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Pakistan To Repay $3.5 Billion To UAE This Month Amid Strained Ties: Report
Apr 4, 2026 - World 
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s already weak economy is coming under fresh pressure as the country prepares to repay $3.5 billion to the United Arab Emirates this month, even as relations between the two sides show signs of strain.
Why US and Russia are backing Viktor Orbán in Hungary election
Apr 4, 2026 - World 
As voters head to polls, Washington support and alleged interference from Moscow raise questions about influenceThe official announcement that JD Vance was to visit, days before Hungarians cast their ballots in a hotly contested election, was greeted by Budapest with no less than four exclamation marks and three emojis.“!!Official!!” Viktor Orbán’s political director, Balázs Orbán, wrote on social media as he confirmed the news. The White House said Vance, along with his wife Usha, will land in Hungary on Tuesday, in what is widely seen as an attempt to bolster Orbán as he trails in the polls. Continue reading...
Middle East crisis live: US and Iran race to find missing pilot; Trump warns Tehran over strait of Hormuz
Apr 4, 2026 - World 
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran‘I’m regretting everything’: #MilitaryTok reactions to war stray from White House messagingIran has executed two men convicted of membership in a banned opposition group and carrying out disruptive actions aimed at overthrowing the Islamic republic, the judiciary said.The executions on Saturday were the latest in a series targeting members of the banned People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), after four other convicted members of the group were executed earlier in the week. Continue reading...
Former US air force master sergeant pleads guilty to defrauding military out of $37m
Apr 4, 2026 - World 
Alan Hayward James, who called himself ‘Al Capone’, admitted to rigging bids for IT contracts with PentagonA former US air force master sergeant who nicknamed himself “Al Capone” has pleaded guilty to defrauding the military branch out of $37m by inflating the cost of IT contracts – and giving some of the extra money to an individual he called “Godfather”.Alan Hayward James, from Texas, ran a nine-year scam, beginning in April 2016, which also saw him funnel excess funds to himself, his family and his co-conspirators. Continue reading...
US-Iran War Live Updates: US-Israeli Strikes Hit Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant, 1 Dead
Apr 4, 2026 - World 
US-Iran War Live Updates: The speech will offer Trump a wide audience to articulate clear objectives for the war that could attempt to reconcile weeks of changing goals