The Pakistani rupee fell 9.6% against the dollar on Thursday, central bank data showed - the biggest one-day drop in over two decades - in a slump that may persuade the International Monetary Fund to resume lending to the country.
The drop comes a day after foreign exchange companies removed a cap on the exchange rate, a key demand of the IMF as part of a programme of economic reforms it has agreed on with the cash-strapped South Asian nation.(Reuters)
The Palestinian Authority declared on Thursday it would halt the security cooperation that has solidified the authority's hold over the West Bank, following Israel's military raid into the occupied territory that killed nine Palestinians.(AP)
The director of Britain's GCHQ intelligence agency, Jeremy Fleming, is to step down, a reporter from the Times newspaper and other local media said on Twitter on Thursday.(Reuters)
The Congress on Thursday launched a mass campaign in Chhattisgarh as part of its new nationwide outreach drive aimed at conveying the party's programmes and policies to people at the grassroots level and take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The 'Haath Se Haath Jodo' campaign was launched by the party just days ahead of the conclusion of Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir.(PTI)
India's political leadership is committed to working in close relation with the Prachanda-led government for giving further impetus to bilateral ties, India's Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava said here on Thursday as as he hosted an event to celebrate the 74th Republic Day.(PTI)