Another crisis brewing? Pakistan on brink of food supply collapse as flour shortage deepens; prices hit the roof

Pakistan’s twin cities are staring at a worsening flour emergency after the Punjab Food Department halted wheat supplies to mills in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, triggering panic across markets and raising questions over the country’s fragile food security. The sudden suspension has deepened an already tense economic climate, with transport blockades, water shortages and declining dam […]

‘He’s having a seizure’: US ICE faces backlash after man collapses during wife’s arrest; DHS claims ‘false narrative’

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is facing intense scrutiny after a video showing a man apparently losing consciousness while holding a child during an arrest in Massachusetts went viral. However, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has called the clip “misleading,” saying that the man had faked a medical emergency to disrupt the operation […]

Making forest protection more lucrative than destruction

Representative image (AP) Though tropical rainforests contain some of the world’s richest biodiversity, regulate climate and hold vast stores of carbon dioxide, humans often see greater value in destroying them. The vast Amazon rainforest has typically suffered extreme exploitation, losing 3,000 football fields of forest daily during its 2022 deforestation peak to make way for […]

Bullying records! South Korean universities introduce new admission rule; rejects offending applicants

South Korea’s leading universities have begun rejecting applicants with histories of school bullying, marking the first time the country’s top institutions have enforced such a policy.Despite strong academic records, two students were denied admission to Seoul National University (SNU) last year, not for their grades, but for past involvement in school bullying.They were among 45 […]

‘Knew F-16s could deliver nukes’: Ex-CIA officer makes major claim on Pakistan; recalls warning of ‘enemy within’

Former CIA counterproliferation officer Richard Barlow In a startling revelation, former CIA counterproliferation officer Richard Barlow has claimed that successive US Presidents continued to certify Pakistan as a non-nuclear state until 1989 — even though Washington’s own intelligence showed that US-supplied F-16 fighter jets had been modified to deliver nuclear weapons.Barlow, who tracked Pakistan’s clandestine […]

‘Crimes against humanity: Turkey issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza genocide claims; Hamas hails move

Turkey announced on Friday that it has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several senior officials, accusing them of committing genocide during the war in Gaza.The Istanbul prosecutor’s office said in a statement that arrest warrants were issued for 37 individuals, though it did not release the full list. Those named […]

‘Enemy is massively attacking’: Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; 1 dead, multiple power outages reported

Russia launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, resulting in one fatality and causing power outages across multiple regions, according to Kyiv officials on Saturday.“The enemy is massively attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure again. Because of this, emergency power outages have been introduced in a number of regions of Ukraine,” Energy minister Svitlana Grynchuk said, […]

Diddy violated sobriety pledge, caught sipping prison-made alcohol at Fort Dix: Report

Looks like Diddy just couldn’t stop the party—not even behind bars. The music mogul was reportedly caught sipping homemade alcohol at Fort Dix, despite promising a judge he’d stay sober. The brew? A DIY cocktail of Fanta, sugar, and apples, left to ferment like a dorm room science experiment gone rogue.Sean Diddy Combs was caught […]

‘No willingness to take responsibility’: Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks fail again; what next?

NEW DELHI: The third round of peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan ended on Saturday without any agreement on tackling cross-border terrorism, with both sides trading blame for the collapse of negotiations. Afghanistan’s Taliban government accused Pakistan of adopting an “irresponsible and uncooperative” stance during the two-day talks held in Istanbul under the mediation of […]

Saudi launches Self-Deportation platform and AI smart track for faster airport immigration processing

Saudi digitises deportation and travel checks with AI systems / AI-generated image Acting Director General of Passports (Jawazat), Maj. Gen. Saleh Al-Murabba, announced at the Digital Government Forum 2025 in Riyadh that the directorate will shortly roll out a Self-Deportation Platform to let people who are in the Kingdom illegally complete departure procedures online. He […]