With bullish underlying factors, gold prices in Pakistan climbed on Wednesday, tracking a sharp rise in the international market, where the precious metal gained more than 1% as investors turned to safe-haven assets ahead of crucial US economic data releases. According to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA), the price of gold per […]
The Amazon has long been referred to as the “lungs of the earth”. Today, at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP), those metaphorical lungs appear to be facing the same fate that human lungs faced throughout the last century – poisoned, weakened and pushed toward collapse. A special ministerial event organised by the United […]
The head of the UN nuclear agency on Wednesday renewed his call for Iran to allow inspections at key nuclear sites attacked by Israel and the United States in June. Tensions between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have repeatedly flared in recent years and were further inflamed after a 12-day war in […]
Gaza’s civil defence agency said 22 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, as Israel’s military said it was hitting Hamas targets across the Gaza Strip. Twelve people were killed in Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian territory and 10 in the southern Khan Yunis area, the civil defence agency, which operates […]
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start “working” on the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help end the conflict. Since its outbreak in April 2023, the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people […]