International

Washington: India is set to challenge the proposed US tariffs on exports with the US Trade Representative next week, contending that the findings on forced labour are legally flawed and would affect American businesses and consumers. Representatives from the commerce ministry as well as industry...

Karachi: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis are expected to reach USD 44 billion in the fiscal year 2026-27, an increase from the record remittances of USD 41.5 billion received in the previous fiscal, the country's central bank said Friday. Addressing a press conference, State Bank of...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir reached Tehran Friday to attend the funeral of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in US-Israeli strikes in February. Prime Minister Sharif reached Tehran along with a delegation comprising...

Dubai: Months after the killing of Iran's supreme leader at the start of its war with the United States and Israel, mourners will hold a dayslong funeral and burial for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The mourning period will see Khamenei's body carried through cities...

Peshawar/Islamabad: At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus they were travelling in fell into a ravine in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Friday, officials said. The Peshawar-bound bus departed from Quetta in Balochistan. The accident took place after it reached...

Wellington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first official visit to New Zealand next week, the country's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced Friday. "I'm delighted to announce Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi will make his first official visit to New Zealand next week," Luxon posted...

Tehran: A high-level Indian delegation Friday paid tributes to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in US-Israeli strikes in February, in Tehran. The delegation, comprising Bihar Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain and Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita...

Dubai: A powerful general who leads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard emerged from hiding as Tehran prepared Friday for the dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photos published online by Iranian state media showed Gen Ahmad Vahidi attending a meeting about the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that Iran had agreed to "just about everything we need" in negotiations over its nuclear programme, while insisting that Tehran would never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. Speaking in an interview with CNBC, Trump said his administration...

Caracas: Embassy of India in Caracas has sought a thorough investigation by Venezuelan authorities into the alleged desecration and removal of organs from the mortal remains of late Rakesh Chauhan. The Mission stated that it has been continuously pursuing the matter with concerned local authorities...