International

Karachi: Pakistan's Central Bank has legalised the use of virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, by introducing the Virtual Assets Act 2026, marking one of the biggest changes in the country's digital financial landscape in recent years. Under the new law, the State Bank of Pakistan has...

Cairo: Iranian state media reported that the commander of Iran's joint military command warned that Iran would completely block exports and imports across the Persian Gulf region, the Sea of Oman, and the Red Sea if the United States does not lift its blockade on...

Cairo: President Donald Trump Wednesday claimed that China has agreed not to provide weapons to Iran as reports circulate that Beijing has considered transferring arms. Trump wrote in a social media post that China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of...

Tel Aviv: Israel's military said Wednesday that it had struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as it presses ahead with its aerial and ground war there despite the US-Iran ceasefire. Lebanon's National News Agency reported airstrikes and artillery shelling in multiple southern...

Washington: The US military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on...

Islamabad: Pakistan's skewed foreign reserves got a major boost after Saudi Arabia pledged an additional USD 3 billion in deposits while extending its existing USD 5 billion facility for a further three years. Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb made the announcement in Washington while speaking...

Seoul: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that very detailed measures to verify Iran's nuclear activities must be included in a potential US-Iran agreement to end their war in the Middle East. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi stressed...

Beijing: Russia's top diplomat Wednesday reiterated that Moscow was ready to play a role in solving the problem of enriched uranium in Iran. This role can take on many forms, including reprocessing highly enriched uranium into fuel-grade uranium, transferring a certain amount to Russia for...

Colombo: Four Indian fishermen have been arrested, and their trawler seized for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the island nation's Navy said Wednesday. Sri Lanka's North Central Naval Command, in a statement, said it spotted a group of Indian fishing boats engaged in fishing...

London: At least two vessels transited through the Strait of Hormuz en route to Iranian ports after altering their Automatic Identification System (AIS) destination data, following a US blockade on ships entering and leaving Iran, British shipping media reported. The report by British shipping media...