International

New Delhi: Tax evasion in the real estate sector is bleeding Pakistan’s national exchequer roughly Rs 500 billion annually, illicit tobacco is costing another Rs 310 billion, and multiple consumer goods industries are operating outside the documented economy, leading to an annual revenue loss for...

Paris: French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start of the next school year in September, as the idea of setting a minimum age for use of the...

Dubai: Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a US aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East to lead any American military response to the crisis. Iran's currency, the rial,...

London: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, seeking a thaw in relations with Beijing at a time of strained ties with the United States. He's hoping for an economic boost to Britain, but risks the wrath of China hawks at home -...

New Delhi: The EU has not provided any concessions to India on its carbon regulations in the trade pact, but has agreed that any relaxations granted by the 27-nation bloc to other countries under the CBAM provisions will automatically extend to Indian exporters, an official...

Washington: President Donald Trump says he is increasing tariffs on South Korean goods because the country's national assembly has yet to approve the trade framework affirmed in October. Trump said on social media Monday that import taxes would be raised on autos, lumber and pharmaceutical...

United Nations: India and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have called for urgently reforming the Security Council in the face of dire challenges to the world organisation. India's Permanent Representative P. Harish Monday said the reform must add permanent members to make the international rule of law...

Washington: The United States and India have launched a new joint mechanism to strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking and narco-terrorism, officials said. The inaugural meeting of the US-India Drug Policy Executive Working Group was held in Washington from January 20 to 21, according to a...

United Nations: Amid ongoing geopolitical challenges, India said the United Nations is not perceived as an organisation that delivers on international peace, and discussions have moved on to parallel plurilateral frameworks. The multilateralism of universal membership, with the United Nations at its core, is under...

United Nations: In a strongly-worded retort in the UNSC, India said it is not normal to tolerate Pakistan's continued use of terrorism as an instrument of state policy, as New Delhi hit back at Islamabad's envoy for advancing a false and self-serving account of Operation...