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The Indian embassy in Muscat said in a statement late on Saturday that an Indian citizen died due to medical complications aboard the ship MT Celestial as it docked at Oman’s Duqm Port.
The embassy said in a statement on social media: “Necessary arrangements are being made to return the bodies to India as soon as possible.”
According to government data, India has more than 300,000 seafarers working in global shipping fleets. More than 18,000 Indian seafarers are working in the Middle East, an official from the country’s shipping ministry said last week.
The death came just days after three Indian sailors were killed in a US attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman; This situation led to criticism from the public and opposition parties.
Israeli army issues evacuation order for 29 southern Lebanese villages
The IDF told people in 29 villages in southern Lebanon to leave their homes ahead of the attack, AFP reported.
Evacuation warnings came ahead of planned attacks despite a ceasefire aimed at halting war with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The army’s Arabic-speaking spokesman, Colonel Avichay Adraee, issued two consecutive warnings; The first targeted 13 villages, then 16 more villages, and the second targeted communities north of the Zahrani river.
Previously, the Israeli army announced that two unmanned aerial vehicles, suspected to have been launched by the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, hit northern Israel on Sunday, but did not cause any casualties.
“The impact of two suspicious aerial targets was detected in Israeli territory near the Israel-Lebanon border. No injuries were reported,” the army said.
Following the strikes, two far-right Israeli ministers called for a retaliatory attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh.
Source and Iranian media say Qatari negotiators flew to Tehran with the aim of finalizing a deal to end the war with the US
Qatari negotiators flew to Tehran on Sunday morning as part of efforts to finalize a deal to end the US-Iran war, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.
US and Pakistani leaders have predicted a framework agreement will be signed on Sunday to end the more than three-month war, but Tehran has cast doubt on the timing as hardline protesters in Iran have voiced opposition.
Iran’s ISNA news agency reported that an advisor to Qatar’s foreign minister was sent to the Islamic Republic, while another Iranian news agency, Tasnim, said the purpose of the visit was “to discuss the latest developments regarding the diplomatic process.”
Donald Trump says peace deal with Iran will be signed todayIt would open the Strait of Hormuz. However, the US president said that if no agreement is reached, the US’s “ultimate alternative will hopefully never be used again!” He warned that it was.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Iran “no longer wants a Nuclear Weapon and will not have it through purchase, development, or any other acquisition.”
Recent days have seen the most intense clashes since the ceasefire between Iran and the United States came into force in April. The US president claimed nearly 40 times that the deal was nearing completion, but began threatening Iran with new attacks.
U.S. and Iranian officials are trying to portray any agreement as a victory. Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister said on state television on Friday that the draft agreement showed his country emerged stronger from the conflict.
“Iran is the winner of the war with the United States,” he told the audience.
Trump says Iran deal will be signed today, but Tehran casts doubt on timing
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s ongoing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.
Peace talks between the US and Iran continue on Saturday, with Donald Trump saying the US is ready to sign a new deal with Iran todayHe claims the deal will prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
One Real Social post On Saturday, Trump said: “The agreement is scheduled to be signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Strait of Hormuz will be OPEN TO EVERYONE. Our relationship with Iran is much different and better than previous administrations… I hope this process will work quickly, easily and smoothly. If not, we have the ultimate alternative that will never be used again!”
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Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that Islamabad is preparing for electronic signature within 24 hours Technical level talks will be held next week. “We are closer than ever to a peace agreement,” Sharif wrote social media.
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But one Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei advised caution. “We will have to wait and see the exact date of signing the memorandum of understanding, but it will not happen tomorrow,” Baghaei was quoted as saying. “The possibility of this happening in the coming days cannot be ruled out.”
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Pro-government night demonstrations continue across Iranand has now been held for over 100 nights, with some people protesting the agreement with the US. A resident of the northeastern city of Mashhad told Reuters in Dubai that some protesters chanted “Death to the compromiser” in an apparent reference to foreign minister Abbas Araqchi.
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Meanwhile, Trump discussed efforts to end the Iran conflict in a call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Downing Street said on Saturday.
