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Listen to article A key in-camera meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) was held on Tuesday in Parliament to review the country’s security situation. The meeting lasted over six hours. Senior political and military leaders, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir, and other officials, attended the session. Provincial leaders were also present, including Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, who represented his province in the absence of PTI members. Governors and Inspectors General of Police…

Israel informed the US about its latest attack on Gaza before it happened, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.Israel consulted with the United States before launching massive air raids on the Gaza Strip overnight. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said late on Monday that the Israeli government had informed the US administration of the impending assault. The wave of bombing, which killed at least 404 people according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, has shattered the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which was brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt and implemented in January. “The Trump administration and…

Frontier Airlines took a swipe at Southwest Airlines’ plan to start charging for seat assignments and checked luggage by doing the opposite.Budget carrier Frontier said customers can receive a bundle that includes a seat assignment and a carry-on bag without an upcharge if they book Tuesday through March 24 for travel through Aug. 18. The promotion applies for nonstop trips booked on Frontier’s website or app.For flights departing May 28 through Aug. 18, Frontier said it would include a free checked bag.The change comes a week after Southwest shocked customers by announcing, starting May 28, it will get rid of its long-standing…

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that some of Joe Biden’s pardons are invalid because the former president allegedly used an autopen. “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen,” Trump wrote on March 17 on Truth Social. He referred to Biden’s pardons of congressional members who served on the committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. It’s uncertain whether Biden used an “autopen” –…

The world awoke to the shocking news that Israel had resumed its genocidal war on Gaza. Questions abounded: How many people were hurt? Why is this happening? How did we get here? Here is what we know: What is happening in Gaza? Israel killed more than 400 people in overnight attacks on Tuesday, launching air raids as people slept in the early hours of the morning. The office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement announcing the resumption of Israel’s war on Gaza. Where did the attacks take place? According to reports, Israeli raids targeted the northern, central,…

Assaf Rappaport, Wiz, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2021 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile | Getty ImagesGoogle on Tuesday signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire Wiz, the New York-based cloud security startup, for $32 billion in an all-cash deal, according to releases.The deal will improve the company’s cloud security offering by providing a platform for customers to protect against threats in a world of advancing artificial intelligence, Google said. The deal comes month after talks had fizzled between both companies. In July, CNBC reported that Wiz walked away from a potential $23 billion…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is welcomed by villagers singing the grand song of the Dong ethnic group while visiting the Zhaoxing Dong Village in Liping County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 17, 2025. Xi made an inspection tour in Guizhou Province from Monday to Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)GUIYANG, March 18 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected an ethnic village in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest…

Listen to article More than four months since its formation, the constitutional bench has yet to deliver rulings on any critical cases, raising concerns over judicial inertia. On November 4, 2024, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) nominated eight judges for the constitutional bench by a majority vote, with government-backed members playing a decisive role in the selection. The bench, led by Justice Aminuddin Khan, was widely expected to rule on the trial of civilians in military courts. However, while it conditionally permitted military courts to issue verdicts in cases related to the May 9 incidents, the bench has yet to conclude…

At least 404 people have been killed, including many children, as Israel resumes attacks on Gaza.Israeli warplanes launched a massive assault across the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday morning, killing at least 404 people, including many children, and injuring numerous others. The death toll is likely to rise as many people remain under the rubble of bombarded buildings. Israel’s attacks have shattered the fragile two-month-old ceasefire with Hamas that began on January 19. Israeli attacks targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip, from north to south, including Jabalia, Beit Hanoon, Gaza City, Nuseirat, Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah. Areas…

2025 Cadillac Escalade IQMichael Wayland / CNBCSAN FRANCISCO — Cadillac expects roughly one of every three vehicles it sells in the U.S. this year to be all-electric models, as the automaker continues to expand its EV lineup despite industrywide slower-than-expected adoption of the vehicles.The General Motors luxury brand is expected to offer five electric vehicles by the end of this year, including its recently launched Escalade IQ and Optiq entry-level crossover. They join the Cadillac Lyriq, which will be followed later in the year by the three-row Vistiq crossover and the bespoke, $300,000-plus Celestiq car.”The momentum is really there,” Brad…