The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets, a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that has cleared a key Pentagon hurdle ahead of a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, two sources familiar with the matter said. A sale would mark a significant policy shift, potentially altering the military balance in the Middle East and testing Washington’s definition of maintaining Israel’s “qualitative military edge.” Saudi Arabia made a direct appeal earlier this year to US President Donald Trump and has long been interested in Lockheed Martin’s fighter, one of the people and a US official said. The Pentagon is now weighing a potential sale of 48 of the advanced aircraft, the US official and the person familiar with the talks told Reuters. The size of the request and its status have not been previously reported. The US official and a second US official, who acknowledged the weapons deal was moving through the system, said no final decision has been made and...
Karachi police said on Wednesday that a man had been arrested for allegedly firing on citizens who had torched a heavy vehicle that had struck a young man and injured his wife a day earlier. Angered citizens on Tuesday had set a dumper truck on fire in the city’s Garden area after it crashed into a couple on a motorcycle, killing 23-year-old Shahzeb Shahid and injuring his wife Misbah. A case was also registered against Liaquat Mehsud, the Sindh president of the All Dumper Truck Owners Association, and other suspects for firing on the enraged protesters at the scene. South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza on Wednesday said that police had arrested one suspect, identified as one of Mehsud’s gunmen, on charges of firing on the protesters. The weapon used in the incident was also recovered, he said in a statement. “Raids are being conducted to arrest the president of the dumpers association, Liaquat Mehsud,” he added. Ex-MQM-P lawmaker booked under Peca for threatening Mehsud Separately, Garden poli...
Недавно генеральный директор SpaceX Илон Маск выступил с планом того, как спасти Земли от изменения климата. Маск предложил управлять климатом с помощью управляемой группировки спутников на орбите Земли.
Zohran Mamdani won dinsdag overtuigend de New Yorkse burgemeestersrace. De 34-jarige linkse politicus richtte in zijn overwinningsspeech zijn pijlen direct op de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump.
Украинцев продолжают беспокоить прогнозы о якобы "самой холодной зиме за последние десять лет" и сильных морозах уже в ближайшее время. Однако синоптики предостерегают от поспешных выводов и просят не доверять информационным вбросам в сети. Сейчас метеорологи не имеют оснований утверждать, что зима будет экстремально холодной, а ближайшие дни еще сохранят относительно мягкую температуру.
Witgoed en consumentenelektronica moeten veel eenvoudiger worden om te repareren. Nieuwe Europese regels eisen dat. Repareren moet ook lonend worden. „Ieder witgoedmerk is kwalitatief achteruitgegaan.”
5 ноября исполняется 91 год со дня рождения Киры Муратовой — легендарного украинского режиссера, оставившего глубокий след в мировом кинематографе. Она создала собственный киноязык, десятилетиями работала в Одессе, открыла талант Ренаты Литвиновой и сознательно выбрала украинскую культурную идентичность, отказавшись от российского контекста.
Новое исследование предупреждает, что города и поселки по всему миру могут оказаться под водой. Причиной станет разрушение большей части антарктических шельфовых ледников.
Former minister Fawad Chaudhry claimed on Wednesday that the “impacts” of the efforts of a trio — comprising him and other ex-PTI leaders — for political stability in the country and the release of political prisoners, including PTI founder Imran Khan, would start bearing fruit in the next 10 to 15 days. Fawad, along with fellow former PTI leaders Mehmood Moulvi and Imran Ismail, has been insisting on talks between the government and the PTI, in what they say is an effort to bring the political temperature down and pave the way for Imran’s release, who has been in jail since 2023. “I am very pleased that the efforts for political stability and to secure the release of political prisoners, including Imran, have resulted in significant initial successes, and their impact will start becoming evident in the next 10 to 15 days,” Fawad posted on social media platform X. He reiterated that himself, Moulvi and Ismail were making these efforts for “political stability in Pakistan”, expressing the optimism that differe...
One of the 13 people injured in a gas blast at the Supreme Court’s canteen a day earlier succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, according to hospital officials. Dr Abdul Khaliq, the head of the Burn Care Centre at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad, said that 19-year-old Asad Muneeb, who was a air conditioner technician (AC), did not survive. He said that the victim had sustained burn injuries on 80 per cent of his body. The doctor also said that another person injured in the incident had been discharged. “Out of the 11 remaining patients, four are critical. Five of them will have plastic and skin surgeries within the next two weeks,” he said. Talking about the gas blast, he said that in such cases hot air enters the lungs, severely damaging them in the process. He said that chemicals were also released in such a situation, which could further exacerbate one’s injuries. “Our plastic surgery team for burn injuries is doing their best,“ he said. As many as 13 people were burnt, two of them...
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