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21 stories for“Pakistan”
DIFC's first international expansion of the Dubai FinTech Summit arrives in Pakistan on August 18 and 19, testing a new model for Gulf-South Asia financial innovation.
Aug 3, 2026
Foreign Minister Araghchi says indirect talks via Pakistan and Qatar continue, but the strait stays closed; late Wednesday state media reported unexplained blasts at Sirik, overlooking the strait.
Oct 22, 2026
Tehran says Washington accepted only some of its seven conditions, mediators in Qatar and Pakistan are still in play, and the drone strike off Sohar shows how little the talks have changed at sea.
Oct 13, 2026
Fifteen matches, eight teams, one ground. The Women's T20 Asia Cup runs at Dubai International Stadium from 28 August, and the single-venue format is a deliberate choice rather than a compromise.
Aug 16, 2026
On Fox, Trump framed his choice as a deal or a strike, as Iran's envoy in Pakistan floated reopening the strait for an end to the US port blockade and an IRGC outlet called that account fantasy.
Oct 25, 2026
The Stockholm-based prize honours the AI researcher, a Hazara human rights lawyer from Pakistan, the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association and the Rural Women's Assembly of Southern Africa.
Sep 30, 2026
A report from Systemiq and three mountain institutes says the range that feeds the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra will reach peak water by mid-century. Nearly 200 glacial lakes in India are high risk. Last month a glacier collapse killed at least 1,300.
Sep 15, 2026
The honest answer is low but not zero, and it is not evenly spread. Tremors felt in Dubai towers usually come from Iran. The region's own exposure sits in Oman, the eastern UAE and the Red Sea coast.
Aug 12, 2026
The Japanese group walks away with a narrower prize than the whole decorative division it once chased. AkzoNobel expects about $1 billion in net cash and says the sale ends its review of Asian decorative paints.
Oct 5, 2026
The currency hit a new low on Tuesday, just 27 days after the previous one, as a US naval blockade on Iranian oil and fresh sanctions compound the damage of seven months of war.
Sep 30, 2026
The first Omani state visit to Britain in 44 years opened at Windsor with a banquet, warm words on diplomacy, and talks with the prime minister due Wednesday as Oman balances Washington and Tehran.
Oct 21, 2026
Pezeshkian told Putin the region can solve its problems without the US, Putin backed Qatar's mediation, and Iran's army said a tanker was damaged crossing a zone Tehran had not authorised.
Oct 27, 2026
Debris from an intercepted drone killed two foreign workers at Aramco's Shaybah field on Wednesday, hours before a fatal strike on Dammam's airport and a State Department departure order.
Oct 22, 2026
The group named Ras Tanura, Abqaiq and two airports, while Saudi forces reported only interceptions, one minor injury and, on Friday, a drone destroyed over the Makkah region.
Oct 30, 2026
A missile hit the passenger terminal on Saturday, a second projectile struck it on Sunday, and by Monday Riyadh was under fresh fire while Washington weighed entering a war it has so far watched.
Oct 13, 2026
Days after Trump rejected Iran's seven day plan as unacceptable, its foreign minister discussed fresh ideas with Qatari go-betweens due to be relayed to the US, while an American official said any deal still hinges on Iran's nuclear programme.
Sep 29, 2026
The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose an 85-year-old judge who defended Nelson Mandela and sat on the Rwanda genocide tribunal, and called the choice a message to those attacking the legal order.
Oct 9, 2026
Islamabad, Lahore and Manila go on sale for a carrier still under 15 destinations. The choice says the airline is chasing volume that already exists rather than demand it has to invent.
Aug 7, 2026
With Hormuz reduced to a trickle, Saudi exports go out through the Red Sea. On Thursday the Houthis took Mocha, eighty kilometres from Bab al-Mandeb, after the heaviest fighting since the 2022 truce. Hours later four projectiles hit two ships off Khasab.
Sep 12, 2026
A vegan bakery in Janabiyah, a Four Seasons tasting menu backed by a Saudi prince, and Muscat's coconut-bowl breakfast spot: the region's quieter vegan scene.
May 27, 2026
Drop, Cover, Hold On is the near-universal instruction, and the exceptions matter. Here is the official guidance from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Europe, and where it diverges.
Aug 12, 2026
