18+ hour, 42+ min ago   (751+ words) This year’s BRICS summit has wrapped up in New Delhi with the usual promises of deepened cooperation and expanding economic ties. But there was an important absence. Although the US-Israel war on Iran has affected most of BRICS’ 11 members and…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (262+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday announced a series of initiatives covering artificial intelligence, trade and investment aimed at strengthening cooperation among the expanded BRICS grouping. Speaking at the BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi, Xi said greater emphasis should…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (531+ words) NEW DELHI (AFP): BRICS leaders including China, Russia and India entered a second day of talks in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing “inclusive global growth”, after reaching rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East. Indian Prime Minister Narendra…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (282+ words) QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has supported the creation of new provinces, saying it is not possible to govern the entire province effectively from Quetta. Speaking to senior journalists via video link, Bugti said any new provinces should be…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (123+ words) BEIJING (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, Beijing’s state media reported, as the city hosts a summit of the BRICS group of nations. “On the afternoon of September 12, local time,…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (529+ words) FOR more than a fortnight now, Pakistan has been witnessing an unprecedented and increasingly consequential political debate over the prospect of creating new provinces—or, at the very least, smaller and more manageable administrative units What initially appeared to be…...