Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
State carrier Qatar Airways signed a deal on Wednesday to purchase jets from U.S. manufacturer Boeing during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf Arab country. Trump said the deal was worth $200 billion and included 160 jets. Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani witnessed the signing ceremony in Doha. The deal was signed during Trump’s second stop on a tour of Gulf states after he struck a string of deals with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Trump said Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who signed the deal with Qatar Airways CEO Badr Mohammed Al-Meer next to Trump and…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not “bow to any bully” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism of Tehran during his Gulf tour. “He (Trump) thinks he can come here, chant slogans, and scare us. For us, martyrdom is far sweeter than dying in bed. You came to frighten us? We will not bow to any bully,” he said on Wednesday in comments broadcast live on state TV.
The United States issued sanctions on Wednesday to target Iranian efforts to domestically manufacture components for ballistic missiles, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The sanctions target six individuals and 12 entities for what the Treasury Department said was “their involvement in efforts to help the Iranian regime domestically source the manufacturing of critical materials needed for Tehran’s ballistic missile program.” The Treasury Department alleges that those sanctioned, based in Iran and China, support various Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sub-organizations that oversee the effort to develop carbon fiber materials needed to manufacture intercontinental ballistic missiles. The sanctions are the latest since…
Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich on Monday delivered a list of 15,000 violent football fans to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires ahead of this summer’s expanded FIFA Club World Cup. Those listed will be barred from stadiums during the tournament. Set to run from June 14 to July 13 in the United States, the competition will include Argentine giants Boca Juniors and River Plate among 32 clubs from around the world. “The list includes more than 15,000 people who will be banned from stadiums. For us, this is extremely important because no violent person who has committed any crime…
The Union of European Clubs (UEC) on Monday proposed a new financial model under which UEFA would allocate 5% of its revenue from club competitions to lower-ranked football clubs that focus on developing elite players. UEFA projects a gross revenue of 4.4 billion euros for the 2024-25 season from the Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, and Super Cup, meaning 5% would amount to 220 million euros ($244.79 million). The proposed system, called the Player Development Reward (PDR), would provide payouts exclusively to clubs that did not qualify for the Champions League group stage. These payouts would be determined by…
British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 21-year old man on suspicion of arson in connection with fire at a property linked to a “high-profile public figure”. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday thanked emergency services for responding to an incident at a house belonging to him.
Napoli’s grip on the Serie A summit slipped Sunday after a dramatic 2-2 home draw with Genoa, setting the stage for a nail-biting finale as Inter Milan moved within a point with two matches remaining. The leaders, now on 78 points, saw their narrow cushion evaporate after Inter’s 2-0 win at Torino earlier in the day. Napoli’s night went from bad to worse when midfield anchor Stanislav Lobotka limped off with an ankle injury just minutes into the match. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 15th minute, latching onto a pinpoint cross from Scott McTominay and coolly slotting home…
Napoli’s grip on the Serie A summit slipped Sunday after a dramatic 2-2 home draw with Genoa, setting the stage for a nail-biting finale as Inter Milan moved within a point with two matches remaining. The leaders, now on 78 points, saw their narrow cushion evaporate after Inter’s 2-0 win at Torino earlier in the day. Napoli’s night went from bad to worse when midfield anchor Stanislav Lobotka limped off with an ankle injury just minutes into the match. Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 15th minute, latching onto a pinpoint cross from Scott McTominay and coolly slotting home…
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran is acting intelligently and reasonably in ongoing negotiations over the country’s nuclear program.
The recent military escalation with arch-rival India won’t have a large fiscal impact on Pakistan and can be managed within the current fiscal space, with no need for a new economic assessment, Pakistan’s Finance Minister said in an interview with Reuters on Monday. He added that trade talks with the United States – which had played a key role mediating a ceasefire between the two countries – would likely have progress in “short order” and that Pakistan could import more high-quality cotton, more soy beans and was also exploring other asset classes, including hydrocarbons.