Bitcoin spiked above $50,000 Tuesday for the first time in more than two years as investors grow optimistic that US approval of broader trading in the unit will ramp up demand

The Central Executive Committee of the PPP which met in Islamabad to deliberate on the post-poll scenario and proposals regarding the coalition government has decided to reach out to all political parties, including the PTI-backed independents, for a possible power-sharing deal

Political parties in Pakistan yesterday wrangled over terms and conditions of possible coalitions to form the next government after last week’s election resulted in no clear winner.

Israel freed two Israeli-Argentinian hostages in Rafah yesterday under the cover of heavy airstrikes which local health officials said killed at least 67 Palestinians and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city that is the last refuge of about a million displaced civilians.

Some of former President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans on Sunday lashed out at him for saying he would not want to protect Nato members from a future attack by Russia if those countries’ contributions to the defense alliance were lagging.

Seventeen Tunisian migrants are missing a week after embarking from a Mediterranean port city in the country’s north, Tunisia’s coast guard said yesterday, after relatives had urged the authorities to find them.

More than a fifth of the world’s migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a result of climate change and human encroachment, according to the United Nation’s first-ever report on migrating animals published yesterday.

A large fire broke out at Sweden’s largest amusement park in Gothenburg yesterday, engulfing a newly built water park in flames, authorities said, with a dozen people sustaining minor injuries.

An Iranian court has sentenced a man to death over the killing of renowned filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui and his wife months ago at their home near Tehran, the judiciary said yesterday.

A vessel reported coming under a missile attack off Yemen’s southern coast yesterday while transiting the strategic Bab al-Mandeb strait, security agencies said.

The World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus yesterday reiterated calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and expressed particular concern at Israeli attacks on Rafah where most of enclave’s inhabitants fled.

More than a fifth of the world's migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a result of climate change and human encroachment, according to the United Nation's first-ever report on migrating animals published today

Pakistan has weeks of political uncertainty ahead following its indecisive election, analysts said Monday, with dozens of constituency results facing challenges in court and rival parties negotiating possible coalitions

Barrister Gohar says firm no to power-sharing talks with PML-N or PPP, claims they would prefer to sit in opposition

US President Joe Biden belatedly joined TikTok on Sunday, marking his debut on the social media platform with a 26-second video

The Israeli military announced early Monday that two hostages taken by Hamas during its October 7 attacks were rescued in an overnight operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

Predawn Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed "around 100" people on Monday, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said in a statement

PML-N, PPP ‘agree’ on political cooperation; PTI stages nationwide protest, moves court over alleged irregularities

Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who got the most seats in recently concluded polls in the country, yesterday held “successful” talks with the Pakistan Peoples Party of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who came third, in an early sign that the country is heading towards a unity government.

Any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah on the Gaza border will “blow up” the hostage exchange negotiations,” Hamas-run Aqsa Television channel quoted a senior Hamas leader as saying yesterday.