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LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved the procurement of 10 airlift drones following the successful deployment of initial units in flood-ravaged South Punjab areas, particularly Multan. Ongoing monsoon floods have displaced over 1.5 million people in the province’s worst deluge in decades. According to the home department, the airlift drones, a technological first for the … Read more
China dominated global politics in the first week of September 2025. First, we had the SCO meeting in Tianjin, and then the Victory Day parade was held in Beijing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory against imperial Japan in World War-II. What stood out as the most significant takeaway from this Chinese dominance … Read more
[The Trump administration has sought to block Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates this coming week.
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said Saturday that a junta air strike killed at least 19 students, including children, in western Rakhine state. The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with Myanmar’s ruling military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swaths of territory in the past year. The Rakhine … Read more
An explosion ripped through a café in Madrid on Saturday, injuring 21 people, three of them seriously, local emergency services said. The blast struck around 3:00 p.m. (1300 GMT) in the Puente de Vallecas district, damaging a café on the ground floor and apartments above, officials added. Deputy mayor Inmaculada Sanz said initial findings point … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in Pakistan’s recent devastating floods and announced that its second economic review mission will also assess the disaster’s impact on the economy, as well as the financial requirements for recovery and reconstruction. According to sources, the IMF team will … Read more
The divisive anti-immigrant agitator Tommy Robinson organized what he said was a free-speech festival for his supporters.
One of the boats was carrying mostly students who were returning to town for the start of the new school year, residents of the area said.
NEW YORK: New York slugger Aaron Judge belted his 362nd career home run in the first inning of a game in Boston Friday to surpass Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio on the franchise’s all-time list. Judge smacked a pitch from Red Sox hurler Lucas Giolito 468 feet over the Green Monster outfield wall at Fenway Park, … Read more
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US is prepared to impose fresh energy sanctions on Russia, but only if all NATO nations cease purchasing Russian oil and implement similar measures. “I am ready to do major sanctions on Russia when all NATO nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO nations stop buying oil from Russia,” … Read more
