International

Almaty: Kazakhstan and Georgia are focusing on boosting cargo volumes along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, or the Middle Corridor, while upgrading its transit infrastructure, according to a statement issued by the Kazakh Presidential press service. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli...

Hong Kong: Asian shares Friday were mixed, with Chinese technology stocks rising as most other Asian equities declined. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped nearly 0.72 per cent in afternoon trading to 38,787.02. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slid just 0.11 per cent to 8,511.40. South Korea's Kospi...

Peshawar: Security forces have killed 12 terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a statement said. A security personnel was also killed in the operation February 5-6 night in the Hasan Khel area of North Waziristan, according to the Pakistan Army's...

Boston: A federal judge in Boston Friday will consider a request from 18 state attorneys general to block President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the US illegally. The hearing comes after a federal judge in...

Dhaka: Protesters in Bangladesh have attacked, and torched houses of leaders of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League across the country and murals of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were demolished and defaced in nearly two dozen districts, according to media reports. The unrest sparked after...

New Delhi: India Thursday expressed anguish over the vandalism of the residence of Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and said the "act of vandalism" should be strongly condemned. In response to media queries regarding the vandalism of Rahman's residence, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged the members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to unite and consistently prevent the United States from pressuring any of them. "The OPEC members should act in a way so that their measures do not...

Seoul: South Korean Acting President Choi Sang-mok was grilled Thursday at a special parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid, with Opposition lawmakers questioning him about a memo Yoon allegedly gave Choi ordering a budget for an emergency legislative body. The main...

Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister says he has instructed the army to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip in line with President Donald Trump's proposal for the war-ravaged territory. Defence Minister Israel Katz Thursday said the plan “will include options...

London: The Bank of England is widely expected to cut interest rates for the third time in six months later Thursday, even though inflation remains above its target. Most economists think the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee will lower the bank's main interest rate by a...