Wall Street Closes at Record Highs After Fed Signals Rate Easing
WEB DESK Wall Street’s major indices closed at record highs on Thursday, supported by some major tech giants, a day after the Federal Reserve signalled an easing rate path. The…
IMF Chief Proposes Daniel Katz as First Deputy Managing Director
WEB DESK International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva proposed the appointment of Daniel Katz, chief of staff to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as first deputy managing director,…
Air Raid Sirens in Tel Aviv as Houthis Target Israel
WEB DESK Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for launching a hypersonic ballistic missile and three drones targeting Israeli cities. According to Houthi sources, the missile struck a military site in…
Kamchatka Region Hit by 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake; Tsunami Alert Issued
WEB DESK A strong earthquake struck Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region this morning, shaking buildings and triggering a tsunami warning across the region. According to the U.S. Geological Survey the…
US Sanctions Waiver for Iran’s Chabahar Port to End, Effective September 29
WEB DESK The United States has announced that it will revoke the sanctions waiver for operations at Iran’s Chabahar Port, issued in 2018. The US Department of State, in a…
Bangladesh: BNP calls Islamist parties ‘undemocratic’, slams street protests
Zakir Hossain / Dhaka The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday criticised the joint street programmes announced by several Islamist parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, to…
Air Raid Sirens in Tel Aviv as Houthis Target Israel
Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for launching a hypersonic ballistic missile and three drones targeting Israeli cities. According to Houthi sources, the missile struck a military site in Jaffa, while…
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Seal Historic Defense Agreement
AMN / WEB DESK In a major development that could reshape regional security equations, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a wide-ranging Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement (SMDA). The pact binds…
Iranian President asserts shift from unipolar world in talks with Russian Energy Minister
WEB DESK Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has asserted that the cooperation between independent nations like Iran and Russia signals the end of global unipolarity. Pezeshkian made the comment during his…
Pakistani Air Strikes Kill Three Civilians in Balochistan’s Zehri Region
WEB DESK A leading Baloch human rights organisation said that at least three people, including two women, were killed yesterday after Pakistani forces carried out aerial bombing targeting residential homes…