Saudi Arabia could start making investments in Iran “very quickly” after they agreed to restore diplomatic ties, the Saudi finance minister said on Wednesday, despite sweeping US sanctions against Tehran. Mohammed Al Jadaan said there were “a lot of opportunities” in Iran and that he could not see any reason to prevent investments from taking مزید پڑھیں

Intensified spying by American drones near Ukraine could lead to an escalation and Russia will respond proportionally to future intelligence-gathering operations, Moscow’s defence chief has told his US counterpart. According to international media reports, the comments came in a phone conversation on Wednesday between Sergei Shoigu and Pentagon boss Lloyd Austin after the United States مزید پڑھیں

Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan are staging a new round of strikes and protests as a joint committee of senators and lower-house politicians examines the contested bill. According to international media reports, unions are hoping that demonstrations across the country will further show workers’ massive opposition to the plan, promoted by Macron مزید پڑھیں

US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome wished for a deal between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assuring Washington’s willingness to support the country in its efforts to resume a stalled $6.5 billion bailout programme. Ambassador Blome also indicated that the IMF bailout package for Islamabad will take its final shape in a couple مزید پڑھیں

China warned on Tuesday that Australia, Britain and the United States were treading a “path of error and danger” after they unveiled a nuclear-powered submarines deal. Australia announced on Monday it would buy up to five US nuclear-powered submarines, then build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to bulk مزید پڑھیں

China will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted by allowing all categories of visas to be issued from Wednesday. The removal of this last cross-border control measure imposed to guard against COVID-19 comes after authorities last month declared victory over the virus. Tourist مزید پڑھیں

Ukraine’s future depends on the outcome of the battle raging around Bakhmut and other key cities and towns in the east of the country, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Zelenskyy said in a video address late on Monday that Ukraine’s future relied on destroying Russian forces attacking Bakhmut and other war-torn areas in the مزید پڑھیں

Malaysian actor Michelle Yeoh is, for want of a better phrase, “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The 60-year-old, female, Asian actor has been making headlines for playing Evelyn Wang in the same-titled hit film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (known as “the Daniels”), for which she became the first Asian winner of a SAG مزید پڑھیں

In a show of force hours before the United States and South Korea were to stage major joint military exercises, North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles from a submarine, state media has reported. A submarine fired the weapons from waters off the eastern coastal city of Sinpo on Sunday morning, North Korean state media said مزید پڑھیں

Thousands of demonstrators have staged fresh protests in Greece as anger grows over the country’s deadliest rail crash, ratcheting up pressure on the government over the tragedy. According to international media reports, protesters flooded Syntagma Square in front of parliament in Athens on Sunday, waving banners that read “We won’t forget, we won’t forgive” and مزید پڑھیں