News Archives for Latest - 2023-10-29

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World

Medics warn Israel is bombing around Gaza hospital

GAZA STRIP: The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said Sunday the Israeli military was repeatedly bombing around its...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:58pm

Asia

China's foreign minister suggests road to Xi-Biden summit will not be smooth

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the “road to the San Francisco summit will not be a smooth one”, the...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:57pm

South Asia

Bomb kills 1, hurts dozens at Jehovah’s Witnesses convention in India’s Kerala, police say

KOCHI: One person was killed and dozens injured when at least one homemade bomb exploded at a convention centre in...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:55pm

Industry

EDB official says import quotas for new auto companies opened

Asim Ayaz, General Manager Policy at Pakistan’s Engineering Development Board (EDB), said on Saturday that quotas...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:55pm

Middle East

Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank: health ministry

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces killed three Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian health...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:55pm

Middle East

Gaza civilians should move south where aid efforts 'will expand': Israel

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military on Sunday told civilians in Gaza to move to the south of the besieged...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:54pm

Middle East

Israel pounds Gaza as Red Cross warns of 'intolerable' suffering

UN warns thousands more civilians could die in Gaza as Israel declared the war had entered a second stage

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:52pm

Europe

France condemns Israeli West Bank settler attacks on Palestinians

PARIS: France on Sunday condemned "unacceptable" Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West ...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:51pm

Pakistan

Maulana Tariq Jamil’s son dies of bullet wound in Talamba

Renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil’s son Asim Jamil was killed by a bullet in Talamba on Sunday, Aaj News...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:49pm

South Asia

At least 10 dead in Indian train collision

BHUBANESWAR/HYDERABAD: At least 10 people were killed and about 25 were injured in a collision between two passenger...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:42pm

Cricket

Shami stars as India hammer woeful England at World Cup

LUCKNOW: Mohammed Shami led an inspired bowling display as India hammered England by 100 runs on Sunday to stay...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:24pm

Middle East

Iran does not want Israel-Hamas conflict to spread: foreign minister

WASHINGTON: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday said Iran does not want war to “spread out”...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 08:45pm

Middle East

Sunak and Macron stress need for urgent aid in Gaza

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday underlined the importance...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 08:21pm

Football

Mbappe strikes late to earn PSG win at Brest

BREST: A late Kylian Mbappe goal won the day for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday as the side from the capital ran out...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 08:17pm

USA

Saudi defence minister expected to visit White House on Monday

WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabian Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman is expected to visit Washington on Monday for...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 07:22pm

Stocks

Saudi, Qatar markets rise on upbeat corporate earnings; Egypt falls

Saudi Arabia and Qatar’s stock markets ended higher on Sunday boosted by solid earnings reports from banks and other...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 06:35pm

Money & Banking

US Fed likely to pause again with rates at 22-year high

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve will likely announce it is holding interest rates at a 22-year high on Wednesday, as...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 06:31pm

Cricket

Spin to win for Afghanistan at World Cup

PUNE: When cricket lovers refer to a ‘fearsome foursome’ they are usually talking about one of the West Indies’...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 06:10pm

South Asia

Bangladesh opposition chief held after anti-PM protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s main opposition leader was detained for questioning on Sunday morning, as clashes continued for...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 05:58pm

Recovery plan ready for sustainable growth: Shamshad

KARACHI: Caretaker Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said that an “economic recovery plan” has been prepared,...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 05:44pm

Sports

Afghanistan’s World Cup wins years in making, through ‘good times and bad’

PUNE: Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has insisted his side’s World Cup wins have been the product of...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 03:52pm

Asia

Death toll rises to 42 in ArcelorMittal Kazakh mine fire

ALMATY: The death toll from a fire at a mine owned by ArcelorMittal in Kazakhstan rose to 42 people on Sunday as a...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 03:38pm

South Asia

UN chief warns Gaza growing more desperate ‘by the hour’

KATHMANDU: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday warned the situation in Hamas-ruled Gaza is declining...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 03:29pm

Life & Style

'Friends' star Matthew Perry, who struggled with substance abuse, dead at 54

LOS ANGELES: Actor Matthew Perry, who gained fame in the 1990s as the wise-cracking Chandler Bing in the top-rated...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 03:13pm

Imported fertilizer for Rabi season: Subsidy to be borne by provinces

Ministry of Industries and Production directed to coordinate a meeting with finance, petroleum, and national food security and research and submit viable recommendations to the ECC for meeting

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 03:13pm

Sports

Sri Lanka’s Kumara out of World Cup with thigh injury, Chameera in

Sri Lanka were dealt another injury blow at the World Cup with seamer Lahiru Kumara ruled out of the rest of the...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 01:33pm

Sports

Travis Head waited years to open for Australia, wants to the make most of it

Travis Head has had to wait for years for an opportunity to open for Australia, and now that the chance has arrived...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:51pm

Asia

G7 calls for immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food, pressing China

TOKYO: The Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers called on Sunday for the “immediate repeal” of import curbs on...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:48pm

Sports

New Zealand’s Ravindra exceeds own expectations at World Cup

New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra said he is exceeding his own expectations at the World Cup after hitting a...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:40pm

Sports

Hamilton and Russell frustrated by car and race stewards

MEXICO CITY: Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team-mate George Russell both said they felt frustrated by the...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:18pm

Sports

Tyson Fury wins split decision against MMA fighter Ngannou

RIYADH: World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury beat mixed martial arts fighter Francis Ngannou in a split decision...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:15pm

Europe

Russia says downed 36 Ukrainian drones over Black Sea and Crimea

MOSCOW: Russian forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight,...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:08pm

Europe

Turkiye celebrates centenary under shadow of Gaza war

ISTANBUL: Turkiye marks its centenary as a post-Ottoman republic on Sunday with somewhat muted celebrations held...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 12:03pm

Sports

Messi eyes an eighth Ballon d’Or with Bonmati set to win women’s award

PARIS: Lionel Messi is the favourite to win the eighth Ballon d’Or of his remarkable career when this year’s...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 11:53am

Middle East

Gaza connectivity ‘being restored’: Internet monitor Netblocks

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Internet connectivity in the Gaza Strip is being restored, the global network monitor Netblocks...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 11:48am

Europe

Belarus’ Lukashenko says Ukraine-Russia war at stalemate, urges talks

Russia and Ukraine are locked in a stalemate on the frontlines of their war and the two sides need to sit down and...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:43am

Sports

Ricciardo says fourth on the grid was no fluke

MEXICO CITY: Daniel Ricciardo secured AlphaTauri’s best grid position of the Formula One season on Saturday and said...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:36am

Europe

Fire at refinery near major port Novorossiisk put out

A fire that broke out in early hours of Sunday at the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region was promptly...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:22am

USA

Former US VP Pence drops out of Republican presidential campaign

LAS VEGAS: Former US Vice President Mike Pence ended his cash-strapped presidential campaign on Saturday, after...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:17am

World

Mexican president blasts critics after deadly hurricane

ACAPULCO: The death toll from a devastating hurricane this week in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco has risen to...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:13am

Business & Finance

Vietnam Oct exports up 5.9%, industrial output rises

HANOI: Vietnam’s exports and industrial output rose in October from a year earlier, showing signs of a gradual...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 10:04am

Pakistan

‘Pakistan National Pavilion’ naugurated at Sichuan Agriculture Expo

Pakistan’s Ambassador in China, Moin ul Haque inaugurated the Pakistan National Pavilion

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:03am

Pakistan

PM convenes cabinet meeting tomorrow

Cabinet to validate the ECC decision on the recent surge in the gas tariff and review the progress regarding the return of illegal settlers in Pakistan

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:02am

Pakistan

Gas theft cases: SC issues judgement on SNGPL appeal against LHC verdict

Court observes that in the present case, no inventory of the appliances was produced, if any, prepared by the raiding team

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:02am

Verdict on NAO amendments: SC bench to hear ICA

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court constituted a five-judge bench for hearing of intra-court appeal (ICA) against its...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:00am

559 major cases of CCP pending in courts: Stay orders may be driving up prices of commodities?

ISLAMABAD: There are 559 major cases of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) pending in various courts,...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Israel says war has ‘entered new phase’

GAZA STRIP: Israel said on Saturday its war with Hamas had “entered a new phase” as the army relentlessly ...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Hundreds of thousands rally in global cities

LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators rallied in cities in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia on Saturday to...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:59am

Delimitation: ECP will begin hearing objections from Nov 1

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday announced that it will begin hearing objections on...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:59am

AAC seeks govt’s help to resolve issues related to FKPCL

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Aljomaih Automotive Company’s investment has sought Pakistan government’s help to resolve...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:58am

Transfer of DC, IGP: Establishment Division still defying ECP’s orders

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division is constantly defying the orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:57am

No sell-off will be allowed in the name of IMF terms: PPP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would not allow the caretaker government to privatise the government...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:57am

Caretaker govt, COAS striving to attract investment: President

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that the incumbent caretaker federal government and Chief of the...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 09:57am

Opinion

The untamed frontier of foreign exchange

A stable and predictable forex market is a beacon for foreign investors. Their confidence fuels economic growth,...

Updated 29 Oct, 2023 04:00am

World

Israel foreign minister says envoys to Turkey recalled

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said on Saturday that Israel had recalled some of its diplomatic...