First Brands’ C.E.O. Steps Down, While Its Accounting Is Questioned
[The auto-part maker’s bankruptcy has rocked Wall Street and revealed trouble in the private credit markets.
Day: October 13, 2025
Mobiles to offer licencing services
ISLAMABAD: The ITP has announced the schedule for its facilitation vans and Police Station on Wheels, which will provide licencing and other public services at various locations across the capital from October 13 to 19, 2025, between 8am and 5pm.
As Hostages and Prisoners Return Home, Trump Declares ‘New Dawn’ in Mideast
With Hamas freeing the last 20 living Israeli hostages and Israel releasing some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, President Trump proclaimed an ‘end’ to the war, but big questions about Gaza’s future remain.
Apple TV Subtracts the + in a Quiet Rebrand
[The service unveiled the change in the ninth paragraph of a news release announcing a streaming date for “F1: The Movie.”
Trump’s China tariff talk clouds IMF, World Bank meetings
[ Finance chiefs gathering in Washington this week were ready to discuss the global economy’s surprising resilience in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff assaults – until US-China trade war rhetoric reignited with the US president threatening 100% duties on Chinese imports and whipsawing financial markets, Reuters reported. The annual meetings of the International Monetary … Read more
The Return of Israel’s Living Hostages From Gaza Signals a Time to Heal
With the releases, Israelis basked in a joyous moment of unifying national redemption after months of agonizing, polarizing war.
Trump Takes a Victory Lap, but Avoids Questions About What’s Next
Except for brief references, President Trump did not talk about what it would take to rebuild Gaza or the future of the Palestinian people.
Punjab’s grassroots democracy stalls again as new law delays long-awaited local polls
The Punjab government has once again pushed local government elections into uncertainty by rushing through a new law, the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, just as the Election Commission of Pakistan had begun delimitations under the existing 2022 law. The ECP had already notified its schedule for delimitations at the union council level under the Punjab Local … Read more
At least 42 dead as bus plunges down embankment in South Africa
A passenger bus rolled down an embankment in South Africa, killing at least 42 people including workers from Malawi and Zimbabwe, authorities said Monday. The bus was travelling to Zimbabwe when it crashed around 90 kilometres (55 miles) from the border on Sunday after the driver apparently lost control, Limpopo province transport minister Violet Mathye … Read more
Some Israeli families are anguished to see the release of Palestinians convicted of killing their loved ones.
Some Israeli families are anguished to see the release of Palestinians convicted of killing their loved ones.
