Some 3,500 migrant children have died or gone missing in the past decade trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy, Unicef estimated yesterday, comparable to one child per day.

Mediators Egypt and Qatar have presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said.

President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to strip Harvard of its tax-exempt status after the elite US university refused to accept far-reaching policy changes ordered by the White House.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has restricted yarn imports through land ports to protect the local textile and spinning sector from Indian imports of the raw material — a move hailed by textile ...

The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (EuroCham) have expressed concern over a recent decision by the Bangladesh ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday he was satisfied with talks with arch-foe the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless.

South Korea embarked on an economic transformation that would turn it into a global manufacturing powerhouse driven by export-led industrialisation, strategic investments, and an increasingly skilled ...

Why do some nations prosper while others remain mired in poverty or stagnation? Why do countries that once showed promise -- like Argentina or South Africa -- struggle to sustain momentum? And what ...

Kyiv forces hit Russia’s Kursk region that borders Ukraine with dozens of drones, killing an elderly woman, injuring nine people and sparking fries in several buildings in the region’s administrative ...

The EU's retaliatory tariffs on US goods worth 21 billion euros will be on hold until July 14, Brussels said on Monday, to give time for negotiations with Washington. The European Union was hit with a ...

Indonesia is considering boosting its US imports as it tries to narrow its trade surplus with the country as part of upcoming negotiations with Washington, chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto ...

In a bid to rationalise tax benefits and meet revenue targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is considering reducing tax exemptions for ...