EU to invite Taliban officials to Brussels to hold migration talks
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is planning a first meeting with Taliban officials in Brussels on ways to deport some Afghan migrants, despite warnings from human rights groups that such engagement…
Tesla to invest $250 million in battery plant outside Berlin
BERLIN: U.S. electric car maker Tesla will invest almost $250 million in ramping up battery cell production capacity at its factory outside Berlin, in a move set to boost jobs…
Pakistan car sales jump 52% in July-April FY26
Pakistan’s car sales rose sharply by 52% in the first ten months of the current fiscal year, reaching 127,042 units compared with 83,401 units sold during the same period last…
India 10-year bond yield hits 5-week high on rising oil and war jitters
MUMBAI: India’s 10-year government bond yield rose to a five-week high on Tuesday, as fading hopes of a U.S.-Iran peace deal and rising crude oil prices overshadowed a softer-than-expected April…
Cambridge AS-level Mathematics paper allegedly leaked, students claim
KARACHI: Amid recent reports of Cambridge exam paper leaks, students who appeared for an AS-level Mathematics paper on Tuesday made fresh claims that the paper they received was identical to…
IHC issues notices to CDA in appeals by flat owners, BoP over One Constitution Avenue lease
ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on intra-court appeals filed by apartment owners of One Constitution…
Putin says Russia will deploy new Sarmat nuclear missile this year
MOSCOW: Russia will deploy its new Sarmat strategic nuclear missile at the end of this year, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, describing it as “the most powerful in the…
US stocks drop after report shows April inflation surge
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks dipped early Tuesday as US consumer inflation hit a three-year high following a surge in gasoline prices due to the Iran war. The consumer price…
US war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON: The United States’ war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday, an increase of $4 billion from an estimate provided late…
Karachi police arrest ‘highly wanted’ female drug lord
KARACHI: Police on Tuesday arrested a “highly wanted” woman accused of supplying cocaine and other narcotics across the city, an official statement said. According to the statement, a joint operation…