International

Dubai: The UAE's Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) has dismissed claims in media reports suggesting that lifetime Golden Visas for some nationalities could be obtained for all categories from outside the UAE via consulting or commercial entities under simplified conditions,...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Turkiye Wednesday agreed to boost their cooperation in a range of sectors, including defence, trade, energy and infrastructure, aiming to enhance bilateral trade volume to USD 5 billion. This was agreed during talks between Turkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Defence Minister...

Kyiv: Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 cruise and ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, in the latest escalation after weeks of mounting Russian aerial and ground attacks in the more than three-year...

Dubai: The UAE's Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Port Security (ICP) has denied the media reports relating to the country granting lifetime Golden Visas to certain nationalities. Some media reports had claimed that a nomination process has been put in place by the...

Brussels: June 2025 was the world's third-warmest June on record, trailing only 2023 and 2024, said the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Wednesday. The global average surface air temperature in June was 16.46 degrees Celsius, 0.47 degrees above the 1991-2020 average for the month...

New York: US President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to charge BRICS members an additional 10 per cent tariff and alleged that the group was “set up to degenerate our dollar”. Speaking to reporters as he presided over a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump...

Taipei: China imposed export controls Wednesday on eight companies tied to Taiwan's military as the self-ruled island started annual military exercises. China's Commerce Ministry added eight Taiwan-based firms including aerospace and shipbuilding companies, to an export control list, citing national and regional security concerns. The...

New York/Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that under President Donald Trump's leadership, America “prevented and ended” a war between India and Pakistan. “Just going through a list here Mr President…and all these achievements that have happened domestically.…Under your leadership, we've prevented and...

New York/Washington: President Donald Trump Tuesday claimed that BRICS was established to “hurt" the US and "degenerate" the dollar as he warned that the member countries of the bloc would face a 10 per cent tariff. Trump made the remarks while talking to reporters at...

Brasilia: Brazil conferred its highest honour, the Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his ongoing State Visit to the country Tuesday. The award was the 26th global honour for PM Modi and the third on...