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Tear gas and smoke envelop ICE agents as people protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies, outside an ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 1, 2025.John Rudoff | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defense to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.”Trump said the decision was necessary to protect U.S. Immigration and Customs…
Security forces killed 17 terrorists belonging to an “Indian proxy group, Fitna al Khwarij,” in an intelligence-based operation in Lakki Marwat district on the night of September 26 and 27, 2025, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), troops “effectively engaged the khwarij location,” 17 Indian sponsored khwarij were sent to hell. Weapons and ammunition were recovered during the operation. The military said those killed “remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces and law enforcement agencies, as well as the killing of innocent civilians.” A sanitisation…
Pakistan will be gunning for revenge, but an unbeaten India look firm favourites to retain the men’s Asia Cup title when the arch-rivals clash in a potentially testy final in Dubai on Sunday. The Indian juggernaut has crushed every opposition on their path before swaggering into the final of the eight-team tournament looking every inch the reigning 20-over world champions. Pakistan were beaten comprehensively twice, first in the group stage and then in Super Fours, by an India team containing the world’s top-ranked batter and bowler in the T20 format in opener Abhishek Sharma and spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Six-hitting machine…
ISLAMABAD: Websites openly selling citizens’ data on the internet have yet to be shut down while the team formed earlier this month to probe the data leak has requested three more weeks to finalize its report. Federal Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi September 7 took notice of the illegal sale of citizens’ private data on various internet platforms after Express News highlighted the issue in an exclusive report. Express News had brought the issue into the spotlight first in October 2024. According to the Express News report, private data of Pakistani citizensfrom federal ministers and senior government officials to ordinary…
Utah-based drink chain Swig coined “dirty soda” back in 2010. Fifteen years later, the trend is fueling innovation everywhere from PepsiCo to McDonald’s, infusing the sluggish beverage category with new life.”Dirty soda” drinks use pop as a base, followed by flavored syrups, cream or other ingredients. While Swig claims credit — and the trademark — for dirty soda, TikTok videos and the reality TV show “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” have helped the trend spread far and wide, outpacing even the soda chain’s speedy expansion.Now, consumers can find it nearly everywhere, from grocery store aisles to fast-food chains.In a…
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025 shows a photovoltaic power station and transmission lines in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang, a region rich in solar and wind energy resources, has vigorously developed the new energy industry in recent years, accelerating the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power base projects.A 750-kilovolt (kV) “power expressway loop,” the country’s largest of its kind, has taken shape throughout Xinjiang, providing strong support for efficient energy allocation. Today, about one third of the electricity transmitted in Xinjiang comes from clean energy sources such as…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday that it will not be able to achieve this quarter’s Rs3.1 trillion tax target but hoped to recoup the shortfall through inflation, economic growth and higher imports of solar panels. In a briefing to the IMF delegation, tax authorities said the July-September target would be missed by a significant margin. In a separate meeting, the Power Division apprised the lender about developments in the power sector, particularly settlement of Rs1.25 trillion circular debt through bank borrowings. The talks are taking place for release of a $1 billion loan tranche under…
In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.While the technology consultant was dining with colleagues on a work trip in Oregon, her phone alerted her to a text from an acquaintance named Jenny, who said she had urgent information to share about her estranged husband, Ben.After a nearly two-hour conversation with Jenny later that night, Guistolise recalled, she was dazed and in a state of panic. Jenny told her she’d found pictures on Ben’s computer of more than 80 women whose social media photos were used to create deepfake pornography — videos…
ABOARD A HONEYWELL TEST PLANE — Aerospace giant Honeywell is building new cockpit alerts that developers say will give airline pilots more precious time to react to hazards at airports.Honeywell senior test pilot Capt. Kirk Vining late last month put the alerts — called Surface Alert, or SURF-A — to the test by recreating some of the most serious near disasters at airports in recent aviation history.Moments before landing at Topeka Regional Airport, a Gulfstream G550 business jet was stopped on the same runway where Vining was about to touch down at the Kansas airport.”Traffic on runway!” called out the automated…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia on Friday expressed “deep concern” over the presence of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, warning that outfits such as ISIL, al-Qaeda, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and others continue to threaten regional and global security. The four countries issued a joint statement after their fourth quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan held on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session in New York. The gathering, convened at the invitation of Russia, brought together foreign ministers of the four states to review the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. According to…