The World Bank has identified low participation of women in Pakistan, the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan as a major obstacle to development. In a recent report on the potential benefits of ...

Poverty in Gaza can carry over to several generations due to child malnutrition and a mental health crisis that have developed since the outbreak of war in 2023, the World Bank's chief economist for ...

After two terrible years — beginning on the horrific morning of October 7, 2023 — there is now a chance the Gaza war could end. This chance exists not because the 20-point proposal released by the ...

The World Bank has lifted its growth outlook for the region encompassing the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan for 2025, though it has trimmed its forecast for next year, citing ...

The World Bank has lifted its growth outlook for the region encompassing the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan for 2025, though trimmed its forecast for next year, citing conflict ...

Envoys from Israel and Hamas will hope to narrow those gaps when they start indirect talks in Egypt on October 6th. Their goal is to agree on at least the first phase of the plan, which calls for a ...

The so-called shadow war that had taken place between the two states across the previous decade erupted. The outbreak of open conflict between the two states on June 13 2025 – since dubbed the 12-day ...

The skyline of fighter jets is changing quick with the addition of modern fifth-generation aircraft to air forces around the world. Do you think you can pick out some of the most advanced aircraft on ...

The White House meeting between US President Donald Trump, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and army chief Asim Munir has been hailed in Islamabad as a long-awaited rehabilitation. For ...

Iran has built parallel military infrastructure across Syria and Iraq over decades, creating a shadow empire that security analysts fear will grow stronger as the U.S. withdraws.

From the 1970 Black September in Jordan when Pakistani troops under Zia-Ul-Haq's command butchered 25,000 Palestinians, to the brand-new defence pact with Riyadh, Pakistan's generals have long fought ...

The ‘family photo’ from the White House after an almost-90-minute meeting last Thursday between the US President Donald Trump, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz ...