Pakistan headed towards an inevitable debt default, warns think tank

IANS | February 18, 2024 1:53 PM

New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The quantum of debt Pakistan requires is growing faster than the net output of the economy (GDP). This means that the economy's ability to grow or increase output is constrained. This is unsustainable, Tabadlab, an Islamabad think tank said in a report.

Israel won't capitulate to pressure against army entering Rafah: Netanyahu

IANS | February 18, 2024 10:39 AM

Tel Aviv, Feb 18 (IANS) Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his country wont capitulate to any pressure against the army entering Rafah area in Gaza to smoke out Hamas militants. Netanyahu has said that to prevent Israel from a ground operation in Rafah would mean losing the war against Hamas.

Vladimir Putin's foes, critics often met with violent deaths

IANS | February 17, 2024 4:00 PM

London, Feb 17 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin's foes and critics have often met with violent deaths at the very peak of their conflicts with the Kremlin leader during his nearly quarter-century in power, a media report said.