World expresses solidarity with Venezuela after deadly earthquakes, offers assistance – World
Venezuelans saw buildings crumbling on Wednesday evening when two powerful earthquakes shook the country, leaving at least 32 dead and hundreds injured. Video footage showed emergency workers scrambling over the pancaked debris of a collapsed building in the capital as night fell, while distraught relatives sought help for loved ones believed to be trapped. Several […]
Rubio in Middle East tour says any Iran deal will ensure security of Gulf allies
Says Gulf allies shared some very serious concerns and that they wanted to be informed of every step of peace accord US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States at The Ritz-Carlton Bahrain during Rubio’s visit to the Middle East to discuss the […]
US-Iran deal may leave Netanyahu as biggest casualty
The biggest casualty of the US-Iran deal may not be Israel’s Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades building as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former US officials and diplomats say. Netanyahu shaped his political identity on an audacious assertion: that he alone […]
FBR didn’t capitalise on super tax potential, audit finds – Pakistan
• AGP’s report laid before NA, will now be taken up by PAC• Auditors flag irregularities in Discos, petroleum division• NTC serving private clients ‘beyond its mandate’• Railways ‘encroaching’ 1,500 kanals• Defence Services spent nearly all of Rs2.2tr allocation ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday laid before the National Assembly the report of the […]
Europeans grapple with scorching June heatwave
A woman places a bottle filled with ice on her head to cool down at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican during a heatwave. Photo: AFP PARIS/ LONDON/ROME: Western Europe remained in the grip of an intense and deadly heatwave on Wednesday, with soaring temperatures claiming dozens of lives, disrupting electricity supplies, closing schools and […]
Barclays upgrades Pakistan’s sovereign debt to ‘overweight’ on improved oil market outlook: report – Business
British financial institution Barclays has upgraded Pakistan’s dollar bonds to overweight after having lowered the rating the previous month, citing improved oil market prospects, it emerged on Wednesday. The upgraded rating was shared in a report by Bloomberg, cited by the advisor to the finance minister, Khurram Schehzad in a post on X. According to […]