DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will take control of four of the kingdom’s top soccer clubs including Al-Nassr, which Cristiano Ronaldo plays for, as the government revives a plan to privatise several state-owned sports clubs.
The Public Investment Fund (PIF) will own 75 per cent of al-Ittihad, Al-Ahli, Al-Nassr,...
CHICAGO: Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc and Merck & Co reduced the risk that the deadliest skin cancer would spread by 65 per cent over treatment with an immunotherapy alone in a midstage trial, the companies reported on Monday.
The results, presented at the American Society of...
New Zealand honoured former prime minister Jacinda Ardern with the title of dame on Monday, citing her leadership after the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ardern, 42, shocked New Zealand in January when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics,...
Pakistan and Iraq on Monday agreed to further strengthen bilateral ties as Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in Baghdad on a three-day official visit.
In a statement, reports told that the “understanding” between the two countries was reached during a meeting between Bilawal and his Iraqi counterpart, Dr Fuad Hussein.
The...
WASHINGTON: A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters in the United States, calling themselves as PTI US, on Sunday urged the Biden administration to impose visa bans on Pakistani officials.
The request came as pro and anti-PTI activists vie for favours in Washington.
PTI has introduced another player — Shahbaz Gill...
SINGAPORE: Senior officials from about two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five sources told this news agency.
Such meetings are organised by the Singapore government and have been discreetly held at...
ISLAMABAD: Trade between Pakistan and Turkiye has the potential to reach $5 billion annually in the next three years, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on Sunday, as he returned home after completing his two-day tour of Ankara.
The prime minister said that in his meetings with heads of leading Turkish...
SINGAPORE: China’s defence minister warned on Sunday against establishing Nato-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a “whirlpool” of conflict.
Li Shangfu’s comments came a day after US and Chinese military vessels sailed close to each other in the flashpoint Taiwan Strait, an incident...
Iran’s navy commander said his country and Saudi Arabia, as well as three other Gulf states, plan to form a naval alliance that will also include India and Pakistan, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
“The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings security...
United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Saturday he was deeply concerned by China’s unwillingness to engage on military crisis management, warning that talks are key to avoiding conflict.
The relationship between the United States and China is at its lowest point in decades, as they remain deeply...
