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ISTANBUL: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would speak to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Monday following talks between the two sides at which a Ukrainian official said Moscow’s negotiators voiced new demands before a ceasefire could be agreed. In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies preparations were […]

At least 21 people were killed overnight in Kentucky and Missouri when a volatile weather system spawned tornadoes as it ripped across a large swath of the U.S. Midwest and Great Lakes, officials said on Saturday. In Kentucky, at least 14 people were killed and the death toll was expected to rise, said Governor Andy […]

11 Bit Studios’s action-adventure survival game, The Alters, is one of the most anticipated games of this year. The single-player sci-fi game allows players to assume the role of Jan Dolski, a man on a mission to a planet rich in a valuable element. Tragically, Jan’s entire team is wiped out during the approach to […]

During a routine pipe inspection in Oviedo, Florida, municipal workers discovered an unexpected situation, which went viral when they saw a 5-foot alligator peacefully lying in a stormwater pipe underneath Lockwood Boulevard. The city circulated viral footage of the alligator, getting locals’ online engagement and amusing reactions. Workers who were inspecting the pipes used a […]

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Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has set a new record by disbursing over Rs. 61 billion in business loans to more than 107,000 individuals in just three months under the Chief Minister’s Easy Business Finance and Card Schemes. According to official figures, the province witnessed the launch of 57,913 new businesses during this […]

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would speak to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine on Monday following talks between the two sides at which a Ukrainian official said Moscow’s negotiators voiced new demands before a ceasefire could be agreed. In Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies preparations were underway for a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump. The talks in Turkiye on Friday were the first time the sides had held face-to-face talks since March 2022, weeks after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour. A senior Ukrainian official familiar with the talks said Russian negotiators demanded Ukraine pull its troops out of all Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow before they would agree to a ceasefire. Trump, writing on Truth Social, said he would speak with Putin to discuss stopping the war at 10am on Monday. “The subjects of the call will be, stopping the ‘bloodbath’ that is killing, on average, more than 5000 Russian and...

WhatsApp, the world’s top messaging app, owned by Meta, is working on a status sharing feature to give users better control over status and updates. This new feature will let users choose if their contacts can forward or share their status or not. Initially, the Status sharing feature was discovered in the Android Beta version […]

RAWALPINDI: Babar Azam’s 94 went in vain as Karachi Kings defeated Peshawar Zalmi by 23 runs in the 27th game of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 10 on Saturday. Chasing a mammoth 238-run total, the Zalmi were restricted to 214 for five, losing the game by 23 runs. With the victory, Kings became the second […]

ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings, also known as Qaumi Bachat Bank, has announced a minor rise in the Profit Rate of Behbood Savings Certificates for May 2025, following its recent review conducted in March 2025. The revised rates will be applicable throughout May 2025 until further notice is announced. Behbood Savings Certificates were […]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry have lauded Iran’s peace efforts in the recent Pakistan-India conflict and warned of “forces” seeking to create a rift among the two brotherly countries. Just two days after India, without any evidence, blamed Pakistan over last month’s deadly attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam, Iran had offered to mediate between the two as tensions escalated. A press release from the PM’s Office said the premier had a telephonic conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. “During their warm and cordial conversation, the prime minister conveyed his warm regards to Supreme Leader Ayatullah Khamenei and thanked President Pezeshkian for Iran’s sincere and brotherly diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions in South Asia. He particularly thanked the president for his telephone call to the prime minister last month as well as for sending Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to the region during the crisis,” the PMO...

Says sons of the soil thwarted hostile designs of enemy

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