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Economic isolation is pushing Afghanistan deeper into crisis

April 24, 2025

Punjab CM distributed easy loans to more than 107,000 people in 3 months
Punjab CM distributed easy loans to more than 107,000 people in 3 months Punjab Chief Minister Mam Nawaz distributed easy loans worth Rs61 billion to more than 107,000 people in just three months. The loans were distributed under the ‘CM Punjab Asaan Karobar Finance’. Chief Minister Mam Nawaz held a review meeting on Saturday where…
Iran says it will continue nuclear talks with the U.S., shrugging off Trump’s threats
Iran’s president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of U.S. threats. “We are negotiating, and we will negotiate, we are not after war but we do not fear any threat,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a speech to navy…
The Menendez brothers got a major win in their fight for freedom. But it’s not over yet.
A judge’s ruling to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez last week gave the siblings something they’ve not had in more than three decades: a chance that they could leave the Southern California prison where they’re incarcerated. The brothers, who had been serving life sentences without the possibility of parole after a pair of sensational trials…
Gold price jumps again in Pakistan
Gold price jumps again in Pakistan KARACHI: Gold prices have surged once again in both international and domestic markets here on Saturday. According to the All Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Association, the price of 24-karat gold per tola has increased by Rs. 2,400, bringing the new rate to Rs. 338,500. Similarly, the price of 10…
Israel launches major new offensive in Gaza after a wave of airstrikes kill hundreds
The United Nations says 70% of Gaza is already “within Israeli militarized zones, under displacement orders, or both.” Fresh evacuation orders were issued last week, just days after Israel declared large swathes of Gaza City unsafe. On Friday, an NBC News team in Gaza captured people moving in search of safety, some driving in battered…
Neeraj Chopra denies close friendship with Arshad Nadeem
KARACHI: India’s Olympic gold medalist in javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra, has said that his relationship with Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem will no longer be the same following the recent India-Pakistan tensions. Speaking to ahead of the Doha Diamond League event of the World Athletics held in Qatar, Neeraj Chopra was asked about his connection with…
How a Florida city is tackling human smuggling
A human smuggler tells a potential customer in an audio message in Mandarin that there are now two potential sea routes for illegally entering the U.S. One is to depart by boat near the U.S.-Mexico border and then come ashore near Los Angeles. The second departs Nassau in the Bahamas by boat for the Miami…
Cassie’s graphic testimony of ‘freak offs’ may set the stage for what’s to come in Diddy’s trial
On red carpets from Los Angeles to the French Riviera, Sean “Diddy” Combs and the R&B singer Cassie intertwined arms, radiating an attractive and carefree façade for the cameras. But behind closed doors, she said, she “felt trapped.” In the first week of testimony in Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial in New York, Cassie, whose…