Jerusalem — Opposition leader and former army chief Gadi Eisenkot has overtaken Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the preferred prime minister ahead of Israel’s general election on October 27.According to a survey by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, Eisenkot has 43 percent support compared with 38 percent for Netanyahu. However, both political blocs remain short of…
Tehran — Iran has confirmed that indirect messages are being exchanged with the United States through mediation by Pakistan and Qatar, while Tehran reviews Washington’s proposals for talks.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Pakistan and Qatar are acting as mediators through which messages are being conveyed. He said Iran was reviewing US proposals for…
Stockholm — American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stability.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award in Stockholm on Monday. The prize’s official name is the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of…
Riyadh — Repeated Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport have raised the death toll to 18, prompting the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea, among others, to advise their citizens to avoid or reconsider travel to Saudi Arabia.Saudi aviation officials said one person was killed and 11 injured…
Kathmandu — Flash floods triggered by debris in the Budhi Gandaki river devastated Nepal’s northern Gorkha district on Sunday morning, leaving at least 10 people missing and destroying more than 35 houses.Officials said the floods completely destroyed more than 35 homes in settlements including Pyu, Bagar, Sliri and Ghate Khola, along with three concrete bridges,…
New York — New York has retained its position as the world’s top city in Oxford Economics’ Global Cities Index 2026, while Tokyo has emerged as Asia’s highest-ranked city.In the index covering 1,000 cities, New York ranks first, followed by London in second and Paris in third place. Tokyo, ranked ninth overall, is Asia’s leading…
Washington — US President Donald Trump is facing criticism from both Republicans and Democrats over his plan to import diesel from Russia and supply it to the United States and global markets. The controversy has exposed divisions within the Republican Party over easing pressure on Moscow, while the administration struggles to contain rising fuel prices…
By Muhammad Shahzad, Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: Lahore Police have arrested 5,934 suspects and registered 5,880 cases during the current year as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal weapons, public display of firearms and aerial firing, a police spokesperson said. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Bilal Siddique Kamyana said Lahore Police were pursuing a zero-tolerance…
Islamabad — Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed that production monitoring for sales tax purposes be completed across all productive sectors by the end of the current year, December 31.Chairing a review meeting on FBR reforms in Islamabad, the prime minister was informed that camera-based production monitoring systems have been fully installed in the…
By Farzana Chaudhry, Lahore, Pakistan LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports and Energy Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar has said that climate change is one of the major global challenges of the present era and requires collective efforts by the government, educational institutions, civil society, the private sector and the public. He was addressing an event titled…
