UK forced to reverse tax cut for highest earners

The UK government will drop its plan to cut the tax rate for the highest earners, which was the least popular measure in the newly announced ‘mini-budget’, following a public backlash and market upheaval. The move was announced on Monday by Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng.

Chinese nationals in Pakistan facing attacks over CPEC

Ever since Beijing launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the repeated attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan’s Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces and the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region reveal the strong dissent of Pakistani nationals against Chinese interests.

Russian troops forced out of eastern town Lyman

Russian troops and Donbass forces have withdrawn from their defensive positions in the town of Krasny Liman (renamed Lyman by Ukraine in 2016), the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed in a statement on Saturday.

King won’t attend COP27 after Truss reportedly ‘objected’

King Charles III will not travel to next month’s United Nations climate summit in Egypt, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Sunday, after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss reportedly “objected” to the keen environmentalist attending.

Voting under way in polarising Brazilian election

Brazilians voted Sunday in a polarising presidential election, with leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowing to get Brazil “back to normal” amid fears far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will not accept a defeat.

Arrest warrant against former Pakistan PM Imran Khan for threatening judge

A Pakistan magistrate on Saturday issued arrest warrants for former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case about threatening a female judge, giving air to speculation that he may be arrested.

Hurricane Ian nears Florida with nearly Category 5 power

Forecasters say Hurricane Ian has become an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida’s west coast.

European Union proposes new sanctions against Russia

The European Union executive proposed on Wednesday fresh sanctions against Russia over its war against Ukraine, including tighter trade restrictions, more individual blacklistings and an oil price cap for third countries.

Japan honours assassinated ex-PM at controversial state funeral

Japanese and foreign dignitaries paid tribute to assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a controversial state funeral on Tuesday, as long lines of people gathered to offer flowers and prayers.

UN chief calls on Iran to refrain from using ‘disproportionate force’ against protesters

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi not to use “disproportionate force” against protesters who took to the streets after the death of a young woman in morality police custody, his spokesman said Tuesday.

15 killed in ‘neo-Nazi’ Russian school shooting

Fifteen people were killed and many others injured in a shooting incident at a school in the city of Izhevsk in Russia’s Urals region on Monday, the country’s Investigative Committee has said.

Deadly Typhoon Noru slams northern Philippines

Five rescuers were killed in the Philippines after they were sent to a flooded village during a powerful typhoon, authorities said Monday, without releasing details on their cause of death.

Jaishankar’s dig at China: Debt accumulation in fragile economies is of concern

Indian External affairs minister S Jaishankar, in his UNGA address, slammed China for blocking sanctions on Pakistan-based terrorists.

Meloni tipped to be prime minister as Italians vote

Italians began voting Sunday in an election expected to usher in the country’s first government led by the far-right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.

North Korea fires ballistic missile: Seoul

North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday, Seoul’s military said, just days after a US aircraft carrier arrived for joint drills with the South in a show of force against Pyongyang.

Russia’s Lavrov backs India for permanent member in UN Security Council

During the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, the Russian Finance Minister expressed his support for India, becoming a permanent member of the Security Council.

US has ‘limited security partnership’ with Pakistan: Top US official

The US has a “limited security partnership” with Pakistan and a recent $450-million sustainment package for the Pakistan Air Force’s F-16 fleet was not a message to India over its “neutrality” in the Ukraine conflict, a top US defence official said.

Imran Khan lauds PM Modi, slams Nawaz Sharif over foreign properties

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again lauded India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi while comparing with Pakistan Muslim League (N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on the issue of corruption.

Outlook of China’s economy gloomy due to real estate market crash

The world’s second-largest economy is going through a rough patch due to worsening real estate crises since prices and investments in the sector are declining since August, 2022.

India will overtake UK to become 3rd largest economy by end of decade: UK High Commissioner

India will overtake the United Kingdom to become the third largest economy by the end of the decade and thus New Delhi and London need to work together, British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis said on Tuesday.

Biden again says US would defend Taiwan if China attacks

US President Joe Biden has again said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to appoint new army chief; set to visit China in November

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to appoint a new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in November, the country’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said. According to media reports, the Pakistani prime minister is also set to visit China.

Blinken says China and India’s concerns about Putin’s Ukraine war increase ’the pressure on Russia to end the aggression’

China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi are among the world leaders in Uzbekistan for a security forum. What unites them is a distrust of the American-led world order.

EU proposes to ‘reduce reliance’ on China’s minerals supply, but move will exacerbate its economic woes: experts

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed new legislation on Wednesday to reduce EU’s dependence on supply of critical minerals including rare earths and lithium from China, a move that will increase the cost of achieving Europe’s green targets and exacerbate its current economic woes amid the deepening energy crunch.

PM Modi to have bilateral meetings with other member leaders in SCO Summit: MEA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set to attend the 22nd Summit of the Council of Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO-CoHS) on Thursday in Samarkand in Uzbekistan, will be holding bilateral meetings with other member leaders on the sidelines of the summit, said the Ministry of External Affairs.

Queen’s coffin arrives at Westminster to lie in state

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday as it was taken amid somber pageantry on a horse-drawn gun carriage past crowds of mourners to the Houses of Parliament, where the late monarch will lie in state for four days.

Zelensky visits recaptured hub of Izium in east Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday visited the east Ukraine city of Izium, the military said, one of the largest cities recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv’s army in a lightning counter-offensive. Ukraine has set its sights on freeing all territory occupied by invading Russian forces after driving them back in a speedy counter-offensive in the northeast.

Ukraine calls on allies to speed up arms deliveries after Russian retreat

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West to speed up weapons deliveries as Ukrainians move to consolidate control over the territories surrounding Kharkiv seized back from Russia. In a retaliatory move Russia struck several recaptured areas with missiles overnight.

World in ‘wrong direction’ as climate impacts worsen: UN

Humanity is “going in the wrong direction” on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic.

Dozens dead as fresh clashes erupt along Azerbaijan-Armenia border

Armenia said Tuesday that nearly 50 of its soldiers had been killed in the worst clashes with Azerbaijan since their war two years ago, but Russia said it had convinced the historic rivals to agree to a rapid ceasefire.