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The body of an Indian sailor who went missing after an attack on a commercial vessel off the coast of Oman has been recovered. A seafarers' union official confirmed the discovery on Wednesday, days after the ship came under fire near a key Gulf shipping route.What happened to the...

Pakistan LNG Ltd. (PLL) has invited bids for the purchase of a 140,000-cubic-meter spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo for delivery on July 21-22, according to a tender published on the state-owned company's website.The tender marks Pakistan's sixth spot LNG procurement since ...

A resolution submitted to Pakistan's Punjab Assembly this week seeks a nationwide ban on social media accounts for children under 16 without parental consent. Punjab Assembly member Sarah Ahmad introduced the proposal, citing cyberbullying, online sexual abuse and digital addicti...

Spain beat France 2-0 in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final at Dallas Stadium, ending Les Bleus' bid for a third straight final. Goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro sealed a comfortable win for the European champions. France had entered the tournament as favourites after a run...

Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has proposed a simplified, voluntary tax regime for small shopkeepers with annual turnover of up to PKR 200 million, aiming to broaden the tax base by reducing compliance requirements and limiting tax audits.The FBR published the draft Sp...

An 11-year-old girl was abducted, raped and killed in Baruipur, West Bengal, after leaving home on July 4 to attend a friend's birthday party. Her death has renewed focus on sexual violence in India, a country where more than 80 rapes are reported to police every day, according t...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States had reimposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports and threatened to strike power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran returns to negotiations. The announcement marked the latest escalation in renewed hostilities betwe...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai Islamic Bank reported a net profit after tax of AED3.736 billion for the first half of 2026, broadly unchanged from AED3.73 billion a year earlier. Gross revenue rose 10% year-on-year to AED12.439 billion, supported by growth across funded and ...

A Rs 8.5 billion financial scandal has cast a shadow over Karachi's BRT Yellow Line, a $620 million World Bank-backed project designed to transform the city's public transport system.In this investigative report, Nukta Special Correspondent Akhtiar Khokhar examines allegations of...

The UK climate has shifted markedly from twentieth-century norms, with rising temperatures and more frequent extreme weather events, Britain's Met Office said in a report published Wednesday. The agency said the hottest and coldest conditions the country now typically experiences...