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U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney, as he arrives at the G7 leaders’ summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada June 16, 2025. Stefan Rousseau | Via ReutersCanada has walked back on its digital services tax “in anticipation” of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States, Ottawa announced Sunday night.The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he will be “terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada” in response to Ottawa’s decision to impose a digital services tax on American tech firms.”Today’s announcement will support a resumption of negotiations toward…

President Asif Ali Zardari has named Justice Sarfraz Dogar as the senior-most judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), following a determination of judicial seniority. The announcement, made through an official notification on Sunday, also confirmed the permanent transfer of three judges from other high courts to the IHC. Five IHC judges challenge SC ruling Earlier, five judges of the IHC challenged the Supreme Court’s order endorsing the transfer of three judges to the IHC. They also requested the apex court to restrain the three transferred judges — including Acting Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar — from performing any judicial or administrative…

Listen to article Security forces have killed two Indian-backed terrorists and arrested two others during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Duki district, the military’s media wing said on Sunday. The operation was launched on reports of the presence of members of Fitna al Hindustan, described by the military as an Indian proxy group operating in the region. “Security forces effectively engaged the Indian-sponsored terrorists’ location,” said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement. “After an intense exchange of fire, two Indian-sponsored terrorists were sent to hell, while two were apprehended.” Security forces also recovered weapons, ammunition and explosives from the terrorists,…

A man jumps into a pond of Hampstead Heath in London, Britain, on June 20, 2025. Britain recorded its hottest day of the year on Thursday as an amber heat health alert was issued across England. (Xinhua)Scientists have widely agreed that the persistent rise in greenhouse gas emissions since the Industrial Revolution is the primary driver of this year’s intense heatwaves.LONDON, June 29 (Xinhua) — Over the past few weeks, heatwaves have hit several regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of North America, Europe, and eastern Asia.As the Northern Hemisphere endures a summer of unprecedented heat, experts warn that…

Listen to article An Indian defence official has admitted that the country’s air force did “lose some aircraft” on the night of May 7 when they launched an unprovoked attack on civilian sites in Pakistan during the recent 86-hour war between the two nuclear powers. Captain Shiv Kumar, an Indian defence attache, made the statement while speaking at a seminar, ‘Analysis of the Pakistan–India Air Battle and Indonesia’s Anticipatory Strategies from the Perspective of Air Power’ organised by Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma in Indonesia, reported Indian media. Kumar blamed the losses suffered by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the constraints imposed…

Volunteers hand out emergency food aid in the flood-stricken Rongjiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, June 29, 2025. Heavy flooding has returned to Rongjiang County in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, prompting local authorities to re-activate the highest-level emergency flood response, effective from 12:30 p.m. Saturday.Since flooding began, Rongjiang, with a population of 385,000, has received prompt rescue efforts from both authorities and volunteers. (Photo by Wang Bingzhen/Xinhua)Volunteers work in the flood-stricken Rongjiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, June 29, 2025. Heavy flooding has returned to Rongjiang County in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, prompting local authorities to re-activate the highest-level emergency…

Listen to article The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board of Directors has approved seven major telecommunications projects worth Rs7.49 billion to improve high-speed internet and mobile connectivity for nearly 960,000 people across 347 locations in 10 districts of Pakistan. The announcement was made during the USF Board’s 98th meeting, chaired by Zarar Hasham Khan, Secretary of the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication, held at USF headquarters on Sunday, Radio Pakistan reported. Among the approved initiatives are two large-scale Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) projects aimed at providing high-speed fixed broadband to approximately 2.8 million people in the Sanghar and Jhang districts. These projects…

PUBLISHED June 29, 2025 KARACHI: Wars are the continuation of policy by other means. This famous dictum by Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz forms the bedrock of post-industrial modern warfare. Every conflict makes military leaders unlearn some older lessons and learn new ones. However, the ‘principles of war’ distilled over space and centuries in time, remain unchanged. Any violation of these ‘imperatives’ costs dearly in time, effort and treasury, besides causing loss of life and limb. The recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran – with the US dragged into the fray at the 11th hour – is instructive,…

Listen to article Heavy rain and flash flooding across Pakistan have killed 45 people in just a few days since the start of the monsoon season, disaster management officials said Sunday. The highest toll was recorded in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) that borders Afghanistan, where 10 children were among 21 killed.  The disaster management authority said 14 of those victims died in the Swat Valley, where media reported a flash flood swept away families on a riverbank. In Punjab, along the frontier with India, 13 fatalities have been recorded since Wednesday. Eight of them were children who died when walls or roofs…

Listen to article Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir received a call from Iran’s top military commander on Sunday, with Tehran thanking Islamabad for its support during the 12-day war with Israel, Iranian Press TV media reported. During the conversation, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, praised Islamabad’s “courageous stance” during the crisis and thanked the people of Pakistan for their “bold positions” in condemning what he called unprovoked attacks by the Zionist regime. He credited Islamabad for standing by Tehran as Israeli strikes targeted senior military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians—including women and…