India has prohibited all exports of wheat with immediate effect, the country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced on Friday. The ministry said the drastic move was necessary due to “a sudden spike in the global prices of wheat arising out of many factors, as a result of which the ...
An explosion outside a hotel in Pakistan’s most populous city of Karachi has killed one person, wounding at least 13 others. The blast rocked the city’s busiest commercial area, Saddar, on Thursday, Pakistani media outlets reported. AFP cited Sajjad Khan, a local police officer, as identifying the fatality as a ...