in the bargaining session — Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart, Alysha Clark and Brianna Turner — all left around midnight, while union leadership including executive director Terri Carmichael Jackson remained to continue discussions. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Wednesday that the last proposal from that night was a “real historic and transformational deal” for the players. “Huge gains and salaries, bene...

The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Qatar issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s continued closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Haram Al-Sharif to Muslim worshippers, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday. During the holy month of Ramazan, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians traditionally attend prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque — Islam’s third-holiest site, located in east Jerusalem, which Israel captured in 1967 and later annexed. The FO statement posted to X, dated March 11, said, “Security restrictions on access to the Old City of Jerusalem and its places of worship coupled with discriminatory and arbitrary access restrictions to the other places of worship in the old city constitute a flagrant violation to international law, including international humanitarian law, the historical and legal status quo, and the principle of unrestricted access to places of worship.” According to the statement, the minist...

Times for today’s Iftar (Ramazan 21) and tomorrow’s Sehri (Ramazan 22) for the federal and provincial capitals are listed below: Islamabad Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:13pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:59am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:23pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:49am Karachi Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:40pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:26am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:53pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:22am Lahore Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:08pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:57am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:18pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:47am Peshawar Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:19pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:05am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:29pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:55am Quetta Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:39pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:27am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:57pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:27am from Dawn - Home https://ift.tt/5UOivmK

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, on Tuesday, in a phone call with his Bahraini counterpart, reiterated Pakistan’s call for de-escalation and dialogue for stability in the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region. Iran, Pakistan’s western neighbour, has been embroiled in a war with the United States and Israel since the latter’s February 28 strikes that assassinated its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In retaliation for the strikes, Iran resorted to targeting neighbouring countries, which house US bases, including Bahrain. According to a statement by the Foreign Office (FO), Dar spoke with Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani last night, and the two “exchanged views on the developments in the Middle East and the wider region, conveying grave concern over recent attacks, including in Bahrain”. FO added that during the call, Dar “reaffirmed Pakistan’s solidarity with Bahrain and its people”. He also underscored the...

Times for today’s Iftar (Ramazan 20) and tomorrow’s Sehri (Ramazan 21) for the federal and provincial capitals are listed below: Islamabad Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:12pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:00am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:22pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:50am Karachi Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:40pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:27am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:52pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:23am Lahore Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:07pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:58am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:17pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:48am Peshawar Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:18pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:06am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:28pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 4:56am Quetta Fiqh-i-Hanafia Iftar (today) — 6:38pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:29am Fiqh-i-Jafria Iftar (today) — 6:56pm Sehri (tomorrow) — 5:28am from Dawn - Home https://ift.tt/ATbuvwB