Gold set for brightest year since 2010
Gold prices were set to end a record-breaking year on a positive note on Tuesday as robust central bank buying, geopolitical uncertainties and monetary policy easing fuelled the safe-haven metal’s…
Yemen rebels claim two missile attacks on Israel
SANAA, Yemen: Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Tuesday that they had fired two missiles at Israel, hours after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a projectile launched from the country.…
THESE foreign players sign up for PSL 10 player draft
LAHORE: A total of 22 overseas players have registered for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 10 draft so far as New Zealand’s veterans Martin Guptil and Tim Souhtee are…
Syria’s new leader meets with Ukraine’s top diplomat
DAMASCUS: New Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks on Monday with Ukraine’s foreign minister, the official news agency SANA reported, weeks after Russian-allied president Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power.…
Russia opposes Western peacekeepers in Ukraine
MOSCOW: Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said. Talk…
Chinese youth flock to civil service, but slow economy puts ‘iron rice bowl’ jobs at risk
BEIJING: A record 3.4 million young Chinese flocked to the civil service exam this year, lured by the prospect of lifetime job security and perks including subsidised housing as an…
Trump sides with Elon Musk in H-1B visa debate, says he’s always been in favor of the program
WEST PALM BEACH: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday sided with key supporter and billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk in a public dispute over the use of the H-1B visa, saying…
Azerbaijan’s president says crashed plane was shot at from Russia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting from the ground in Russia, and he said some…
Jasprit Bumrah becomes fastest Indian pacer to take 200 Test wickets
Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday became the second fastest Indian along with Ravindra Jadeja to complete 200 Test wickets and the first bowler ever to reach that milestone with a sub-20…
Putin apologises to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev over ‘tragic’ plane crash in Russian airspace
MOSCOW: Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s president for a “tragic incident” which happened in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed after air defences…