A currency trader counts Pakistani rupee notes as he prepares to exchange U.S. dollars in Islamabad, December 11, 2017. — Reuters Pakistan has a current account surplus of $729 million. The surplus reflects the importance of remittances and the reduction in trade deficits. November marks the 4th consecutive month of surplus. KARACHI: Pakistan recorded its … Read more
A US Navy warship arrived in Cambodia on Monday, the first such visit in eight years to a close ally of the China in Southeast Asia. The Cambodian government suggested the stopover reflects an improvement in often tense relations. The USS Savannah docked at the port of Sihanoukville in the Gulf of Thailand for a … Read more
Colombia has arrested a suspected British drug trafficker who they described as “invisible” because of his discreet lifestyle which allowed him to remain anonymous while operating as coordinator of a drug trafficking cartel. cocaine from this South American country to the United Kingdom, authorities announced Friday. Christopher Neil was arrested on Thursday in Medellin, in … Read more
Bolivia’s former counternarcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said Maximiliano Dávila, who served as counternarcotics chief during the final months of Evo Morales’ administration from 2006 to 2019, helped facilitate plane shipments of cocaine to the United States. United. … Read more