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United States President Donald Trump has boasted that his administration had stopped $50m in bomb-making condoms from being sent to Gaza. Trump provided no evidence for his claims – that condoms were being sent to Gaza or that Hamas is using contraceptives to make bombs – and left many people wondering what the US president was talking about. But perhaps there is an explanation. A bizarre one. Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s claim that the US was sending condoms to Hamas until he stopped the flow: What exactly does Trump think happened? Trump made the contraceptive claim…
The Roads and Transport Authority has completed the implementation of 3 traffic improvements on Sheikh Zayed Street to enhance road efficiency.
A member of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists demonstrates during a protest against amendments in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) in Islamabad on January 28, 2025. — AFP Journalists to stage protest rallies across country. Media persons will wear black armbands to record their protest.President okayed bill without giving them opportunity: PFUJ. A day after President Asif Ali Zardari assented to the controversial amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016, the journalist bodies on Thursday announced observing a “Black Day” against the “black law”.The contentious Peca (Amendment) Bill 2025 received assent from President Zardari on Wednesday amid…
Indian police personnel arrest Rakesh Rathore, a lawmaker from India’s opposition Congress party. — NDTV A lawmaker from India’s opposition Congress party, who represents the Sitapur constituency in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in the Indian parliament, was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and assault.Rakesh Rathore was arrested days after a woman accused him of rape and assault. He has denied the charges but a local court declined to grant him bail, Indian media reported. “I am confident that I will get justice in the court of the people and court of law,” Rathore told ANI before being…
Benedict Cumberbatch says ‘don’t believe anything I say’Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a shocking statement about himself after he admitted he was wrong about his Marvel casting.The matter started from an earlier interview with Variety, in which the British star said that his Doctor Strange character will not appear in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday but will reprise his character in Avengers: Secret Wars. Now, in a chat with Business Insider, the Sherlock Holmes actor retracted his earlier statement. “I got that wrong, I am in the next one,” he said, referring to the upcoming Avengers movie. Besides this, Benedict also remarked, “Don’t…
NewsFeedRescue teams have been searching the Potomac River in Washington DC after a collision between an American Airlines passenger plane carrying 64 people and a Black Hawk military helicopter. This is what we know so far.Published On 30 Jan 202530 Jan 2025
Geneva / WAM, the UAE, handed over its inclusive report to the twenty -second and twenty -second periodic reports, regarding the agreement to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, to the United Nations Racial Discrimination Committee, in the context of the state’s obligations in the field of human rights. The report includes the efforts made by the state towards combating discrimination in all its forms, implementing the provisions of the agreement at the national level, as well as dealing with legal and institutional frameworks and national policies adopted by the state, in a way that contributes to promoting and protecting…
SC Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi. — SC website/File21st Amendment established military courts for wartime, says judge.Lawyers argue Army Act suspends fundamental rights for civilians.Army Act expanded to include additional offences, says counsel.ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi has questioned whether the May 9, 2023, offences are more severe than acts of terrorism.His remarks came as a seven-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, heard the intra-court appeal against the trial of civilians in military courts on Thursday. During the proceedings, the Ministry of Defence’s counsel, Khawaja Haris, said that military courts were not mentioned within the…
A representational image of plane crash. — Reuters/ FileAn American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said.Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said on social media that “we know there are fatalities,” though he did not say how many. These are the last 10 deadly airline crashes to occur in the US, according to data from the US National Transportation Board and the Flight Safety Foundation’s Aviation Safety Network:2009A Colgan Air turboprop crashed on approach to landing in Buffalo, New York,…
Taylor Swift, Blake Lively ‘stand tall’ amid legal dramaJustin Baldoni has dragged Taylor Swift in his $400 million lawsuit against Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds.Following this, reports doing rounds that the Grammy winner is backing away from the couple due “PR nightmare.” But sources told Page Six that there is no truth in these speculations, adding, their friendship bond remains strong.The pop singer also allowed her track My Tears Ricochet to feature in the romantic drama.“She was with me throughout this whole process, so I think that, for better or worse, she experienced the whole thing with me,”…