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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary meets Field Marshal Asim Munir at the GHQ in RawalpindiChief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir met with Ali Ardeshir Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at the General Headquarters on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. Photo: APP Pakistan and Iran signalled a renewed readiness to work together against terrorism as Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir met Ali Ardeshir Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, met at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. COAS Munir reiterated Pakistan’s dedication to regional peace and underscored the…

Disney’s “Zootopia 2” follows detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who turns the mammal metropolis of Zootopia upside down.DisneyMoviegoers have plenty to feast on at the box office this Thanksgiving.Disney’s “Zootopia 2” snared $10.2 million in Tuesday previews, the second-highest haul for a Disney Animation Studios film ever, behind only last year’s “Moana 2,” which took in $13.8 million. It’s the eighth-highest preview for an animated movie of all time. Box office analysts expect the film to generate between $135 million and $150 million during the five-day Thanksgiving period. Although…

Says it doesn’t conduct covert operation; Pakistan never targets civilians; Highlights threat posed by US-made weaponsDirector-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, addressing students at Jinnah University for Women in Karachi on June 17. Photo : ISPR video screen grab ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday vehemently dismissed Kabul’s allegations that Islamabad conducted air strikes on Afghan territory, insisting that Islamabad neither carries out covert cross-border operations nor targets civilians. Speaking to journalists in Rawalpindi, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the accusations levelled by the Afghan Taliban, claiming…

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds up a new iPhone 17 Pro during an Apple special event at Apple headquarters on September 09, 2025 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesApple is set to ship more smartphones than Samsung in 2025, the first time it will have done so in 14 years, Counterpoint Research said in a note on Wednesday.Apple will ship around 243 million iPhone units this year versus 235 million shipments from Samsung, Counterpoint told CNBC. Apple is likely to end up with a 19.4% share of the global smartphone market while Samsung’s share will be 18.7%.Shipments refer…

President Donald Trump returns to the White House on Marine One in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 2025.Allison Robbert | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesA judge in Georgia on Wednesday dismissed the historic racketeering case brought against President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn his loss in the state’s 2020 election.The ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee draws to a close the final criminal case against Trump that remained unresolved after he won back the White House in 2024.McAfee’s order dismissing the case “in its entirety” came shortly after state prosecutor Peter Skandalakis moved to…

Police officers stand guard at the main entry gate of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday drew international attention to rising Islamophobia and the desecration of heritage sites in India, expressing deep concern over the flag hoisting at the so-called “Ram Temple” built on the site of the historic Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. The Babri Mosque, a centuries-old place of worship, was demolished on December 6, 1992, by extremist mobs inspired by fascist ideologies. Subsequent judicial proceedings in India, which acquitted those responsible and permitted construction of a temple on the mosque’s demolished site,…

People walk on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025.Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty ImagesMassachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday released a study that found that artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, or as much as $1.2 trillion in wages across finance, health care and professional services.The study was conducted using a labor simulation tool called the Iceberg Index, which was created by MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The index simulates how 151 million U.S. workers interact across the country and how they are affected by AI…

* “Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China since ancient times, and the Cairo and Potsdam documents make that unmistakably clear,” said Zhu Haian, president of the Belgium branch of the China Council for Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification.* “We know, regretably, how Japanese militarism ended — what sacrifices it cost the whole world, and Japan itself,” said Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova. “Therefore, the politicians who come to govern the country in Japan should remember this and understand what irresponsible statements can lead to, and refrain from them.”* South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said on…

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, speaks at the UN Security Council meeting on Israel-Iran conflict on June 13, 2025. Courtesy: X@PakistanUN_NY UNITED NATIONS: With the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories remaining dire despite the October 10 Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Pakistan has called for steps to ensure adherence to the truce agreement to stop the bloodshed, ensure humanitarian relief and pave the way for the reconstruction of Gaza. “Israeli airstrikes have killed and injured civilians, including children; more than three hundred Palestinians have reportedly been killed since the ceasefire announcement,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, permanent reprevsentative…

RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 22 Indian-sponsored terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Monday, the military said in a statement issued Tuesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation targeted the reported presence of “Khwarij belonging to an Indian proxy, Fitna al-Khwarij” – a term used for terrorists associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “On 24 November 2025, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Bannu District on the reported presence of Khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy, Fitna al-Khwarij,” the ISPR statement said. “During the operation, our troops effectively engaged the…