India and the six-nation bloc of Middle Eastern nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), inked terms of reference on Thursday for formally launching negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA).

Pakistan’s annual attempt to project itself as a champion of Kashmir collapsed into an international embarrassment after Kashmiris and Pakistani dissidents across Europe denounced Islamabad’s so-called “Kashmir Solidarity Day” as propaganda.

The “historic” India-US trade agreement is in the final stages of detailing that will be completed “very soon”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Pakistan has secured nearly $1.3 billion worth of commitments from the United States for a copper and gold mining project in the South Asian nation’s sensitive Balochistan province.

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It follows a contentious decision from Panama’s top court to rule against a Hong Kong-backed firm’s right to operate two key terminals on the waterway.

After pushing the United Arab Emirates out of Yemen late last year, Saudi Arabia is deploying political capital and billions of dollars in a bid to bring its southern neighbor more firmly under its control.