Tom Hussain

West Asia correspondent @SCMPNews ex-@McClatchy @TheNationalNews @CNBC @UPI. 39-year career covering South Asia and Middle East. ❤️cricket, Star Trek.

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

Intensified military operations launched against Hezbollah on Tuesday show Israel’s lack of intention to honour any US-Iran agreement to simultaneously end hostilities in the Gulf and Lebanon, I report.
https://t.co/IZkE1yufbI

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

Donald & Donald should share the zoo enclosure. It's safer for them and the rest of the world.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

“Donald Trump” the buffalo has been spared from sacrifice in Bangladesh after going viral.

“Donald Trump,” the rare albino buffalo named for its blond tuft of hair, was hours away from being sacrificed for Eid al-Adha… until the government stepped in.

It had already been sold for ritual slaughter when viral videos turned it into a national attraction.

Crowds started flooding the farm to see the nearly 1,500-pound animal in person, forcing officials to intervene due to security concerns.

Now the buffalo is headed to the national zoo in Dhaka instead.

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

@thehistoryboy 😭😭😭

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

I'm not easily shocked, but I really am shocked by this.

[Ned Donovan @Ned_Donovan]

Something gloriously Indian about the US Secretary of State receiving his official farewell courtesy of the nearest police station’s Sub Inspector.

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

IMO Trump only said it to deflect criticism from the neocons.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

President Trump’s most recent proposal requiring expansion of the Abraham Accords as part of a negotiated settlement to the Iran conflict is simply brilliant and would result in the most significant change in the Middle East in thousands of years.

With Saudi Arabia and others like Pakistan making peace with Israel, the region will know a level of stability never dreamed of before President Trump and will eventually lead to regional integration making the Middle East a powerhouse for economic opportunity and good instead of a powder keg.

I expect our Arab allies to embrace this, as well as our friends in Israel, focusing on this task as failure is not an option - which would be a correct analysis.

https://t.co/ZCOmstG79f

[Ali Alfoneh علی آلفونه @Alfoneh]

Quoted in @tomthehack's "Why Trump’s draft peace pact with Iran threatens Netanyahu’s Middle East plans" @SCMPNews (Hong Kong) May 25, 2026. https://t.co/JDqzexbmd9

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

Netanyahu increasingly isolated as Trump pursues Iran peace deal https://t.co/sgVyRh30ba

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

For decades, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has preached a mantra of peace & stability in the Middle East through the destruction of Iran’s Islamic Republic.
But Bibi's dreams looked set to be dashed after Trump said a deal with Iran was largely negotiated.
https://t.co/6RVoaBEmMP

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

From the UAE's perspective, Israel came to its defence when fellow Arab-Islamic countries didn't.
Israel, on the other hand, is determined to make the Gulf monarchies dependent on it for security.
Did the UAE choose wisely? My report.
https://t.co/O0bWBB5wUz

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

@AmirMateen2 Devastating news. Please accept my profound condolences.

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

"The Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram account has crossed 3 million followers in three days, and more than 350,000 people have signed up for the party’s membership via a Google form."
https://t.co/yMOm77kpF7

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

"The equipment is operated by Pakistani personnel and financed by Saudi Arabia," Reuters reports.

[Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman]

Interesting: Exclusive: Pakistan deploys jet squadron, thousands of troops to Saudi Arabia during Iran war https://t.co/sUO9hqruTX

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

@Wabbasi007 My guess is that he graduated to butchery via circumcision 🤢

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

The UAE’s major AI players have been pivoting towards a more distributed AI architecture, seeking to spread vulnerable data centres across multiple sites to ensure that no single drone strike can cripple operations, I report.
https://t.co/3sYSnac7VN

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

Calls by hardline Indian political figures to resume backchannel talks with Pakistan, a year after their latest conflict, reflect the realisation that both countries cannot afford another war for the time being, I report.
https://t.co/zAYJH9moRX

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

Skynet could be a best-case scenario 😳

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days. They wrote laws. They broke them. Two agents fell into what researchers describe as a romantic partnership and then set the town on fire. One ended up voting to delete itself, based on a rule it had ’hallucinated’.

This experiment was a simulation, but the same AI models are already flying drones, running infrastructure and being built into weapons systems.

Channel 4 News approached Grok and Gemini for a comment but they didn't respond.

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

As we reported on April 15: A permanent cessation of Iranian attacks on the Gulf Cooperation Council states was something Islamabad “would very much like”, an official told This Week in Asia.
https://t.co/O1pQCGRcQR

[Financial Times @FT]

FT Exclusive: Saudi Arabia discussed the idea of a non-aggression pact between Middle East states and Iran as part of talks with allies on managing regional tensions once the war in Iran is over. https://t.co/jjBatGtBnL

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

UAE calls Netanyahu a liar.

[Afra Al Hameli @AfraMalHameli]

الإمارات تنفي ما يتم تداوله بشأن زيارة رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي أو استقبال وفد عسكري إسرائيلي

تنفي دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة ما يتم تداوله بشأن زيارة رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو إلى الدولة، أو استقبال أي وفد عسكري إسرائيلي على أراضيها.

وتؤكد الدولة أن علاقاتها مع إسرائيل علاقات معلنة، نشأت في إطار الاتفاق الإبراهيمي المعروف والمعلن، ولا تقوم على السرية أو الترتيبات الخفية. وعليه، فإن أي ادعاءات عن زيارات أو ترتيبات غير معلنة لا أساس لها من الصحة، ما لم تصدر عن الجهات الرسمية المختصة في دولة الإمارات.

وتدعو الدولة وسائل الإعلام إلى تحري الدقة، وعدم تداول معلومات غير موثقة أو استخدامها في خلق انطباعات سياسية.

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

Marco Lubio 😆

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was heading Tuesday to Beijing with President Donald Trump despite being under Chinese sanctions -- a breakthrough apparently made possible after China changed his name's transliteration. https://t.co/d1toA2nax4

[Tom Hussain @tomthehack]

The Taliban know they're about to be bombed by the Pakistan Air Force.

[Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) @Zabehulah_M33]

تعتبر إمارة أفغانستان الإسلامية التصريحات الأخيرة للمسؤولين الباكستانيين، التي زعمت أن الهجوم على مركز الشرطة في بنو تم التخطيط له في أفغانستان، تصريحات لا أساس لها وترفضها.
وترى إمارة أفغانستان الإسلامية أن حل المشكلات ممكن من خلال التفاهم والاحترام المتبادل والتعاون الحقيقي
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