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Listen to article The Federal Anti-Corruption Court in Karachi has acquitted Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani in three cases related to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) corruption scandal. During the hearing, Gilani appeared before the court in person. The judge informed him that a verdict had been reached in three cases against him, to which he acknowledged the decision, Express News reported on Friday. The court asked Gilani which prison he would prefer — Karachi, Multan, or Islamabad. Gilani responded that he had no fear of jail. “Prison is nothing new for us. If you wish, you may even sentence me…

Gaza City – For many in Gaza, US President Donald Trump’s recent threats feel like nothing more than a justification for further violence and collective punishment against them. Late on Wednesday, Trump had threatened the people of Gaza, saying they would all be “dead” if captives continued to be held there. As Gaza continues to grapple with the devastating aftermath of war – mass displacement, widespread destruction, and dire humanitarian conditions – people are exhausted and sceptical about international efforts to resolve the war. Al Jazeera spoke to Palestinians in northern Gaza about Trump’s threats. ‘Nothing left to grieve’ Yasser…

The short-seller assault on AppLovin is getting ratcheted up a notch.A week after Fuzzy Panda Research put out a report alleging that AppLovin’s ad-tech software is the “nexus of a house of cards,” and accusing the company of violating Google and Apple’s app store policies, the short-seller firm is urging the S&P Index Committee to keep AppLovin’s stock out of the benchmark index.”We are writing to the committee regarding very serious allegations that have been raised against a company that will potentially be added to the S&P 500, AppLovin (APP),” Fuzzy Panda wrote in a March 4 letter to the…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Security forces arrested four Afghan terrorists in a successful operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas in Balochistan and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including Kalashnikov rifles, hand grenades and other firearms, sources said on Thursday. They said that the operation was conducted in Toba Kakri area on Wednesday, adding that the arrested terrorists had confessed to infiltrating into Pakistan through the border, and were plotting a major terrorist attack in the country. In his confessional statement, according to the sources, an arrested terrorist gave his name as Asamuddin, son of Gulshad. He admitted that he…

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s administration announced the imposition of 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico only to roll some of them back again. On March 6, the US president announced that he was exempting all products that are part of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) for a month. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense continued its military buildup along the southern border, deploying an additional 3,000 troops. Trump has claimed that these measures are needed to stem the flow of fentanyl and undocumented people trying to cross into the US from Mexico. Yet, data shows that fentanyl deaths have…

UN migration agency says two bodies recovered off Djibouti while dozens of migrants and five Yemeni crew remain missing.Four boats carrying migrants from Africa have capsized in waters off Yemen and Djibouti, leaving at least two people dead and 186 missing, according to the United Nations migration agency. A spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that two of the boats capsized off Yemen late on Thursday. Tamim Eleian said two crew members were rescued, but 181 migrants and five Yemeni crew remain missing. The IOM chief of mission in Yemen said the majority of those onboard…

Elon Musk speaks during the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 26, 2025.Brian Snyder | ReutersTesla’s stock has never had a stretch this red.For seven straight weeks, since Elon Musk went to Washington, D.C. to join the Trump administration, shares in his automaker have declined, closing on Friday at $270.48. It’s the longest such losing streak for Tesla in its 15 years as a public company.Tesla shares finished the week down more than 10% and at their lowest level since Nov. 5, Election Day, when they closed at…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 28, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe Trump Organization sued Capital One in Florida on Friday for allegedly “unjustifiably” closing more than 300 of the company’s bank accounts on the heels of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters.The lawsuit said that the Trump Organization and related entities “have reason to believe that Capital One’s unilateral decision came about as a result of political and…

The Walgreens logo is displayed at a Walgreens store on October 15, 2024 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesStruggling drugstore chain Walgreens is going private. The company on Thursday said it inked a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that will take it off the public market for an equity value of around $10 billion.Sycamore will pay $11.45 per share in cash for Walgreens, representing a roughly 8% premium to the stock’s closing price on Thursday. Shareholders could also receive up to $3 more per share in the future from sales of Walgreens’ primary-care businesses, including Village Medical,…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench (CB) of the Supreme Court has observed that court martial should not be mixed up with martial law as the latter is completely unacceptable and an extraconstitutional measure, A seven-member CB led by Justice Aminuddin Khan on Thursday resumed hearing the intra-court appeals filed against October 2023 order of a Supreme Court bench that declared trial of May 9 rioters in military courts null and void. During the proceedings, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) submitted its written arguments to the court. According to the submissions, the SCBA held a meeting on March 5 to…