Lahore, Pakistan: Pakistan's solar power push has cushioned the full impact of the war in the Middle East, analysts said, despite lingering concerns over fuel supplies and rising prices. A study published last month assessed that the uptake of solar around 2018 helped the country avoid more than $1»»»

Dubai: Dubai gold prices opened higher on Wednesday morning, tracking a strong rebound in global bullion markets after a temporary easing of geopolitical tensions. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and India.) Sign up for our daily b»»»

Iran has declared it achieved a decisive outcome in the recent confrontation, stating the US has accepted a 10-point plan proposed by Tehran, according to the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, cited by Tasnim News Agency. The Council said the enemy suffered an “undeniable, historic, and cr»»»

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited Iran and the United States to Islamabad on April 10 for negotiations aimed at reaching a “conclusive agreement.” The invitation follows his announcement of an immediate ceasefire, with talks expected to focus on settling outstanding issues.US-Isr»»»

CAIRO — Italian energy giant ENI announced on Tuesday a "significant" natural gas discovery off Egypt's Mediterranean coast, as the North African country struggles to secure its energy needs due to the US and Israel's war with Iran."Preliminary estimates indicate about 2 trillion cubic feet of gas"»»»

AMMAN — Rising global energy prices and supply disruptions are driving up fertiliser costs, with direct implications for farmers in Jordan and food prices more broadly.While natural gas is widely associated with heating and electricity, it is also a critical input in the production of fertilisers u»»»

LONDON — Here are the latest key facts about impacts from the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route virtually paralysed by the Middle East war.Around a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passes through the waterway in peacetime.The war erupted on February»»»

The head of a body representing global airlines said on Wednesday that even if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz it would take months for jet fuel supply to recover given disruptions to Middle East refining capacity. Oil fell below $100 per barrel after US President Donald Trump said he had agreed»»»

Makhabat Mavlyanova has left Yntymak Mekenchil parliamentary group. She announced this today at a meeting of the Zhogorku Kenesh. According to her, she will now serve as an independent member of Parliament. As a reminder, five parliamentary groups have been formed in the Zhogorku Kenesh.»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will help with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz, hours after Washington and Tehran agreed a two-week ceasefire. "The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Stra»»»

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Benjamin Madley, History Professor at UCLA and author of 'An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873'. Drawing upon years of archival research, his work challenges long-standing narratives that attribute this demographic»»»

US President Donald Trump said he will suspend planned strikes on Iran for two weeks, citing ongoing diplomatic contacts. “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks,” he stated. According to Trump, the decision follows discussions with Pakistan’s leadership and is »»»

A shipment of 22 tons of potatoes imported from Kazakhstan was denied entry into Kyrgyzstan at Ak-Tilek phytosanitary control post on April 7, 2026. According to the Chui-Bishkek Department of the Plant Protection and Quarantine Service under the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Process»»»

An assailant was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting on Tuesday outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, although no diplomats were present at the time. Two police officers also sustained minor injuries, according to initial reports. The interior ministry said the dead gunm»»»

An Iran-backed Iraqi armed group has released an American journalist abducted in Baghdad last week, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday. The group had earlier agreed to release the journalist in a gesture of goodwill toward Iraq’s outgoing prime minister.  American journalist Shelly Kittleson, w»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran fails to meet his latest deadline to strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while the Islamic Republic urged young people to form human chains around power plants and other poten»»»

Reporting from Tehran for FRANCE 24, Reza Sayah describes an "eerie still" in the Iranian capital ahead of the expiration of the ultimatum set by US President Donald Trump, saying that one "can sense that people are on edge". Trump earlier threatened that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if »»»

With US and Israeli strikes on Iran's critical infrastructure already underway Tuesday amid threats of more to come, the UN and other organisations have warned that such attacks could constitute war crimes. A war crime is a serious violation of international humanitarian law during times of conflic»»»

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Negah Angha, Visiting Fellow at King's College London, Former Senior Advisor at the US Department of State and National Security Council under the Biden administration, says that "the rhetoric itself, the havoc that it's causing inside Iran and surrounding count»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump is aware ​of ‌Pakistan's ⁠proposal for a ‌two-week extension to a ⁠deadline he imposed on Iran, ​and a ‌response will come, White House press ‌secretary Karoline Leavitt ​said on Tuesday. "The President has been ​made aware ​of the ​proposal, and a response ​will come," »»»

In Fizi territory, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, fighting is raging between Congolese soldiers, who are supported by local armed groups, and M23 rebels, who are allegedly supported by Rwanda. New recruits swell the ranks of the armed groups. And civilians are caught in the crossfire. A r»»»

The driver of a high-speed TGV train was killed and 13 people were injured on Tuesday morning when the train collided with a truck in the Pas-de-Calais region. A French high-speed train crashed into a truck at a crossing in northern France on Tuesday, killing the driver of the TGV and critically in»»»

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy protested his innocence at an appeals trial on Tuesday for illegally accepting financing from Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 election campaign. In September 2025, the initial case saw Sarkozy become modern France's first president to have »»»

French ​nationals Cécile Kohler ​and Jacques Paris are "free and on ​their ‌way ⁠to France, after ‌three and a half ⁠years of detention in ​Iran", President Emmanuel ‌Macron said Tuesday ‌in a post ​on social media platform X. The two former detainees were released in Novem»»»

Paris: The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with both sides claiming victory. Also In This Package US-Iran agree to ceasefire; Hormuz Strait to reopen Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire: Full statement Iran agrees to 2-week ceasefire — full statement Israel backs two-week ceas»»»

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, hours after reporting an "unidentified projectile" launched from the North's capital area the previous day. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sought to repair ties with North Korea since taki»»»

A conflict between foreign nationals broke out at one of the universities in Bishkek. A video of the incident was found on April 7, 2026, during social media monitoring. According to the Internal Affairs Department of Oktyabrsky district, the case was registered, and a pre-investigation check has b»»»

US Vice President JD Vance held a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday to back nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of a closely contested parliamentary election. In Vance's speech, he slammed "bureaucrats in Brussels", accusing them of trying to destroy the Hungarian economy,»»»

Faced with the very real prospect of defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has built his campaign around cheap and secure energy and outspoken opposition to EU support for Ukraine. An alleged plot to blow up a pipeline bringing Russian gas into Hungary – »»»

Is Europe’s future on the ballot in Hungary? In Budapest, the US vice president actively stumping for far-right incumbent Viktor Orban who trails in the polls ahead of Sunday’s general election. European politicians sometimes campaign for likeminded peers from neighboring nations but here, it’»»»

Greek P​M Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged EU prosecutors to decide swiftly whether to indict lawmakers from his centre-right New Democracy party as part of a farm fraud probe, as he seeks to stem the political fallout from the ​scandal. European prosecutors charged dozens of Greek stockbreeders last ⁠yea»»»

Iran, the United States and Israel reached a tentative, two-week ceasefire Wednesday in the war that tore across the Middle East and disrupted the global energy market, with US President Donald Trump pulling back from his threats to destroy Iranian “civilization.” "Total and complete victory. 100 p»»»

Construction of the road to Ala-Too Resort ski resort, located in Ak-Suu district of Issyk-Kul region, will be completed this year. The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan reported. The ministry’s press service noted that winter in Jyrgalan lasts approximately seven months, so ro»»»

The Ministry of Construction of Kyrgyzstan has presented the future design of the park named after Alexander Pushkin in Karakol. According to the ministry’s press service, reconstruction of the park area is currently underway. The works are being carried out by the state enterprise Kyrgyzkurulush a»»»

The dollar sank to its lowest level in a month while the euro, yen, Aussie and sterling rallied hard in Asian trading on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. The yen strengthened 0.8% against the greenback to 158.36 per dollar. The euro was»»»

Israel supports US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Wednesday. The premier's office said Israel backed the US move provided Tehran immediately opened the st»»»

Kyrgyzstan has become one of the drivers of the Eurasian Economic Union thanks to the efforts of President Sadyr Japarov. Alena Arshinova, Chair of the Coordinating Council of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization Eurasia and Russian State Duma deputy, stated. She recalled that the family recr»»»

North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, Seoul's military said. In this March photo, people watch reports of a North Korean launch at a train station in Seoul. File Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA SEOUL, April 8 (UPI) -- North Korea launched several »»»

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad did not immediately release a comment on the release of American journalist Shelly Kittleson. File Photo by Maj. Charlie Dietz/U.S. Army | License Photo April 7 (UPI) -- An Iran-backed militia freed an American journalist it kidnapped last month in a prisoner exchange wi»»»

The national hockey team of Kyrgyzstan lost to Chinese Taipei at the IIHF World Championship in Division II (Group B), stats.iihf.com reports. The score was 5-1. The third round matches will be held on April 9, with Kyrgyzstan playing against Ireland, which won both of its matches. Kyrgyzstan’s tea»»»

Dubai: The UAE imports the vast majority of what it eats. And Roman Ulyanov, founder and CEO of high-end vertical farm Greeneration, believes that it is a vulnerability the country can no longer afford to ignore — and he and some other investors has spent $5 million building an alternative. Walking»»»

ABU DHABI: Borouge Plc confirms shareholder approval at its 7th April General Assembly Meeting of a final 2025 dividend of $1.32 billion, reflecting the Company’s strong operational performance and record sales. The final shareholder-approved dividend payment for 2025 amounts to $658 million (8.1 f»»»

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea fired several ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea’s military said, hours after a senior North Korean official released crude insults against Seoul’s hopes for warmer relations. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of »»»

Israel said Wednesday it supported US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend his bombing of Iran, but maintained the 11th-hour ceasefire did not include Lebanon. Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire Tuesday, barely an hour before Trump's deadline to obliterate Iran was set to »»»

Kyrgyzstani Asan Zhanyshov won a gold medal at the Asian Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, currently underway in Bishkek. The UWW website says. In the 87-kilogram weight class, he defeated Gholamreza Farokhisenjani from Iran with a score of 11:4 in the final. Earlier, Aftandil Taalaibek uulu and»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Defense announced early Wednesday that the Qatari Armed Forces had successfully intercepted a missile attack targeting the State of Qatar.»»»

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif announced Wednesday that Islamabad will host high-level delegations from the United States and Iran on Friday to negotiate a definitive peace agreement. "I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States, alo»»»

Kyrgyzstani Akzhol Makhmudov won a gold medal at the Asian Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, currently underway in Bishkek. The UWW website says. Akzhol Makhmudov’s opponent in the 77-kilogram final was Ali Zabihollah Oskou (Iran). The Kyrgyzstani defeated in a close fight 3-3. Earlier, Aftandil»»»

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan launched the Anti-Corruption School program for corruption prevention commissioners, with the participation of international and national experts. According to the oversight body, the training is being conducted at the Prosecutor General’s Office Law Ac»»»

Kyrgyzstani Aftandil Taalaibek uulu won a gold medal at the Asian Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships, currently underway in Bishkek. The UWW website says. Amantur Ismailov’s opponent (up to 63 kilograms) was Erfan Jarkani (Iran). The Kyrgyzstani won with a score 7:2.»»»