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Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti underscored the need for stringent operations against terrorists in the province on Thursday, affirming that the writ of the state will not be challenged. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Bugti detailed an intelligence-based operation conducted the previous day. “Our forces reached the house where terrorists were hiding, and they opened fire. In the ensuing exchange, two terrorists were killed, while one, Jehanzaib, surrendered, and another accomplice was apprehended alive,” he said. He added that the arrested terrorist was actively recruiting terrorists in Dalbandin and supplying weapons, describing him as a “hardcore terrorist.” Bugti emphasised…

A crane towers above the mobile launcher 2 adjacent the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Richard Tribou | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesThe director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Joseph Pelfrey, announced his resignation from the role on Thursday, CNBC confirmed.Pelfrey said in an email to employees at the space agency that as NASA focuses on its mission to return humans to the moon, it will be “important for agency leadership to move forward with a team they choose to execute the tasks at hand.”The email also said Pelfrey would work…

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 17: A detail view of a NBC Sunday Night Football video camera during the first half between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on November 17, 2024 in Inglewood, California. Ric Tapia | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesYouTube TV subscribers may soon be without “Sunday Night Football,” “The Voice” and other NBCUniversal programming as the parties ramp up for a carriage dispute that could lead to a blackout at the end of the month.CNBC reported the two sides could be headed for a potential blackout earlier Thursday. It’s a sign…

An airplane takes off at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 15, 2025. Xinjiang is seeing increased vitality across the board as the region accelerates its efforts to the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China’s western regions to global markets.To build a golden channel across the Eurasian continent and a gateway for opening up, Xinjiang has accelerated the development of broader channels.So far, Xinjiang has opened 19 ports, launched 119 bilateral international road transport routes, 10 multilateral international road freight routes, and 595 civil aviation routes.…

KARACHI: The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at an all-time high of 159,280.09, marking a 0.66% increase, fueled by strong investor confidence despite a drop in trading volumes to 880 million shares from 1,027 million shares in the previous session. Key sectors driving the gains included Power Generation & Distribution, Commercial Banks, and Oil & Gas Exploration Companies, which collectively contributed 890 points to the index, according to IIS. Among the top performers, HUBC led with a gain of 419.4 points, followed by ENGROH with 277.34 points, while LUCK was the biggest loser, shedding 151.62 points, and BAFL declined by 35.01…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference as the U.S. House of Representatives considers U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2025.Nathan Howard | ReutersHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday that Democrats will not be “intimidated” by the Trump administration’s warning to federal agencies to prepare for mass firings if the government shuts down next week.”Republicans control the House, the Senate and the presidency,” Jeffries, D-New York, told reporters, just days before next week’s deadline for reaching a stopgap funding deal to avoid a federal shutdown.”If…

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar has said that the party is determined to hold the province’s largest political gathering on September 27 in Peshawar. Speaking to the media after a key meeting with PTI lawmakers and office-bearers from the Peshawar region, Akbar admitted that the party had not been able to mobilize crowds as effectively in recent months as desired. However, he maintained that PTI’s popularity graph was steadily rising and that a transparent general election would pave the way for the party’s return to power. “Yes, we may not always succeed in bringing people out of their homes,…

Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order approving a proposal that would keep TikTok alive in the U.S. in a transaction that Vice President JD Vance said values the business at $14 billion.The deal satisfies the requirements of a national security law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations or face an effective ban in the country, according to the executive order. Under the terms, which China must still approve, a new joint-venture company will oversee TikTok’s U.S. business, with ByteDance retaining less than a 20% stake.Enterprise tech giant Oracle,…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats encouraging the passage of Affordable Care Act tax credits, in Washington, DC on September 16, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty ImagesHealth-care providers could lose more than $32 billion in revenue if the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits expire this year, as they are on track to do, according to an analysis released Thursday.The lapse in Obamacare subsidies could also lead to an additional $7.7 billion in unpaid medical bills from uninsured patients, the analysis by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and…

Jack Antonoff speaks on stage at “Up Close & Personal” In My Studio With…Jack Antonoff at The Village Recording Studio on Aug. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Unique Nicole | Getty ImagesAcclaimed music producer Jack Antonoff is rejecting claims by Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino that concert tickets are still “underpriced.”The CEO’s comments came at the CNBC Sport and Boardroom Game Plan conference last week, when he said, “In sports, I joke it’s like a badge of honor to spend [$70,000] for Knicks courtside. … When you read about the ticket prices going up, it’s still an average concert…