Oil jumps 4pc as new strikes by US, Iran threaten Hormuz shipments – Business
Oil prices surged over 4 per cent on Monday as energy shipments via the Strait of Hormuz remained under threat, with the US and Iran announcing renewed military strikes. Brent crude futures climbed $3.10, or 4.08pc, to $79.11 by 0325 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.95, or 4.11pc, to $74.36 a barrel. […]
US launches fresh strikes on Iran, Tehran targets American assets in Gulf states in flareup over Hormuz – World
The United States struck Iran on Monday for a second day running, drawing Tehran’s reprisals against US allies in the Gulf as the foes battle over the status of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The flare-up is the latest to undermine an interim agreement between Washington and Tehran aimed at ending their war, which has […]
Field Marshal Munir arrives in Turkiye for two-day official visit
CDF will hold meetings with military, political leadership to discuss matters of mutual interest, state media says COAS Field Marshal Asim Munir addressing graduating officers of National Security and War Course at the National Defence University in Islamabad on July 7. Photo: ISPR Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field […]
Why there is no lawyers’ movement in Pakistan today – Pakistan
In 2007, live television turned a sacked chief justice into a national uprising that ended Gen Musharraf’s rule. A lawyer who marched then, and resigned from the Supreme Court in protest last year, explains why that isn’t happening now The Lawyers’ Movement of 2007-2009 is considered one of the most significant episodes of civic mobilisation […]
South Korea court sentences ex-president to 2 years in jail in political funding case, media says
Yoon Suk Yeol received opinion polling services worth $179,800 for free from political broker A person walks in front of a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the sentencing trial of South Korean former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection case, stemming from his short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024, in Seoul, South Korea, […]
PM Shehbaz departs for one-day visit to Qatar to condole death of ex-emir Sheikh Hamad – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday headed to Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences at the passing of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. In a post on the social media platform X, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said PML-N President Nawaz Sharif was also accompanying the premier. “The prime minister […]
France sends water bombers to tackle wildfire outside Paris
Fontainebleau blaze scorches 800 hectares, forces A6 highway closure as smaller fires disrupt train services Firefighting planes, Canadair CL-415, fly over the church of Noisy-sur-Ecole, amid a wildfire affecting the area near Fontainebleau, France, July 13, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS More than 400 French firefighters worked through the night to contain a wildfire in the historic Fontainebleau forest […]
Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem seeks to repeat history at Commonwealth Games – Sport
LAHORE: Pakistan’s Olympic gold medallist Arshad Nadeem is determined to repeat history at the Commonwealth Games starting later this month. The 29-year-old Arshad, who won the javelin throw gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with a record throw of 90.18 metres, leaves for Switzerland on Monday to participate in an international contest […]
KSE-100 sheds over 1,700 points as US-Iran tensions escalate
Selling started immediately after market opening, with the benchmark index falling down 1,849.37 points by 9:39am KARACHI: What began as early selling quickly turned into a full-scale market washout at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, as investors rushed to offload shares following renewed military tensions between the United States and Iran. The benchmark […]
Funeral prayers in absentia held in Karachi for engineer of crashed cargo plane – Pakistan
KARACHI: The funeral prayers in absentia for flight engineer Muhammad Arif Siddiqui, one of the five crew members of a cargo plane that crashed in the Arabian Sea on July 7, were offered near his residence in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Sunday. A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo aircraft, en route from Sharjah to Karachi, had crashed […]