IMF chief says 12 or more countries seeking loans to cope with Middle East war energy shock
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund expects at least a dozen countries to seek new loan programs to cope with surging ...
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Rising global energy prices pose risk to Pakistan’s trade & inflation, reveals SBP minutes
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has led to a sharp surge in energy costs, which is expected to ...
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US mulls lifting sanctions on Iranian oil at sea
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that Washington might lift sanctions on Iranian oil that is already being ...
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Pakistan-bound oil tanker passes through Hormuz Strait amid Iran war
KARACHI: Ship-tracking data shows a Pakistan-bound oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, indicating that some ...
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Iran names Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as new supreme leader
DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader, a week into its ...
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US-Israel war with Iran sends shockwaves through global business
TAIWAN/MILAN/FRANKFURT: The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is rattling businesses worldwide, driving up energy prices, squeezing supplies of critical raw materials ...
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