News Archives for World - 2023-12-26

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World

Gaza war will go on for months, Israel’s military chief says

JERUSALEM: Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza will likely go on for many months, the country’s military chief said on...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 11:15pm

Europe

Sweden edges closer to NATO after vote in Turkish parliamentary commission

ANKARA: The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved Sweden’s NATO membership bid on Tuesday, in a...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 11:06pm

World

Nine Israeli soldiers wounded in Hezbollah strike: army

JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said Tuesday an anti-tank missile fired by Lebanese Hezbollah group wounded nine...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 10:10pm

World

Four killed in Israeli strike on Iran general in Syria: new toll

BEIRUT: Three more fighters were killed in the Israeli strike that left a senior general with Iran's Revolutionary...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 10:02pm

South Asia

Blast near Israeli embassy in New Delhi, all staff unharmed

NEW DELHI: A blast occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday evening and all staff were unharmed...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 07:45pm

South Asia

Iran’s Raisi to visit Turkiye on Jan. 4 for talks focused on Gaza: Turkish official

ANKARA: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Ankara on Jan. 4 to meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 06:58pm

Middle East

Israel launches more strikes on Gaza as Netanyahu says Hamas must be destroyed

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli shellfire slammed into central Gaza on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 10:31pm

Middle East

Israeli minister hints at retaliatory actions taken in Iraq, Yemen, Iran

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant hinted on Tuesday that the country had retaliated in Iraq, Yemen...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:53pm

Middle East

Vessel near Yemen said to report drones, explosions in Red Sea

DUBAI: Two explosions in the Red Sea were reported by a vessel sailing off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday shortly...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 04:28pm

Europe

Putin informed of damage to warship from Ukraine attack

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday told President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine had attacked...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 03:40pm

Middle East

Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in West Bank raid: ministry

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Tuesday in a raid on a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 03:37pm

Europe

Navalny says he’s ‘fine’ after transfer to Arctic penal colony

MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said he was “fine” after a “pretty exhausting” 20-day...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 02:41pm

Stocks

Major Gulf bourses mixed in early trade

Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Tuesday on optimism that the US Federal Reserve would...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 01:31pm

South Asia

Indian navy bolsters Arabian Sea forces after attacks

MUMBAI: India’s navy said it is deploying three warships and reconnaissance aircraft in the Arabian Sea to “maintain...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 12:56pm

South Asia

Dense fog disrupts flights and trains in New Delhi

NEW DELHI: Flight and rail services in India’s capital city of New Delhi were disrupted on Tuesday morning as a...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 12:24pm

Europe

Five bodies found in apartment near Paris: prosecutors

BOBIGNY: Five dead bodies were found on Christmas Day in an apartment in the town of Meaux to the east of Paris, the...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 11:57am

South Asia

Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India

MUMBAI: A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its roughly 300 mostly Indian passengers...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 11:50am

Middle East

Israel PM says Hamas must be destroyed for peace

CAIRO/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 10:55am

Asia

China expects searing heat, more weather extremes in 2024

BEIJING: China - grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record - will likely have to brace for another round...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 10:30am

Europe

Ukrainian attack kills 1, injures 2 in Russian-held Crimea: governor

MOSCOW: A Ukrainian attack on the Crimean port town of Feodosia on Tuesday killed one person and injured two others,...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 12:42pm

Asia

Indonesia nickel plant explosion death toll rises to 18

JAKARTA: The death toll after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant in eastern Indonesia over the...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 10:05am

World

Sudanese in ‘total panic’ as paramilitaries move south

AL-JAZIRA STATE (Sudan): On a countryside road in battle-ravaged Sudan, the hum of a passing vehicle turns...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Russian-backed union signs free trade pact with Iran

MOSCOW: Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Ukraine seeks to terminate free trade deal with Belarus

KYIV: Ukraine’s government has proposed to parliament terminating a free trade agreement with Belarus, which...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Europe

Protesters set up roadblocks over alleged electoral fraud

BELGRADE: Demonstrators set up roadblocks in the Serbian capital Belgrade Monday, to protest what they say was...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Middle East

Two Kuwaiti nationals kidnapped in Iraqi desert

ANBAR, (Iraq): Two Kuwaitis were kidnapped while on a hunting trip in a desert area in Iraq on Sunday, two security...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 05:01am

Middle East

Morocco, in first, hands out welfare benefits

RABAT: Nearly a million low-income Moroccan families are due to receive government aid, authorities announced on...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Yandex’s restructuring deal expected to be delayed to next year

MOSCOW: The completion of Nasdaq-listed Russian tech company Yandex’s restructuring is expected to be postponed...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 05:16am

Europe

King Charles evokes environmentalism, peace in Christmas message

LONDON: King Charles III has evoked environmentalism and the need for peace around the world in the second Christmas...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Netanyahu says military pressure needed to free hostages

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would not succeed in freeing the remaining...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 05:03am

South Asia

Afghans marry in mass ceremony in bid to cut costs

KABUL: Fifty couples married Monday in a joint ceremony in the Afghan capital — a growing practice to reduce the...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Desperation rising amid acute hunger at Gaza hospitals: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said it led missions to barely functioning hospitals in northern Gaza at the...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Gulf states welcome UN-led peace push for war-torn Yemen

DUBAI: Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, on Monday welcomed new commitments by Yemen’s warring parties to...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Iran says Swedish court ruling against ex-official ‘unjust’

DUBAI: Iran said on Monday it would continue efforts to gain the release of a former Iranian official sentenced in...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Turkey retaliates after troops killed in Iraq

ANKARA: Turkey said on Monday its air force “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in strikes in Syria and northern...

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 05:04am

World

Plane with Indian passengers leaves France after police release

VATRY, (France): A plane with close to 300 Indian passengers detained near Paris over suspicions of human ...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

World

Israeli airstrikes kill 100

CAIRO/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: At a funeral in Gaza on Monday a line of Palestinians touched white shrouds ...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

South Asia

Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir: Indian army orders inquiry into civilian deaths in custody

OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: The Indian army has launched an investigation into the deaths of three civilians allegedly in...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Africa

Attacks kill at least 113 people in central Nigeria

BOKKOS: More than a hundred people have been killed in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 12:41am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 10	276.85 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 10	276.65 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 10	158.72 ▲ 0.65
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 10	0.83 ▲ 0.0054
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 10	1.33 ▼ -0.0088
Euro to USD / Nov 10	1.12 ▼ -0.0051
SOFR % / Nov 9	3.88 ▼ -0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 10	7,520.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 10	60,459.58
Nasdaq / Nov 10	25,065.88
Hang Seng / Nov 10	24,557.04
FTSE 100 / Nov 10	10,751.59
Dow Jones / Nov 10	52,231.89
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 10	26,347.45
France CAC40 / Nov 10	8,278.59
India Sensex / Nov 9	81,106.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 11	338
Diesel/Litre / Nov 11	371
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 10	86.32
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 10	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 10	369,372
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 10	4,036.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 10	82.51

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Altern Energy / Nov 11 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	7.20 ▲ 0.78 (12.15%)
Security Investment Bank / Nov 11 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.53 ▲ 1 (11.72%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 11 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	9.96 ▲ 1 (11.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Nov 11 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	23.61 ▲ 2.15 (10.02%)
Gammon Pak / Nov 11 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	22.40 ▲ 2.04 (10.02%)
Bawany Air Products / Nov 11 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	18.80 ▲ 1.71 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 11 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 11 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	23.07 ▲ 2.1 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Nov 11 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	24.20 ▲ 2.2 (10%)
ARM Green Industries / Nov 11 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	90.22 ▲ 8.2 (10%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 11 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	0.49 ▼ -0.13 (-20.97%)
Popular Islamic / Nov 11 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	170.98 ▼ -17.82 (-9.44%)
Mughal Energy / Nov 11 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	32.15 ▼ -3.1 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 11 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	227.01 ▼ -16.59 (-6.81%)
Data Agro / Nov 11 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	149.90 ▼ -10.47 (-6.53%)
Frontier Ceramics / Nov 11 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	88.10 ▼ -5.97 (-6.35%)
TPL Properties / Nov 11 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	13.16 ▼ -0.77 (-5.53%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Nov 11 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.68 ▼ -0.41 (-5.07%)
Dewan Textile / Nov 11 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	9.51 ▼ -0.49 (-4.9%)
JS Investments / Nov 11 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	32.40 ▼ -1.62 (-4.76%)

Stock	Volume
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 11 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	105,764,449 ▲ 0.52
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 11 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	38,236,650 ▲ 1
TPL Properties / Nov 11 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	31,232,706 ▼ -0.77
Cnergyico PK / Nov 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,741,804 ▲ 0.29
Media Times Ltd / Nov 11 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	20,858,599 ▲ 0.41
B.O.Punjab / Nov 11 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,394,541 ▼ -0.09
Cres.Star Ins. / Nov 11 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	15,162,533 ▲ 0.49
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 11 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	12,795,078 ▲ 0.01
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	11,962,262 ▲ 2.64
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 11 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	8,910,411 ▲ 0.12

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