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The viral fake post The post accumulated 708,000 views. PHOTO: SCREEN GRAB Several social media users have been sharing a video montage on X since September 14, 2026, claiming it shows massive rocket attacks launched from Yemen, striking Najran, Saudi Arabia. However, the montage consists of old and unrelated clips. Houthi attacks have recently disrupted … Read more
Says pact is not a ‘Muslim alliance’, open to partners backing regional peace and stability Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry. SCREENGRAB Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said the “Makkah Joint Defence Agreement” between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye has no regional aspirations … Read more
Three other acts are also leaving the tour, citing the right to free speech after the rapper Macklemore was removed over comments he had made onstage.
The focus on dystopian scenarios is shifting public discourse from present-day dangers to hypothetical futures, some experts say.
But models of the insect’s nervous system have been trained to solve a Rubik’s Cube, play video games and even parallel park a car.
Kent Hups, a high school science teacher in Colorado, discovered a 23-foot trackway of fossilized dinosaur footprints, which offer a glimpse of how the apex predator moved 66 million years ago.
AJK PM directs authorities to use technology to improve public services and reduce unnecessary office visits The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has accelerated work on a range of digital initiatives aimed at making public services faster, more transparent and accessible, potentially reducing citizens’ need to visit government offices repeatedly for routine matters. The … Read more
[ DPM Dar asks authorities to ensure that registration remains ‘simple and accessible’ for beneficiaries A petrol pump in the federal capital seen in this undated image. —FILEPHOTO The Prime Minister’s Fuel Relief Scheme, already operational in Islamabad, will be rolled out across the country at midnight on September 16, the office of the deputy prime minister … Read more
Proposed arms package includes 20,000 MK-84 bombs, 20,000 BLU-117 bombs and 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads President Donald Trump’s administration was preparing a $2.8 billion arms package for Israel that would include 40,000 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (907 kilogrammes) each, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The proposed package included 20,000 MK-84 bombs, 20,000 BLU-117 bombs and … Read more
[Just under 8 million people watched Sunday’s season premiere, down 21 percent from last year. Viewership for the N.F.L. lead-in fell by about the same.