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Finmin seeks better financing terms and expanded multilateral support for PakistanPublished on: October 15, 2026 2:18 AM

Pakistan, Oct. 15 -- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday urged international financial institutions to align financing terms with Pakistan's improved sovereign ratings and expanding acces... Read More


Finmin discusses targeted fuel subsidy with IMF officialPublished on: October 15, 2026 2:00 AM

Pakistan, Oct. 15 -- Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke in Bangkok on Wednesday, with their discussion covering targeted fu... Read More


Russia Offers to Take Iran's Uranium, but Only After a US-Iran Deal

MOSCOW, Oct. 15 -- Russia says its offer to take Iran's enriched uranium "remains on the table," but only if the warring sides first reach a deal, and no such deal has been announced. Deputy Foreign ... Read More


Moscow Lists Troops and Jets for Indra 2026; Delhi Names Only a Warship

VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 15 -- Russian and Indian warships are due to rehearse a simulated hijacking and an attack by drone boats in the Sea of Japan on October 16 and 17, in an exercise whose size depends o... Read More


Iranian woman faces death sentence over blasphemy

Dhaka, Oct. 15 -- Human rights groups have warned of rising death sentences and executions in Iran after reports emerged of a 23-year-old woman being sentenced to death for blasphemy in a social media... Read More


French Olympic committee names flag bearers for 2026 Dakar Youth Games

France, Oct. 15 -- Elsa Lepinay, 16, and 17-year-old Raphael de Boussac were selected from a list of candidates proposed by federations affiliated with the French National Olympic and Sports Committee... Read More


IMF chief says it will 'take time' to restore confidence in France's finances

France, Oct. 15 -- "France is currently aiming to get a budget that would put deficit and debt on a downward trajectory," IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said, speaking at the IMF and World... Read More


Saudi Arabia Overturns Death Sentence for Sri Lankan Over Facebook Comment

COLOMBO, Oct. 15 -- Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence given to a Sri Lankan man over a Facebook comment about the Prophet Muhammad, Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister sai... Read More


Lufthansa Wins 44.9% of TAP Air Portugal as Lisbon Keeps the Majority

LISBON, Oct. 15 -- Portugal will keep 50.1 percent of TAP Air Portugal and hand the running of the airline to Lufthansa, the government announced on Wednesday, choosing the German group over Air Franc... Read More


Atiku faults Tinubu's expanded campaign council, use of Presidential Villa

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the expanded All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, accusing him of assemblin... Read More