Monday, March 2, 2026
Monday, March 2, 2026

China retains crown as world’s top exporter in 2024, WTO data...

WORLD: China retained its position as the world’s largest goods exporter in 2024, accounting for 14.6% of global merchandise exports, according to the latest...
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Pakistan and Kazakhstan agree on trade corridor via Afghanistan

KABUL: Pakistan and Kazakhstan have reached an agreement to establish a trade transport corridor through Afghanistan, to enhance regional connectivity. During the signing ceremony...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government ends fiscal year early due to budget shortage

KABUL: The Taliban’s Ministry of Finance has announced the early conclusion of the fiscal year 1404 due to budget shortages, with the new fiscal...

Oil prices rise following Trump’s threats against Iran

WASHINGTON: Oil prices increased on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his threats against Iran, raising concerns about potential military action and disruptions...

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Pakistani TV channel Geo News reportedly hacked

ISLAMABAD: Reports circulating on social media claim that Geo News, a prominent Pakistani television network, has been targeted in...

Pezeshkian: Assassination of Khamenei is an ‘open declaration of...

TEHRAN: Masoud Pezeshkian has described the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel...

Iran announces 7 days of public holiday, 40 days...

TEHRAN: Iranian media reports that following the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, authorities have declared 40 days of...

Conflicting claims over fate of Iran’s Supreme Leader

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: Donald Trump has claimed on the social media platform Truth Social that Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, along...

Pakistan: No talks will be held with the Taliban

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan has announced that no dialogue or negotiations will be held with the...

Trump: U.S. Forces launch major military operation against Iran

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that American forces have begun a large-scale military operation against Iran. In...

Hamid Karzai condemns bombing of Afghan cities

KABUL: Hamid Karzai strongly condemned reported Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan cities, saying the bombings targeted Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia....

UN expert to present report on Afghan Women’s and...

GENEVA: Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, is set to...

Islamabad says policy toward Taliban unchanged amid ongoing exchange...

ISLAMABAD: Talal Chaudhry, Pakistan’s deputy interior minister, said Islamabad will maintain its current approach toward the Taliban following recent...

NATO increases Aerial Surveillance of Iran from Turkey

ANKARA: Amid rising speculation about a possible U.S.-led military campaign against Tehran, NATO has shifted the focus of its...