Pakistan

Marriyum Aurangzeb thanks AJK voters as PML-N wins refugee seats in Muzaffarabad Division

Marriyum Aurangzeb thanked AJK voters for PML-Ns success on refugee seats, saying results reflect public trust in Nawaz Sharifs narrative, party performance and leadership.

Goods transporters announce indefinite nationwide strike from August 8

SC rules child maintenance to be based on father's financial capacity

Federal government digitizes 75pc service records of civil servants through HRMIS

World

Death toll from migrant rush into Spanish enclave in North Africa rises to 72

Some migrants drowned and others were crushed while trying to climb a breakwater and border fence

Malaysia's Sarawak grapples with rising crocodile encounters

Russia claims strike on Ukrainian port

Two die as firefighting helicopters collide in Greece, French blaze changes course

Sports

Rain forces Washington Open final to be rescheduled, Canadian Open play also pushed back

Rain disrupted the Washington Open and Canadian Open, postponing finals and multiple matches to Monday. Jessica Pegula led the Washington final before play was suspended.

Liverpool boss Iraola downplays Frimpong injury concerns

Greaves steadies West Indies in second Test against Pakistan

Atlanta United loan Emmanuel Latte Lath to Union Berlin

Business

Gold prices in Pakistan surge following global trend

In the international market, gold climbed by $17 per ounce, taking the global price to $4,060 per ounce

Oil prices drop after Trump calls off strikes against Iran

PSX opens week on bullish note with massive gains

Trump stands to profit off US policy announcements by selling fast access to his social media posts

Entertainment

Pakistani dramas match Netflix in global popularity, says Faisal Qureshi

Qureshi said Pakistani dramas have expanded their reach far beyond local audiences and are now attracting viewers from around the world

Hafeez Tahir says animated 'Ainak Wala Jin' reboot was made without his permission

Sarah Khan's bridal makeover draws criticism from fans

Iqra Aziz reveals daughter Sophia Hussain's face for the first time

Technology

Alibaba unveils its most capable AI model to date, not far behind Moonshot's in size

Alibaba unveils Qwen3.8-Max, its largest AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters, designed for text, image and video tasks, as Chinese tech firms compete to advance powerful open-weight AI systems.

DeepSeek's new AI model is by far the cheapest of well-known models to run, research firm says

Will SpaceX paint its rocket pink? Investor questions go beyond Moon and Mars ahead of first results

Google rolls back new satellite image AI tool after backlash

Crime

Two suspected outlaws killed in Karachi 'encounter'

They were wanted in cases of heinous crimes

9-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Shikarpur, say police

Investigation continues into recovery of abducted youth's body in Karachi

Two robbers killed as many held during Gujranwala 'encounters'

Weird

US speedcuber Tommy Cherry sets blindfolded Rubik's Cube World Record

Cherry broke the previous record of 11.67 seconds, which had been set by Australia's Charlie Eggins at a competition in Sydney

Secret recipe of soft drink remains locked in high-security vault

Library books borrowed in 1910 returned after 116 years

Lucky number 7 wins North Carolina man $1 million lottery prize