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VISUALS broadcast by state media in the early hours of Friday show Pakistani forces destroying a Taliban position in the Kurram sector. — X / RadioPakistan and PTVNewsOfficial • Govt claims ‘heavy losses inflicted’ on Taliban units that attacked positions in Chitral, Khyber, Mohmand, Kurram and Bajaur sectors • Offensive dubbed ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’; Tarar says two Pakistani soldiers martyred, three injured in line of duty • State media claims 58 Taliban fighters killed, over 100 injured in counterattacks; PAF hits targets in Afghanistan • Civilians in areas along the border injured by Afghan shelling • Those awaiting repatriation at border evacuated to safety; FO says ‘no quarrel’ with ordinary Afghans PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s sec­urity forces swung into action after Afghan Taliban fighters launched unprovoked attacks along the border between both countries under the cover of darkness, the government said on Thursday night. However, they received “an immediate and effective response” from Pakistan’s securit...

While Jack Dorsey cites AI-enabled productivity gains as the reason for Block's cuts, the deeper shift is in payments plumbing: stablecoin settlement threatens to compress the fee stack that fintech acquirers have relied on for years.

The proposal redirects stablecoin arbitrage from institutional market makers to large token holders and links voting rights to capital commitment.

Украинка по имени Алина посетила Париж в компании своей мамы в конце 2025 года. Она рассказала, на что потратила более 30 тысяч гривен.

Thousands of newly discovered documents now make it possible to tell the true story of Israel's expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 – and to begin to grasp its bitter implications, post-October 7

Anti-Israeli activists in Turkey have intensified efforts to identify dual citizens who served in the military, while Israeli officials warn social media exposure is driving legal complaints and detentions abroad

Speaker Amir Ohana made up the Medal of the Knesset and hung it around the Indian prime minister's neck ■ The process for selling Channel 13 – and its news division – is looking like the latest corruption case that should be investigated by the police ■ Netanyahu makes clear he's not fussed by the murders in the Arab community ■ If only Israel treated Braverman like Mandelson

A senior Israeli prosecutor was sent to Serbia to seek the temporary arrest of Israel Einhorn, but a source said: 'The door was slammed in her face.' Israel Police have not officially asked Interpol to issue a red notice against Einhorn

Vandaag in Dagkoers: het ontmantelen van oude windmolens op zee blijkt veel duurder dan gedacht. Een van de grootste bouwbedrijven van Nederland krijgt mogelijk een fikse naheffing van de Belastingdienst voor het inhuren van schijnzelfstandigen. En Peru heeft in tien jaar tijd acht presidenten versleten, wat is er aan de hand in dat land?  

Trump is hesitating about a strike, wary of a prolonged war, while U.S. generals are warning about limited munitions and logistical constraints ■ The plan for Gaza's future is underway, and Israel and Hamas aren't determining anything ■ The debate on the IDF's values ramps up once again

Quatre habitants ruraux sur cinq vivent aujourd'hui sous le seuil de pauvreté. C'est le constat alarmant dressé par deux nouveaux rapports de la Banque mondiale couvrant la période 2013-2022. Malgré un potentiel agricole considérable et un rôle central de l'agriculture dans l'économie nationale, la situation sociale dans les campagnes malgaches continue de se détériorer. Le secteur agricole demeure pourtant un pilier du pays. Il contribue à hauteur d'environ 30 % au produit intérieur brut (…) - Economie

На территории России должны возникнуть несколько региональных национальных государств, ведь только после этого мир будет чувствовать себя безопаснее.

GENEVA: Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip seem aimed at creating “permanent demographic change”, UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday. “Taken together, Israel’s actions appear aimed at making a permanent demographic change in Gaza and the West Bank, raising concerns about ethnic cleansing”, Turk said in a speech before the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva. Turk pointed in particular to an ongoing, year-long Israeli military operation in the West Bank’s north that has caused the displacement of 32,000 Palestinians. Elsewhere in the West Bank, entire Bedouin herder communities have been displaced by increasing harassment and violence from Israeli settlers, including near Mikhmas to the east of Ramallah, and Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley, since the start of the year. In addition to roughly three million Palestinians, more than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements and outposts in the West Bank, which are considered illegal under international law. Far-right minister ...

The Bitcoin miner moved to convert U.S. sites into AI-ready campuses, though analysts say confirmed tenants will be key.

• Planning minister advocates measures to incentivise poverty reduction, sustainability, population stabilisation • Punjab minister for protecting rights of smaller provinces ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday highlighted structural fiscal challenges being faced by the federal government and called for comprehensive and forward-looking reforms in the Natio­nal Finance Commission (NFC) Award. Speaking at the concluding session of the Pakistan Governance Forum, the minister, however, clarified that the constitutional vertical distribution of resources between the federation and provinces was not under review. Mr Iqbal noted that from approximately Rs14 trillion in federal tax revenue and Rs5 trillion in non-tax revenue, around Rs8.2 trillion was transferred to the provinces under the NFC Award. After these transfers, he said, the federal government retained fiscal space of approximately Rs11.07tr against total expenditures of nearly Rs17.5tr. “Nearly 50 per cent of ...

BERLIN: At least 7,667 people died or went missing last year on migration routes around the world, but the true death toll is likely higher, the UN’s migration agency reported on Thursday. The figure was down on 2024 when almost 9,200 deaths were recorded, but the International Organi­sation for Migration (IOM) said numbers nonetheless reflected the “global scale” of the crisis faced by migrants. “The continued loss of life on migration routes is a global failure we cannot accept as normal,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope. She argued for safer legal routes, adding: “These deaths are not inevitable.” Funding cuts for aid groups, crackdowns on humanitarian NGOs and limited access to data are making it more difficult to accurately track deaths, the UN agency said. Sea crossings such as the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe remain among the deadliest routes for migrants, the report said. At least 2,108 people went missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2025, and a...

Israel is "about to drag us into another war [with Iran], and all we hear from Israelis and their braindead supporters is 'ANTISEMITE' if you disagree with Israel's agenda," Kasparian wrote.

ISLAMABAD: In a befitting response to industrialists’ claims about the erosion of the prime minister’s Rs4.04 per unit tariff relief package, the government on Thursday said it had provided Rs15 billion in free working capital to industry for 90 days and was now seeking to recover it through a Rs1.78 per unit fuel cost adjustment (FCA) in March. “This is not an additional cost. You were given a lower tariff. You enjoyed Rs15bn in free working capital for 90 days. Now cost recovery is being done through the FCA,” said Rehan Akhtar, representing the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) of the Power Division, at a public hearing at the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra). He was responding to a tirade by representatives of the business community from Karachi and Lahore — Rehan Javed, Tanveer Barry and Aamir Sheikh — who said the prime minister’s Rs4.04 per unit tariff reduction had been partly offset by a Rs1.78 per unit higher FCA for electricity consumed in January and recovered in March. Th...

• Judgement observes Section 175 can be invoked for enforcement of any provision of tax ordinance • Ruling refers to use of word ‘enforcement’, implying that a ‘breach’ has occurred • Courts can’t contradict if language of legislation is ‘unequivocal’, Justice Farooq holds ISLAMABAD: The Federal Consti­tutional Court (FCC) ruled on Thursday that tax authorities can conduct raids and searches of taxpayers’ premises under Section 175 of the Income Tax Ordinance (ITO) 2001, even in the absence of any pending proceedings against them. Headed by Justice Aamer Farooq, a three-judge FCC bench rejected a plea moved by M/s Sceptre Pvt Ltd against a Dec 24, 2025, Sindh High Court decision that had validated a tax raid on the petitioner’s premises. The petitioner had challenged the raid conducted by tax authorities under Section 175. It said the section should be applied in case of ongoing proceedings, adding that a notice under Section 176, requiring certain documents and information, could not form the basis for a rai...