Tokyo stocks close lower ahead of Powell speech

Tokyo, Aug 27 (AFP/APP):Tokyo stocks closed lower Friday with investors cautiously awaiting a speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell for clues on plans to roll back the US central bank’s stimulus measures. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.36 percent, or 101.15 points, to 27,641.14. […]

President of Iran, FM Qureshi discuss mutual ties

ISLAMABAD, (APP):Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi called on President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday in Tehran and discussed matters of mutual interest. The Foreign Minister was accompanied by Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tehran Rahim Hayat Qureshi […]

Chad’s ex-dictator Hissene Habre buried in Senegal

Dakar, (AFP/APP):Former Chadian president Hissene Habre was buried Thursday in Senegal’s capital Dakar, AFP journalists saw, where he had been serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. The former leader was jailed in Dakar in 2016 after an African Union-backed trial over abuses committed […]

Djokovic could face Berrettini, Zverev on US Open final path

New York, (AFP/APP):Novak Djokovic could face a Wimbledon final rematch with Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in a US Open quarter-final and meet Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals in his bid to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam at New York. Under a men’s singles draw […]

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