{"id":622298,"date":"2026-04-21T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622298\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:46:10","slug":"jd-vances-trip-to-pakistan-for-peace-talks-put-on-hold-iran-yet-to-decide-on-attending-israeli-soldiers-punished-for-destroying-jesus-statue-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622298\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance\u2019s trip to Pakistan for peace talks put on hold; Iran yet to decide on attending; Israeli soldiers punished for destroying Jesus statue in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump said the US was considering offering financial support to the UAE as it grapples with economic fallout from the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a good ally of ours, and you know, these are unusual times,\u201d Trump told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE is an unlikely recipient of economic support, The New York Times reports, and the fact that it has inquired about assistance demonstrates the unprecedented effects of the war.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility in the UAE earlier this month, according to authorities.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7f822c6cc280ef8dd51acfffb3d935042e130284.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility in the UAE earlier this month, according to authorities.AP<\/p>\n<p>The oil-rich country has been hit hard by the war, and Iranian strikes on key oil and gas infrastructure have caused significant damage.<\/p>\n<p>Emirati officials met with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington last week on the sidelines of annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>In the talks, officials \u201cemphasised that the United States seeks to deter future attacks and ensure that energy markets are not further impacted by Iran,\u201d a spokesperson from the Treasury Department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump said the US was considering offering financial support to the UAE as it grapples with economic fallout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-622298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}