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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) observes an exhibition as Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff Sergey Kiriyenko (Kirienko) (R) looks on while visiting the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute Of Experimental Physics on August 22, 2025 in Sarov, Russia.Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesRussia’s suspected drone attacks on Poland are widely seen as part of a “salami-slicing” strategy designed to test the West’s resolve.Salami-slicing, in geopolitical terms, refers to the process of taking a series of incremental steps to further one’s strategic position, without provoking a major counter response.Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have frequently deployed this tactic…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that a wife’s right to maintenance is not contingent upon consummation or rukhsatithe act of leaving her parents’ house to join her husband after marriage. “A holistic reading of contemporary Islamic jurisprudence, statutory enactments, constitutional protections, and judicial precedents affirms that a wife’s right to maintenance is neither contingent upon consummation or rukhsati, nor subject to the discretion of the husband. “It flows unconditionally from the solemnization of a valid marriage and constitutes a binding legal duty,” said a 15-page judgment authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. Shah was leading a division bench…
The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe European Union on Friday said it has accepted commitments from Microsoft to unbundle its Teams workplace communication platform from its popular productivity apps.The decision essentially exempts Microsoft from receiving a potentially hefty antitrust fine after the company was last year accused by the European Commission — the executive body of the EU — of breaching competition rules with the “abusive” bundling of its Teams and Office products.”With today’s decision, we make binding for seven years or…
CARDIFF: Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch took two wickets apiece as South Africa beat England by 14 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in a rain-marred first T20 in Cardiff on Wednesday. Bad weather reduced what should have been a 40-over contest at Sophia Gardens to just 12.5 in total. England chasing a revised 69 in five overs for victory, finished on 54-5 as they failed to keep pace with a daunting run rate of nearly 14 an over against a quality attack. Jansen (2-18) and Bosch (2-20) did the bulk of the damage in an England innings where only Jos…
A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Y-20 transport aircraft carrying the remains of Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) martyrs, escorted by four J-20 fighter jets, is pictured in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on Sept. 12, 2025. The remains of 30 Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were returned to China on Friday from the Republic of Korea (ROK). (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)SHENYANG, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) — The remains of 30 Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist…
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/SUKKUR: As the country reels from devastating floods caused by one of the most intense monsoon seasons in recent memory, weather officials have forecast a fresh spell of rainfall from September 16 to 18. The new rains are expected to affect Azad Jammu and Kashmir, northern and central Punjab, and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Unlike the torrential downpours of August, the upcoming spell is likely to be of moderate intensity. Authorities are closely monitoring the situation and have urged local administrations to remain on high alert. Meanwhile, officials have warned that districts including Multan, Muzaffargarh, Liaquatpur, and Rahim Yar Khan face…
LONDON: Chelsea were hit with 74 charges by the Football Association on Thursday after the London club were accused of breaching regulations covering football agents, intermediaries and third-party investment in players spanning more than a decade. The FA did not elaborate on the charges but Chelsea said the matters were ‘self-reported’ by the club after the change in ownership in May 2022. “The conduct that is the subject of the charges ranges from 2009 to 2022 and primarily relates to events which occurred between the 2010-11 to 2015-16 playing seasons,” the FA said in a statement. At the time, the…
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and Co-Founder of Swedish fintech Klarna, gives a thumbs up during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., Sept. 10, 2025.Brendan McDermid | ReutersLONDON — It’s been a busy week for the European technology sector.On Tuesday, London-headquartered artificial intelligence startup ElevenLabs announced it would let employees sell shares in a secondary round that doubles its valuation to $6.6 billion.Then, Dutch chip firm ASML on Wednesday confirmed it was leading French AI firm Mistral’s 1.7 billion-euro Series C funding round at a valuation of 11.7 billion euros ($13.7 billion) — up…
RAWALPINDI: Security forces across Pakistan carried out multiple counterterrorism operations this week, killing at least 23 terrorists in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan, while seven soldiers were martyred in a terrorist attack in Lower Dir, officials confirmed. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 19 terrorists from the Indian-sponsored Fitna al Khawarij were killed in three separate engagements in K-P between September 9 and 10. It said that 14 were killed in Mohmand, four in North Waziristan and one in Bannu. “On 9-10 September, nineteen Khwarij belonging to Indian Proxy, Fitna al Khwarij were sent to hell in three separate engagements in…
A man walks past a logo of SK Hynix at the lobby of the company’s Bundang office in Seongnam on January 29, 2021.Jung Yeon-Je | AFP | Getty ImagesSouth Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix said Friday that it was ready to mass produce its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, staying ahead of rivals, and sending the company’s stock soaring. HBM is a type of memory that is used in chipsets for artificial-intelligence computing, including in chips from global AI giant Nvidia — a major client of SK Hynix. SK Hynix said earlier this year that it had shipped samples of its HBM4 chips to…