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THE HAGUE: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court stressed the court had jurisdiction to investigate...

TEHRAN: Iran’s new foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has called for dialogue with the European Union to resolve...

Senator Aon Abbas, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Industries and Production, on Friday said the government...

• At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains

The Abu Dhabi index ended in the green on Friday ahead of a keynote address by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...

BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least six fighters and one child, according...

JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered an explicit endorsement of an imminent...

Wall Street’s stock indexes jumped on Friday, with the benchmark S&P 500 index nearing a record high, after...

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw a roller-coaster trading session on Friday and the KSE-100 Index closed flat...

KYIV: India’s Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end...

KATHMANDU: Half of the passengers in a bus carrying 43 Indians died on Friday when the vehicle plunged into a...

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $4.5 billion and stood at $674.66 billion as of Aug. 16, but were...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced free entry for spectators for the remaining days (fourth and...

Sri Lankan shares on Friday closed higher for a fifth straight session, hurt by losses in industrial, consumer...

DUBAI: A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case...

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday met Mehmat T. Nane, Chairperson of Pegasus Airlines, and Muhammad Ali...

FRANKFURT: German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it was extending a suspension of flights to Beirut until...

LONDON: American businessman John Textor hopes to complete a takeover of Everton after outlining his intention to...

SINGAPORE: Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices eased this week from a more than eight-month top on the...

BENGALURU: Indian shares rose for a seventh straight session on Friday, their longest rally this year, although the...

LONDON: Zinc prices hit their highest in five weeks on Friday on supply concerns after smelters in top producer...

JAKARTA: Malaysian palm oil futures climbed for a third straight session on Friday to their highest in nearly three...

The Government of Sindh has announced a holiday for all the public and private schools in the province on August 26...

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has urged the government to end its ‘regressive taxation...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan’s Taliban...

• Death toll of policemen martyred rises to 12

NAIROBI: Kenya’s shilling was stable against the US dollar on Friday, as the dollar was hit by a lull in demand,...

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit China to meet foreign minister Wang Yi next week,...

RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam missed a fighting hundred by just seven runs but still guided Bangladesh...

Gold prices in Pakistan continued their upward trend on Friday, hitting a new peak despite a decrease in...

BANGKOK: A landslide caused by heavy rain on the popular Thai resort island of Phuket has killed five people, police...

FENI: At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains,...

PARIS: European stock markets rose at the open on Friday ahead of a highly-anticipated speech by US Federal Reserve...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will host New Zealand for a two-match Test series during next month’s presidential election, its...

HAMBURG: South Korea’s Major Feedmill Group (MFG) has issued an international tender to purchase up to 70,000 metric...

KATHMANDU: Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the popular...

LONDON/SEOUL: Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after...

CHICAGO: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said in her Democratic National Convention speech on...

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur withdrew from the US Open due to an injury. While Jabeur and the WTA did not disclose the...

LONDON: Arsenal will need no reminders of the threat posed by Aston Villa when they travel to the Midlands on...

Australian shares were on track to snap a 10-session rally on Friday, dragged by local miners, while investors were...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda on Friday reaffirmed his resolve to raise interest rates if inflation stayed on...

BEIJING: Iron ore futures prices fell on Friday as a continuous fall in near-term China demand sparked renewed...

BEIJING: China and Belarus have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a range of sectors including trade, security,...

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country’s biggest lender, on Friday said it has cut interest rates across some...

• Currency settles at 278.5 against the greenback in inter-bank market

SHANGHAI: China stocks gained on Friday after three straight sessions of losses, while Hong Kong shares fell in...

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine is operating normally after its...

SEOUL: A fire at a South Korean lithium battery maker in June that killed 23 people occurred as the company raced to...

SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand dollars were looking to seal another week of gains on Friday as upbeat...

Aluminium prices rose on Friday, with the London contract set for its biggest weekly gain since mid-April on tight...

Russia believes that the United States will at some point remove all restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to...

SHANGHAI: China’s yuan inched higher against a softer dollar on Friday and looked set for the fifth straight weekly...

Gold prices inched higher on Friday, but were set for a weekly loss as investors looked forward to US Federal...

SYDNEY: Asian shares stuttered on Friday while the dollar rebounded from one-year lows as investors were cautious...

CANBERRA: Chicago wheat futures edged higher on Friday but were near their lowest since 2020 and down nearly 3% for...

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average reversed early gains on Friday to close the morning session lower, as the yen...

The next showdown between Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain could come in the semifinals of the US...

BENGALURU: Indian shares were little changed on Friday, tracking a pause in the global equities’ rally ahead of...

JAKARTA: Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Friday, snapping two straight session of gains, tracking weak soyoil in...

TOKYO: Japanese government bond yields rose on Friday as Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda signalled his readiness...

MUMBAI: Indian government bond yields are expected to trade little changed in early session on Friday, after minutes...

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee closed stronger on Friday, tracking gains in most Asian currencies, as investors awaited...

KYIV: India’s Narendra Modi is set to visit wartime Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, the...

CHICAGO: Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a...

SINGAPORE: The US dollar was calm on Friday as traders braced for comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell,...

HOUSTON: Oil prices rose more than 1% on Friday as U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell signalled interest...

Economists are decrying the current state of the power sector and the resultant burden of skyrocketing electricity...

Cherat cement (PSX: CHCC) has certainly come a long way in the outgoing fiscal year from just five years ago in FY20...

‘We hold Forbes Asia’s Best Under a Billion 2024 award for the 5th year’ Faisal Jeddy is the key driver of strategic...

EDITORIAL: Islamabad was virtually disconnected from the rest of the country by law enforcement agencies because of...

EDITORIAL: A little over six months on from the February 8 general elections, the Pakistanis would have expected...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board that with the full assistance of...

DOHA/BEIRUT: Disagreements over Israel’s future military presence in Gaza and over Palestinian prisoner releases...

DHAKA: Relentless monsoon rains and flooding have stranded nearly three million people in Bangladesh and killed two,...

CHICAGO: The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, both immigrants, Kamala Harris reflects the United...

BEIJING: China on Thursday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave “as soon as possible”, according to an embassy...

HELSINKI: A group of environmental and rights organisations said Thursday that they were suing the Finnish...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology on Thursday raised serious concerns over delays...

KARACHI: The weather report on Thursday (August 22, 2024) and the forecast for Friday (August 23, 2024)...

KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced 24-hour gas holiday for all industries including their...

ISLAMABAD: Life in the federal capital came to a standstill following the roads’ blockage by law enforcement...

ISLAMABAD: A day after Awami National Party (ANP) announced to move court against the electoral entity over not...

ISLAMABAD: Five bullet-riddled bodies found hanging from an electric pole in southwestern Pakistan last week were...

ISLAMABAD: The dramatic turn of events involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally saw the initiation of yet...

ISLAMABAD: The much trumpeted public rally on the call of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan...

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Employees’ Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) to ensure...

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Syed Asim Munir on Thursday emphasised the significance of education,...

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination directed the secretary of...

LAHORE: The Customs department has failed to prove tampering with the digits of the chassis of a crane confiscated...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed the authorities concerned to take swift action to eliminate...

LAHORE: A city magistrate on Thursday granted four-day physical remand of an anchorperson Orya Maqbool Jan to the...

LAHORE: The Punjab Environment Protection Department (EPD) has demolished 209 brick kilns across the province,...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has tightened its crackdown on kite flying, declaring kite making, flying, and...

LAHORE: Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA) Chief Executive Officer Imran Amin has said that the key objective...

LAHORE: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) on Thursday released a comprehensive white paper on...

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued show cause notices to GM Cables & Pipes (Pvt)...

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while talking to the media after visiting the shrine on the...

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence Production, unanimously, elected Javaid Iqbal, MNA,...

KARACHI: The old city trade associations on Thursday announced their support for August 28 strike and resented the...