The head of Peru’s electoral authority, Piero Corvetto, resigned on Tuesday as pressure grows over the long-delayed results from the country’s April 12 general election. Corvetto, who shared his resignation letter on X, had previously acknowledged logistical delays to the electoral process, but denied that any irregularities took place. In his letter, Corvetto said it […]
Democratic US Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned on Tuesday, minutes before a congressional committee was set to hold a hearing on her punishment for ethics violations. Her departure immediately expands Republicans’ narrow majority to 217-213 with an independent who caucuses with Republicans and four vacancies. In a social media post announcing her resignation, Cherfilus-McCormick slammed the […]
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to integrate the Patriot missile, an Army missile interceptor, into the US Navy’s Aegis combat system, a milestone the company said on Tuesday marks the first time the weapon will be fielded at sea. Reuters was first to report in October 2024 that the Navy was moving forward […]
Two young men were killed and six persons were injured in an incident of rash driving in Hala Naka area of Hyderabad on Monday evening. A double-cab vehicle, allegedly being driven by a drunken person, hit a car and several people near Isra University Hospital. The crowd which witnessed the incident reacted violently by damaging […]
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has exposed a major organised theft scandal involving assets worth billions of rupees at Pakistan Steel Mills, revealing an alleged nexus between insiders and external accomplices. The investigation was launched following a complaint from the Ministry of Industries and Production. Initial findings uncovered strong evidence of systematic theft, where valuable […]
The sacked Controller Examination of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas, Anwar Aleem Khanzada, has been booked in an FIR for minting over Rs2 billion by issuing fake educational certificates. The case was registered on Monday in Mirpurkhas under sections 420, 428, 471, 109 and 34 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and section […]
The Artillery Maidan police have registered a murder case after a man was shot dead in front of his wife by unidentified assailants on Sharea Faisal. The victim, 36-year-old Dr. Sarang, was targeted on Monday night while returning home with his wife in a rickshaw. The FIR has been registered on the complaint of victim’s […]
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah chaired a high-level meeting to review progress on major projects under the Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 202526 and finalised the strategy for PSDP 202627, with a strong focus on road infrastructure, regional connectivity, and economic growth. Participants of the meeting were informed that five major road […]
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a rapidly expiring ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran and that the US military was “raring to go” if negotiations were not successful. He spoke shortly after the US military announced it had boarded a huge Iranian oil tanker at sea […]
Pope Leo warned on Tuesday that humanity’s future was at risk of being “tragically compromised” because of ongoing wars and a breakdown of international law, in a forceful speech in Equatorial Guinea on his four-nation Africa tour. The first US pope, who has drawn the ire of President Donald Trump after becoming more outspoken in recent […]