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US confirms two human bird flu cases in Washington

WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed two of the four presumptive...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:28am

Pakistan

US lawmakers urge Biden to secure IK release

WASHINGTON: More than 60 members of the US House of Representatives have written a letter to President Joe Biden...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:28am

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Finance minister, his Saudi counterpart hold talks

WASHINGTON: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb has discussed trade and investment with his...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:25am

World

Ex-Abercrombie CEO charged with sex crimes

NEW YORK: The former chief executive of the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing empire has been arrested and charged with...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

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IMF briefed about array of reforms

WASHINGTON: Pakistani delegation comprising Secretary Finance Imdad Ullah Bosal and Governor State Bank of Pakistan...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:25am

World

US unveils new rules to block China, Russia and Iran from accessing bulk US data

WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Monday proposed new rules to protect federal government data or ...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 07:50am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Iran weapons programmes: US imposes curbs on firms

WASHINGTON: The United States added more than two dozen entities to a trade blacklist Monday over alleged support of...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Markets

Qatar LNG sales to key Asian markets confronted by US-UAE rivalry

DOHA: Qatar is finding it hard to agree new deals to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan and South Korea as...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

‘Trump’s election: plunging Middle East into a World War Zone’

This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor carried by the newspaper these days. A conflict involving...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:54am

World

US, Iran in ‘tug of war’ over Lebanon: analysts

BEIRUT: With Iran-backed Hezbollah on the defensive after a series of heavy Israeli blows, the United States and ...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 06:04am

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Energy projects: Aurangzeb to seek financial aid during US visit

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is to meet Geoffrey Ross Pyatt, United States Assistant Secretary of...

Updated 20 Oct, 2024 03:25pm

Editorials

Empty threats

EDITORIAL: In a joint letter to their Israeli counterparts US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of...

Published 19 Oct, 2024 06:48am

World

Assassination plot: US says India has removed alleged agent

WASHINGTON; The United States said Wednesday it had been informed by India that an intelligence operative accused of...

Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:10am

World

RTX to pay over $280m to resolve US foreign bribery probe

NEW YORK: An RTX unit on Wednesday agreed to pay more than $280 million to resolve criminal charges brought by the ...

Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am

Opinion

Trump’s election: plunging Middle East into a World War Zone

Donald Trump is focusing on predominantly white voters, wealthy corporations, and influential lobbies, especially...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 06:58am

World

US warns Israel that aid could be withheld

WASHINGTON: The United States warned Israel on the possibility of withholding some assistance barring improvements...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 11:53pm

World

US says India should take Canada plot allegations ‘seriously’

WASHINGTON: The United States called Tuesday on India to take seriously allegations by Canada of an assassination...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:25pm

World

India to buy 31 armed drones from US

NEW DELHI: India signed a deal with the US State Department on Tuesday to buy 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian and...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 09:52pm

Opinion

‘Israel’s ultimate target – Iran’

This is apropos three letters to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper in recent days. In the long ...

Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:10am

World

US forces strike Islamic State group in Syria

WASHINGTON: US forces have conducted air strikes against multiple Islamic State group sites in Syria, the military...

Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

World

Russia calls US actions in Asia ‘destructive’ at ASEAN summit

VIENTIANE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday called US actions in Asia “destructive”, accusing...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 12:36pm

World

Iran’s oil sites: Arab states urge US to stop Israel from attacking

DUBAI: Gulf states are lobbying Washington to stop Israel from attacking Iran’s oil sites because they are...

Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am

Technology

US considers break-up of Google in landmark search case

NEW YORK: The US said on Tuesday it may ask a judge to force Alphabet’s Google to divest parts of its business,...

Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:03am

World

Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Putin: Bob Woodward book

WASHINGTON: Then-president Donald Trump secretly sent Covid test kits to Vladimir Putin despite a US shortage during...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

Opinion

Political ‘surrender’ of 1958 that shook the foundations of Pakistan

History is full of accounts of surrender and retreat. In the American Civil war (1861-1865) Confederate General in...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 07:18am

World

US duo win Nobel for gene regulation breakthrough

STOCKHOLM: US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery...

Published 08 Oct, 2024 06:46am

Opinion

Is de-dollarisation on the move?

This is the second of a two-part series on de-dollarisation. President Richard Nixon’s treasury secretary John...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:24am

Print

US rallies partners to tackle drug-resistant typhoid outbreak in Sindh

KARACHI: To address the urgent threat of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Sindh Province, the United...

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 08:30am

Editorials

Terrifying tit-for-tat in the Middle East

EDITORIAL: All things considered; it was only a matter of time before Iran responded to Israel’s deliberate...

Updated 05 Oct, 2024 07:48am

World

UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase

LONDON/PORT LOUIS: Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal ...

Published 04 Oct, 2024 06:46am