TOKYO, Central Tokyo saw rain for the 34th consecutive day on Tuesday, the longest streak since records began, Japan’s weather agency said, according to Kyodo News. The Japanese capital has had rain every day since Aug 27.The previous record of 33 consecutive days was set between June 27 and July 29, 2019. Approaching typhoons, a…
LONDON,Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday held a series of meetings with senior executives of Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Citi, BlackRock and Rothschild & Co, reflecting growing international financial sector interest in Pakistan’s reform trajectory and improving investment climate.Meeting Mohammad Kamal Syed, Head of Private Bank and Wealth Management UK at Barclays, the prime minister…
BANGKOK,: Floods triggered by heavy rains in Thailand have killed 23 people and affected more than 2.6 million across 29 provinces and the capital Bangkok, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, as cited by The Nation.The department’s latest report, issued at 6 am Tuesday, said floodwaters were present in 167 districts, 890…
NEW YORK: Palestine’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has said efforts to sideline Palestine on the world stage have failed and that the Palestinian people cannot be denied their rights.Addressing the 15-member Security Council on Monday at the close of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Mansour said Palestine had been present everywhere…
SANAA Yemen’s internationally recognised government forces said they carried out 756 attacks on Houthi positions at various locations over the past 72 hours, claiming a total of 2,316 Houthis killed or wounded.In a statement, the army said six drone experts, reportedly Iranian nationals, were among those killed in Taiz province. The statement described the losses…
LONDON: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday became the first prime minister of Pakistan to open a London Stock Exchange (LSE) trading session, and formally inaugurated the listing of Pakistan’s $3 billion dual-tranche sovereign Eurobond.Addressing the ceremony at the LSE headquarters in Paternoster Square, the prime minister said Pakistan had immense potential to attract…
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited Karachi Port on Tuesday to inspect 21 new vehicles imported from China for Islamabad’s Rescue 1122 and Fire Brigade services, the first major expansion of the fleet since 2009.According to a briefing, the consignment includes four fire aerial trucks, six fire towers and five fire tenders. The vehicles…
Abu Dhabi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a one-day secret visit to the UAE on Sunday and met President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to Israeli media including Channel 12, Kan, Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. Channel 12 reported that he flew in on a private jet in the morning and returned…
Gaza: Updated satellite imagery released on Google Maps on Monday shows large parts of Gaza’s densely populated residential areas reduced to rubble. Neighborhoods that were once crowded now appear as open, barren ground.According to the UN Satellite Centre, about 82% of Gaza’s buildings, or 201,290 structures, had been affected as of June 16, 2026. That…
Paris, Several high schools across France were closed on Tuesday as student protests intensified, with clashes erupting between students and security forces in the Alpes-Maritimes department. According to broadcaster BFMTV, schools in Paris, Saint-Denis, Grenoble and Lille were affected from the morning. Paris education authorities said about 10 of the capital’s 90 high schools saw…
