New Pakistan PM's foreign policy must focus on trade, not insurgents
Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Lahore University of Management Sciences.
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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted oil tanker Pollux
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday that they had fired missiles at oil tanker Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile.
Enthusiasts revive interest in India's grand old mansions
CHENNAI -- Gargantuan houses of mud, brick and wood, with ornate doors, carved pillars and sloping roofs, built like giant jigsaw puzzles which can be dismantled and reassembled at another place -- this is the vernacular domestic architecture of Kerala state, in southern India.
Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats to meet in Munich on Friday
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Munich on Friday, the State Department said.
U.S. President Joe Biden again tells Netanyahu that Rafah civilians must be protected
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday again told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he should not proceed with military action in Rafah without a credible and executable plan to protect Palestinian civilians, the White House said.
BRICS nations to see highest surge in millionaire count over the next decade — exceed the rise in G7 countries
Millionaire population in the BRICS countries will see a substantial surge over the next decade contributing to the largest increase in wealth across any group of nations, according to a recent report by Henley & Partners.
Red Sea crisis: Singapore oil sales increase as vessels avoid risky waterway
Volumes were 12 per cent higher in January compared with a year ago, according to port authority data. That’s the second month of sharp gains as the confrontation in the region sends vessels scrambling to top up fuel at the Asian hub.
