People buy dried fruit in a market in Karachi on February 1, 2023. – Reuters February’s inflation beats forecasts from the Ministry of Finance. Consumer price inflation in January 2025 was 2.4%. Urban inflation drops to 1.8%, while rural areas died at 1.1%. Islamabad: marking its lowest level since September 2015, inflation based on consumer … Read more
Pope Francis was in critical condition on Saturday after having undergone a long asthmatic respiratory crisis which required high oxygen flow rates, said the Vatican. Francis, 88, who was hospitalized for a week with a complex pulmonary infection, also received blood transfusions after the tests showed a condition associated with anemia, said the Vatican in … Read more
The American American Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, was one of the three hostages published by Hamas on Saturday morning after being detained in captivity in Gaza for almost a year and a half. The other two hostages given to the Red Cross staff in the southern city of Gaza, Khan Younis, were Israelis Sasha Troufanov, 29, … Read more
Three other Israeli hostages were released on Saturday in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners such as the cease-fire contract Between Israel and Hamas continued to hold. It was the fifth hostage and the exchanges of prisoners who occur within the framework of the first phase of the agreement, which began on January 19. Ohad … Read more