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KARACHI: The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has set Sept 5 as the deadline for existing virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to submit applications for no-objection certificates (NOCs), warning that those failing to do so would have to cease operations. “Existing virtual asset service providers must submit their NOC applications by Sept 5, 2026 or cease operations,” PVARA said in a press release. Virtual assets or virtual currencies are not popular at the mass level in P

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 26 km E of Letpandan, Burma (Myanmar)

GILGIT: Pakistan Customs collected Rs15 billion in revenue on imports from China through the Khunjerab Pass during the fiscal year 2025-26, breaking the previous record, while goods worth Rs2.8bn were exported to China and Central Asian countries through the border crossing. Wajid Ali, Pakistan Customs Collector Gilgit-Baltistan, told Dawn that Rs14.93bn in revenue was collected on imports through the Khunjerab Pass at the Sost Dry Port during FY26. In FY25, Pakistan Customs had collected Rs13.6

Hardliner Mohsen Rezaei also threatens American economic interests in first interview since appointment to supreme national security council The new leader of Iran’s top security body has warned its neighbours against joining new US efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy, and threatened US commercial interests in the region, as Donald Trump doubled down on his fanciful view that the strait of Hormuz was a new US territory. Mohsen Rezaei, the hardline new leader of Iran’s supreme national security c

Palestinian commission: Illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank reach 592 by July The number of illegal Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank has reached 592 by the end of July, according to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission. The sites comprise 192 settlements and 400 outposts, including 231 pastoral outposts. The commission said nearly 780,000 Israeli settlers were living in these settlements: around 333,600 in Jerusalem settlements and 446,400 el

• Prevention of illegal immigration, cybercrime discussed • Zardari calls for deepening strategic alliance between the countries ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Malaysia on Saturday agreed to establish a joint working group between their interior ministries to promote institutional cooperation, with a focus on counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, cybercrime and the prevention of illegal immigration. The understanding was reached during delegation-level talks between Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and M

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No abnormal situations were recorded at the nuclear facilities, the fire service reported

Aipac told to stay away from pro-Israel Mike Rogers' campaign, report says Allies of Mike Rogers, a Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, have asked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) not to run ads on his behalf, according to Axios. The request came after Rogers spoke with Aipac chair Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles last week. The next day, Aipac shelved an already-prepared video ad targeting Rogers' Democratic rival, Abdul El-Sayed, an outspoken critic of Israel. Axios said t

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QUETTA: A security official embraced martyrdom and six others sustained injuries in a roadside bomb explosion in the Khad Kocha area of Mastung district on Saturday, police said. Officials said that an explosive device planted in the Gro area of Khad Kocha along the Quetta-Karachi National Highway was detonated when security vehicles were passing through the area. One of the vehicles was hit in the blast, resulting in the martyrdom of a security official and injuring six others, a senior police

French President Emmanuel Macron Sunday welcomed Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman for a two-day visit, hosting him at the Esports World Cup before a second day focused on bilateral deals and the situation in the Middle East. A French presidential official said several agreements, on health, transport and energy, will be signed on Monday alongside talks likely to focus on Iran.

French President Emmanuel Macron late Sunday was to welcome Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman for a two-day visit, criticised as a "provocation" by journalist groups. The official agenda for the visit ranges from esports to the war in the Middle East, and a French presidential official said several agreements, on health, transport and energy will be signed on Monday. But three journalists' unions on Sunday protested against France hosting the Saudi strongman, who is kno

Iran has asserted control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one fifth of the world's oil and LNG exports passed before the war.

In 2007, the so-called ‘Lawyers’ Movement’ in Pakistan mobilised immense pressure against then military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, whom Musharraf had arbitrarily dismissed. Backed by opposition parties, these protests catalysed a somewhat ‘fair’ 2008 general election, which brought the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to power, closely followed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Leveraging their combined parliamentary majority, the two major pa
On the broadcast that aired August 16, 2026, Keane recounted the events leading up to the war between the US, Israel, and Iran, which began on February 28 this year.

Tear gas shelling, detentions, property theft reported during West Bank raids Israeli settlers and the military have continued raids in the occupied West Bank, including the one in which eleven 11 Palestinians, four children among them, suffered from suffocation caused by tear smoke inhalation. * Wafa reported that during an Israeli military raid on the city of Tubas and the village of Tayasir, east of the city, 11 residents suffered suffocation due to inhalation of tear gas smoke. They were tr
Barghouti is a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a terrorist organization that carried out many suicide bombings and shooting attacks during the Second Intifada.

Washington has pushed its allies to jump aboard Donald Trump's new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy.

Andrey Marochko says Russian troops are advancing towards Bugayevka and Goptovka

SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- All nuclear power plants in South Korea are operating...

SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- No signs have been detected of any imminent dispatch ...

Allegedly aggressive sales tactics and business operations in Hong Kong’s beauty product sector closely mirror the global “Dead Sea sales scams” uncovered years ago, documents on WikiLeaks have shown. The controversy has prompted calls from experts for the city’s government to strengthen regulation by expanding proposed cooling-off period legislation to cover retail beauty goods. A check of the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks by the South China Morning Post found that shops and kiosks selling..

'Palestinian state already a reality', says Arab Israeli leader Mansour Abbas Mansour Abbas, the conservative leader of the United Arab List (UAL) party in Israel, has called on Israel to recognise an “independent Palestinian state”, saying that it was already “a reality, which most of the world recognises, with the exception of the United States and Israel”, Israeli media reported. During a speech to party delegates at their convention in Tayibe on Saturday, Times of Israel reported, Abbas sai

Iran has said nations joining US economic sanctions against it would be considered enemies. Earlier this week, President Trump had announced what he called the "most crushing economic operation" against Tehran.

Seal found dead at Beachport in South Australia on Wednesday follows three mass mortality events in terns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the first confirmed case in a mammal on the Australian mainland. The seal was found dead at Beachport on Wednesday on the state’s Limestone Coast. It marks a fresh escalation in the spread of the

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Follow live A long-nosed fur seal has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the first confirmed case in a mammal on the Australian mainland. The New Zealand fur seal was found dead at Beachport on Wednesday on the state’s Limestone Coast. It marks a fresh escalation in the spread of the virus days after the South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, announced three mass mortality events on offshore islands involving more than 1,000 greater crested terns. The highly pathogenic

Official says any state joining US would be considered enemies and Tehran would target their interests in retaliation.
Iran warns that countries joining the US economic war against Iran will face ‘tit-for-tat’ action.

Gharibabadi says London, Paris ‘deliberately’ participating in Israeli crimes Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, said London and Paris were making a “deliberate choice” to participate and collaborate in crimes committed by Israel by “continuing to send” it weapons and “provide any kind of support”. Gharibabadi said London and Paris should not hide behind the phrase “expressing concern” over the situation. In a post on X, he said more than 100
IDF airstrikes are targeting Ali al-Taher Heights, southern Lebanon. Contributed by @MoloWarMonitor https://t.co/h6UwPnXiK1

The warning comes as US President Donald Trump threatens to isolate Iran economically to weaken its government.

Hamas says not obligated to implement Trump Gaza deal unless Israel accepts it Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said the group told US envoy Jared Kushner that it would not consider itself obligated to implement any part of president Trump’s Gaza peace deal unless Israel publicly accepts it and begins implementing its obligations, including halting attacks and withdrawing from Gaza. Speaking on an Iraqi podcast, Hamdan, a former representative of Hamas in Lebanon and Iran, said the group had not agree
In the video, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Ali Abdollahi, said that Iran's production has increased significantly in the past year.

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On paper, Western countries are rushing to sign defence pacts in the South Pacific, ensuring their influence in a region long neglected as a geopolitical backwater. But on the water, the island nations are playing a very different game. Instead of taking sides, local leaders are leveraging the geopolitical tug of war between China and the West, winning security guarantees from the latter while Beijing builds infrastructure and deepens its economic footprint. In June, Vanuatu – an archipelago...

The latest incident comes days after reports emerged Israel had struck a military airbase close to the Turkish border.
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A new notice to Department of the Navy personnel warns of a “coordinated, multi-domain campaign” targeting them. The post Sailors and Marines advised to hide military ties on social media, report suspicious activity appeared first on Task & Purpose.