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With Pakistan's FY27 budget approaching, foreign investors and business chambers are demanding a structural overhaul of the tax system — not another round of short-term levies. The OICCI, backed by…
A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with up to 1,500 kg of explosives at a police installation in Pakistan's Bannu…
South Korean Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back is heading to Washington insisting the OPCON transfer is on track — but US Forces…
Korean-language education has gone global in a measurable way: overseas schools teaching Korean surged 54% in four years to 2,777…
Egyptian President Sisi and French President Macron held bilateral talks in Egypt on 10 May, focusing on Iran-US tensions, Gaza's…
For the first time in history, North Korean soldiers marched through Moscow's Red Square at Russia's Victory Day parade — a…
For the first time in months, guns fell silent on the Ukraine-Russia front — a three-day ceasefire from May 9 to 11, timed to…
Trump has put Italy on notice — telling local media he is 'still considering' pulling US troops from the country's bases, citing…
A hantavirus outbreak aboard cruise ship MV Hondius has turned into a multi-country public health emergency, with the WHO…
