Financial shares, in general, and banking stocks in particular, are not the most interesting investments. But over the last two years they have been mostly terrible. In 2023, rising interest rates led to the collapse of several small banks. For much of 2024, a regulatory cloud known as the “Basil III Finale” loomed over the … Read more
An aerial photo shows people trying to extinguish fires after an airstrike targeting the rebel-held city of Idlib in northern Syria on December 2, 2024. — AFP Beirut: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday described the attack that took control of large swaths of territory as an attempt to redraw the regional map in line … Read more
JAMMU: Indian-administered Kashmir elected Tuesday its first government since the restive Himalayan territory was brought under New Delhi’s direct control, as voters backed opposition parties to lead its regional assembly. Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government cancelled Kashmir’s partial autonomy to control its affairs in 2019, a sudden decision accompanied by mass arrests and … Read more