“There is an opportunity to form payment platforms independent of external influence, one example being the financial messaging system of the Bank of Russia,” the Russian foreign minister said Countries that do not belong to BRICS will also be able to access alternative payment platforms within the association if they are created, Russian Foreign Minister…
Abdul Samad Dawood, CEO of Engro Holdings of Pakistan, called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna on Thursday to discuss investment opportunities in Bangladesh, reported by media. During the meeting, the Engro CEO expressed a strong interest in expanding the company’s footprint in Bangladesh, particularly in telecommunications and energy…
Islamabad – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Peshawar Zalmi have entered a strategic partnership and have called for greater compassion towards Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan, urging that the situation of Afghan refugees be seen through a humanitarian lens. Peshawar Zalmi is the leading franchise of Pakistan Super League (PSL) cricket championship, which has…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it was expelling Romania’s military attache and his deputy in a retaliatory move against the country. In March, Bucharest said it would expel two Russian diplomats over allegations of “interference” in the country’s politics amid tensions over an annulled presidential election. Romanian authorities threw out the results of the…
US President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on most tariffs gives breathing space for more in-depth talks, and Taiwan hopes to take advantage of the “huge” US market for more balanced trade, the island’s foreign minister said on Thursday. In a stunning reversal, US President Donald Trump said he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just…
Japan’s government said Thursday it received “positively” US Donald Trump’s pause on new tariffs but still “strongly” demands that Washington reconsider other levies. “We received the latest US announcement positively,” chief government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi told a regular briefing. But he added: “We continue to strongly demand that the United States reviews measures on its reciprocal tariffs,…
Tariffs of 84 percent on all Chinese imports of American goods took effect on Thursday, deepening a trade war between Beijing and Washington which has rocked global markets and sparked fears of a recession. The levies will apply to all US products entering the world’s second-largest economy, which according to the office of the US…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke about global trade tariffs on Wednesday during a phone call, a Downing Street spokeswoman said. Starmer reiterated his commitment to working closely with international partners to maintain global economic stability. “He added that the UK will continue to take a measured…
The top Pentagon official for the Middle East visited Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, where he met with defense officials to discuss bilateral ties. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mike DiMino met with Dr. Khaled Al-Bayari, Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman’s advisor for executive affairs, according to the Saudi Ministry…
Turkey is holding technical-level talks with Israel to ease tensions over Syria but is not moving toward normalizing ties, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Wednesday. Turkey is a key backer of the opposition-led coalition in Syria that toppled Bashar al-Assad in December after almost 14 years of civil war. Its influence has worried Israel, which has launched air strikes…
The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian who has said Israel enjoys a divine right to the West Bank, as ambassador to Israel. Huckabee will head to the US embassy in Jerusalem as Israel seizes large areas of Gaza, part of a renewed military campaign that has had President Donald Trump’s blessing. The Senate…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had information about 155 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine. Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv that Russia was recruiting Chinese citizens via social media and that Chinese officials were aware of that. He added that Ukraine was trying to assess whether the recruits were receiving…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Washington on Wednesday ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned trip to the Kingdom next month. Trump said last week that Saudi Arabia would be his first foreign destination, with a visit planned as early as next month. He also indicated…
The IDF clarified that there is no concern over security issues nor over an information leak. An Israeli air force jet crashed in Lebanon due to a technical malfunction, the IDF announced on Wednesday. There is no concern over security issues nor over an information leak. The incident is being investigated. IDF plane crashes are a fairly…
President Donald Trump announced a complete three-month pause on all the “reciprocal” tariffs that went into effect at midnight, with the exception of China, a stunning reversal from a president who had insisted historically high tariffs were here to stay. But enormous tariffs will remain on China, the world’s second-largest economy. In fact, Trump said…
