Saudi hosts new conference in shadow of critic’s murder
AFP | Cyborg artists, parkour pioneers and a British boxing star headlined a Saudi youth conference Wednesday hosted by the powerful crown prince's charity, the...
Can Pakistan overcome energy shortage with coal?
AFP | In Pakistan's bleak Thar desert, the roar of trucks is constant at a massive Chinese-backed coal power project the government sees as an...
‘Very serious’: African swine fever spreads in China
AFP | African swine fever has spread rapidly to more than half of China's provinces despite measures to contain it, the government said, warning that...
Uber loss tops $1 bn as it seeks to diversify
AFP | Ride-share company Uber on Wednesday said that its net loss topped a billion dollars in the recently ended quarter as it pumped money...
‘Sultan of Coins’: Iran executes gold market launderer and accomplice
AFP | Iran executed a trader dubbed the "Sultan of Coins" and his accomplice on Wednesday for exploiting a surge in gold demand from savers...
British PM using Brexit for political survival
AFP | Lurching from crisis to crisis and fending off coup plots while navigating Britain's most important peacetime negotiations, Theresa May has defied the odds...
Aasia cannot leave Pakistan due to pending review: Qureshi
News Desk | Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Aasia Bibi, who has been acquitted of a blasphemy charge by the Supreme Court,...
Trump lashes Macron as Europe moves on defense without US
AFP | Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed an extraordinary attack on Emmanuel Macron, mocking the French president's approval rating and lashing him over European defense...
Boosting exports and improving lives through agriculture
Sibtain Wahab | With a current deficit of around $18bn, quoted by our very own and trusted finance minister, we desperately need to increase exports,...
US free Economy:’Substantial progress’ made on massive China trade deal
AFP | Substantial progress has been made on hammering out a China-backed trade deal, Singapore's leader said Wednesday, driving ahead the world's largest commercial pact...
LHC extends pre-arrest bail of Khawajas
News Desk | The Lahore High Court on Wednesday extended interim pre-arrest bail of former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Salman Rafique...
Baghdad strikes deal with Kurds to restart Kirkuk oil exports
AFP | Iraq's central government has agreed with Kurdish authorities to resume oil exports from Kirkuk, the oil ministry said Friday, a year after federal...