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What’s really inside the COVID-19 vaccines?

Pfizer has published a fact sheet in collaboration with the U.S.’ FDA to detail the risks and ingredients associated with the COVID-19 vaccine which was developed with BioNTech.
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Are Pak-Israeli ties on the table?

A delegation of representatives from a majorly-Muslim country flew to Tel Aviv. Which country was it, and what were they doing in Israel?
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The Islamabad Talks did not fail. They opened the next phase

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The Islamabad Talks were never designed to deliver an instant grand bargain between Washington and Tehran. Their significance lies in something more foundational: they preserved the ceasefire, brought both sides face to face, defined the central sticking point and opened the door to a second phase of diplomacy.

Trump lauds Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir as ‘extraordinary men’ after Islamabad Talks

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Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir as “very extraordinary men” after being briefed on the marathon U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad, placing Pakistan’s leadership at the centre of a major diplomatic moment.

Trump says Iran will return for negotiations as Islamabad Talks end without a deal

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Donald Trump has said that he expects Iran to return to the negotiating table and “give us everything we want,” reinforcing a maximalist U.S. position after high-level talks in Islamabad ended without a deal.

When rivals need a bridge, they still call Islamabad

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Pakistan’s emergence as the setting for U.S.-Iran diplomacy in 2026 was not a sudden stroke of luck but the return of an older strategic role; long before officials sat across from one another in Islamabad, Pakistan was already the back channel by which messages, assurances and ceasefires were carried.

Iran’s Ghalibaf leaves door open after Islamabad Talks, praises Pakistan, says U.S. must earn trust

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Iran leaves the door open after Islamabad, but says the United States must now earn its trust. Tehran says the talks were serious, while Pakistan played a central role in keeping the diplomatic channel alive, and Washington must now prove it can turn dialogue into trust.

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