November 26, 2019

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices were steady on Tuesday, holding onto gains from the previous session, after positive comments from the United States and China kept alive hopes that the world’s two largest economies are soon to agree an end…

(Web Desk) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “flagship project of President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative” that will help reinforce economic development of Pakistan and…

(Web Desk) – The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Monday signed a contract of Rs52.5 billion with a joint venture of General Electric Hydro China and Power China Zhongnan Engineering Corporation for electro-mechanical works…

ISLAMABAD – Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) on Tuesday, while addressing Pakistan Innovative Finance Forum in Islamabad, stressed that…

KARACHI – The Pakistani rupee on Tuesday further depreciated against the U.S. dollar in the interbank market by 8 paisa and hit Rs155.37. The local currency in the previous week appreciated against the U.S. dollar with 10 paisa in the…

DOHA (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Monday said he hoped a dispute between a Saudi-led bloc and Qatar would "swiftly" come to an end amid emerging signs of a possible breakthrough in the Gulf crisis. However, he ruled out…

LONDON (AFP) - At least 143 demonstrators were killed across Iran, almost all of them shot by security forces, Amnesty said Monday, as government supporters poured into central Tehran to condemn days of "rioting" that the Islamic republic…

DUBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Iran’s clerical establishment rallied in Tehran on Monday, accusing the United States and Israel of instigating the most violent anti-government protests in at least a decade in Iran. Amnesty…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s foreign ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad on Monday to protest against the passing in the U.S. Congress of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, saying it amounted to interference in an…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to sign a new contract with Turkey to supply its S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in the first half of 2020, the head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said, according to…