International

AFP/APP Caracas: Venezuela on Thursday approved reforms opening its nationalized oil industry to private investment, as the country seeks to ease pressure from the United States following the ouster of former leader Nicolas Maduro.…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order threatening to impose additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, escalating pressure on the communist island nation. The order states that…

TASS/APP Moscow: Gold futures surged to a new all-time high on Tuesday, with prices on the Comex exchange climbing above $5,300 per troy ounce amid broad gains across precious metals. Gold futures for February 2026 settlement rose as…

News Desk  New York: The United States has begun releasing Venezuelan assets frozen under sanctions, a move that signals a highly conditional thaw in relations as Washington seeks leverage over Caracas’s oil sector and political…

News Desk  Islamabad: Iran has issued an air navigation warning restricting flights near the Strait of Hormuz, heightening concerns over aviation safety and commercial disruption in one of the world’s most critical maritime corridors as…

AFP/APP Washington: A deep freeze is gripping large swaths of the United States after a monster winter storm killed dozens of people from the Northeast to the Deep South, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands, and sent air travel…

AFP/APP New York: Perilously cold temperatures threatened millions of Americans on Monday in the wake of a sprawling winter storm that left at least 23 people dead, knocked out power and paralyzed transportation. A frigid,…

AFP/APP Manila: The Philippines said it had grounded the passenger fleet of a local shipping line on Tuesday pending an investigation, as rescuers scoured the ocean for survivors of a ferry sinking that killed at least 18 people. The…

AFP/APP Washington: The price of safe-haven asset gold surpassed $5,000 on Sunday, hitting a record amid rising global uncertainty and turmoil set off by US President Donald Trump's policies. Gold reached $5,026 an ounce in trading…

AFP/APP Washington: A life-threatening winter storm brought hazardous conditions to a wide swath of the United States on Sunday, stretching from Texas to New England, prompting warnings to stay off roads, mass flight cancellations and…