Pakistan’s economy is on a downward spiral for the past couple of years. From the country’s massive debts, rampant corruption to unemployment, inflation and widening fiscal deficit — there seems to be a little hope for the Islamic country’s shaky economy. Case in point: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan-led government presented its first-ever Budget on Tuesday. Pakistan’s overall budget ...

LEBANON, Pa. – A house fire displaced a family of five in South Lebanon Township, Friday night. The fire broke out at the home after 9 p.m, on the 900 block on South 2nd Avenue. The South Lebanon Township Fire Department says one firefighter was taken to the hospital for a medical emergency. He is expected to recover. The fire ...

The Construction Industry Council was reminded of the importance of their contribution to the Fijian economy. Speaking at the CIC Conference in Suva, Governor of the Reserve Bank Ariff Ali says the industry generates employment opportunities and income from both the formal and informal sectors. Ali says the construction industry plays a pivotal role in boosting any economy but most ...

efore the guns fell silent in 1945, the Allies had already drawn up plans for gathering as much German technology as they could take. The German war machine had caused untold destruction across the continent, and German technology was reputed to be cutting age. Weapons like the V-2 missile, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Type XXI submarine seemed ...

Afew hours before a drone infiltrated Israeli airspace from Lebanon, OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Amir Baram warned of overt action against Hezbollah if it continues to build up terrorist infrastructure along the border, and that Lebanon risks paying a heavy price for its cooperation with the terrorist group. “We will continue to act to thwart its [Hezbollah’s] efforts to threaten ...

CAIRO – 12 June 2019: Egypt is currently adopting a program to deepen local industrialization and increase the added value of Egyptian products, Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Taha said Wednesday. He added in a statement that the program provided 248 investment opportunities during 6 months with a market value of $20 billion. Taha clarified during his participation ...

An enormous stone sphinx representing the pharaoh Ramses II has spent nearly a century in the Egypt Gallery of the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. But today (June 12) the sphinx was relocated in “a monumental move” that saw the colossal statue “floating” on so-called air dollies — a technology that uses high-powered air compression in a manner similar to hoverboards, ...

CAIRO – 12 June 2019: A member of the Industry Committee at the Parliament Tareq Metwally denounced the campaign of defamation against Syrians residing in Egypt. “Syrians are not treated as refugees in Egypt, but as residents in their second country. Egyptians also wish that Syrians return home safely after the nightmare of war ends and the Syrian wounds are ...

A Lebanese monkey who breached the border with Israel was returned to its owner on Friday by United Nations peacekeepers after cavorting for more than a week in enemy territory. Tachtouch escaped late last month, prompting its owner Beatrice Mauger who runs a peace project in southern Lebanon to launch an appeal on Facebook. “Please Tachtouch come back to Ark of Peace!” she ...

Presidents of Eritrea and Egypt have asked Sudanese to act responsibly in the midst of a protest push for civilian transition after the ouster in April of long serving Omar Al-Bashir. Isaias Afwerki arrived in Cairo on Saturday to meet his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The two leaders met at the presidential palace for talks spanning bilateral relations and ...