Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
As Pakistan and Afghanistan declare truce, civilians in Kabul count the cost of war
At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.
Michael Bambang Hartono, tobacco tycoon and Indonesia’s richest man, dies at 86
Indonesia's richest man, Michael Bambang Hartono, who helped turn the Djarum cigarette company into one of the country’s largest business empires, died Thursday. He was 86.Hartono died at a hospital ...
‘Pakistan’s nukes are for India’: Tulsi Gabbard-Jalil Jilani spat fuels questions over Islamabad’s arsenal
While Jilani has attempted to downplay the scope of Pakistan’s arsenal, the episode has once again exposed the opacity and persistent concerns surrounding Islamabad’s nuclear programme.
Gas Prices in Japan Hit Record High, Testing Leader’s Cost-of-Living Pledge
Japan is deploying subsidies to blunt fuel price increases but remains vulnerable to the long-term economic risks of the war in the Middle East.
Bangladesh’s energy shock: How a distant war exposed deep structural risks
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz did not create Bangladesh’s energy vulnerability – it exposed it. As fuel shortages, remittance risks and policy gaps converge, the crisis reveals how years of inac ...
ADB Unveils 2026–2030 Strategy for Pakistan, Prioritizing Private Sector-Led Growth and Climate Resilience
The strategy comes at a critical juncture as Pakistan stabilizes its macroeconomic environment following multiple external shocks and seeks to transition toward a more resilient and investment-driven ...
EU-Pakistan business network to be launched in May; set to unlock investment
Pakistan, April 24 -- The first high-level EU-Pakistan Business Forum (EU-PKBF), designed to strengthen economic and business ties and unlock investment and trade will be held in May, the EU press ...
Why India’s new trade architecture is elevating the BPO sector
This article is authored by Adarsh Kumar, COO & co‑founder, iEnergizer.
Despite lingering irritants, some Canadians in Beijing say now is the time to do business in China
Several months after Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China, Canadian businesses are trying to seize an opportunity to break into the massive and competitive Chinese ...