International

London: The UK economy has officially entered recession as a result of falling gross domestic product (GDP), spelling trouble for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a general election year as he had made “growing the economy” a key plank of his premiership. Latest UK Office...

New York: Donald Trump arrived at a New York court Thursday for a hearing that could decide whether the former president's first criminal trial begins in just 39 days. The hearing to determine whether Trump's March 25 hush-money trial date holds will be held in...

Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party Thursday nominated as its prime ministerial candidate the party secretary general Umar Ayub Khan, grandson of former military dictator Ayub Khan. Umar Ayub Khan, 54, joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) before the 2018 general elections after losing the...

Washington: A 76-year-old Indian-origin motel owner was shot dead by a customer in the US state of Alabama following an altercation over a room, the latest in a string of tragedies to shock the community in the country. Pravin Raojibhai Patel, who owned Hillcrest Motel...

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia would prefer to see President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced than Donald Trump. Speaking in an interview with a correspondent from Russian state television, Putin declared that he would work with...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron will sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday in Paris, the French presidency said in a statement. It did not release specific details about the agreement, to be signed at the Elysee presidential palace. This will...

Doha: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday held talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani with a focus on shoring up bilateral ties, days after Qatar freed eight former Indian Navy personnel who were sentenced to death after being arrested in August 2022. Modi...

New Delhi: The next round of negotiations between India and South American nation Peru for a free trade agreement is expected to start in April, an official statement said Thursday. The officials of the two countries concluded the sixth round of talks in Lima February...

New Delhi: Japan has slipped to the world's fourth-largest economy as it fell behind the size of Germany's in 2023, says Deepak Jasani, Head of Retail Research, HDFC Securities. Japan's nominal GDP totalled $4.2 trillion last year, or about 591 trillion yen. Germany's, announced last...

Islamabad: As PML-N, PPP, MQMP, PML-Q, IPP and BAP have announced to form a coalition government at the Centre, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is likely to become the President of the country for the second time, local media reported. On Tuesday, the abovementioned parties...