Pakistan and 13 other countries have condemned remarks by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggesting he would not oppose Tel Aviv taking over large parts of the Middle East, the Foreign Office said Sunday. Speaking to journalist Tucker Carlson this week, Huckabee argued Israel has a biblical right to land stretching from the Nile […]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to send a hospital boat to Greenland, a Danish territory that Trump has said he wants to acquire. Trump announced the plan on social media moments before hosting a dinner for Republican governors at the White House, where he sat next […]
NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues. Workers detected a problem with helium flow to the massive SLS rocket that will “take the March launch window out of consideration,” Issacman said in […]
President Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the United States to 15 percent on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff policy a day after the Supreme Court ruled much of it illegal. Trump said on his Truth Social platform that after a thorough review of Friday’s “extraordinarily […]
The Federal Constitutional Court has declared the levy of sales tax on construction services in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa constitutional, dismissing appeals filed against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sales Tax on Services Act, 2022. Headed by Justice Aamer Farooq, a two-judge FCC bench addressed a number of challenges against a May 13, 2025, Peshawar High Court judgement. Petitioners had […]
Hong Kong authorities announced on Saturday a buy-out offer for owners who lost their homes in last year’s deadly housing complex fire and said the charred buildings will be demolished. The blaze in November, the world’s deadliest residential building fire since 1980, killed 168 people and left thousands homeless at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise […]
Pakistan on Friday reaffirmed its opposition to adding new permanent members to the UN Security Council, arguing it would increase the 15-member body’s dysfunction and violate the principle of sovereign equality. Speaking in a resumed session of the long-running Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) aimed at reforming the Security Council, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent representative of […]
‘Star Trek’ legend William Shatner is boldly going where few 94-year-olds have gone before, as the Canadian actor announced plans to release a heavy metal album. “I have explored space. I have explored time. Now… I explore distortion,” Shatner wrote on social media late Thursday alongside a picture of himself cradling an electric guitar in […]
Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen have been officially announced for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, marking the return of the Game Boy Advance remakes as part of the franchise’s 30th anniversary celebrations. The Pokémon Company confirmed the titles during this year’s Pokémon Day announcements, revealing they will go live digitally immediately after the Pokémon […]
Pakistani singer-songwriter Falak Shabbir has released a new spiritual track titled Allah Hu ahead of Ramazan, describing it as a heartfelt expression of faith, devotion and inner peace. The kalam, featuring vocal duo Zain Zohaib, centres on themes of remembrance and divine love. With soft instrumentation and reflective lyrics, the track aims to offer listeners […]