<p>The US, early on Thursday, launched a second wave of attacks on Iran’s coastal defences and missile sites within a span of 24 hours after reimposing a naval blockade of Iranian ports, and Tehran responded by again targeting US military sites in neighboring Gulf countries.</p> <p>The latest escalation comes days after a fragile truce <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/2014404">collapsed</a>, raising the specter of a return to full-scale war, with Iran once again <a href="https://www.dawn

The New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan says the president is fixated on becoming a &quot;great man of history&quot; during his second term. Swan&#039;s new book, written with Maggie Haberman, is Regime Change.

<p>The World Bank’s (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved $375.9 million in financing for Pakistan’s Grid Stability Enhancement Project to strengthen the country’s national power transmission network.</p> <p>According to a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/07/08/world-bank-support-to-strengthen-pakistan-s-electricity-grid-for-improved-reliability-and-accelerated-clean-energy-growt">press r

<p>If FIFA President Gianni Infantino imagined his embrace of technology might finally put an end to disputes over refereeing decisions, the World Cup would have disabused him of the notion.</p> <p>The use of technology has been at the heart of every major controversy at the tournament, including the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013648">saga</a> around the red card for Folarin Balogun that <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013381">drew in</a> United States President Donald Trump.</p> <p

<p>A 26-year-old man in custody and officers say incident is not being treated as terrorism </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/10/police-investigating-death-of-ann-widdecombe">Police arrest man on suspicion of Ann Widdecombe’s murder</a></p></li></ul><p>Immigration policy (see <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jul/10/andy-burnham-labour-shabana-mahmood-reform-nigel-farage-uk-politics-live-news?page=with%3Ablock-6a5095488f0885a73760bdf6#b

<p><strong>• Sets July 14 as deadline for ‘acceptance’ of its demands<br>• Two die near Rawalakot as forces clear path for convoy carrying food items</strong></p> <p>MUZAFFARABAD: The proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) announced on Thursday that it would resume its long march on Muzaffarabad on July 15, if its demands remained unmet.</p> <p>Addressing participants at the Eidgah sit-in, JAAC core member Umar Nazir Kashmiri said the alliance would stage a long march on Muzaffar

<p>Kylian Mbappe recovered from having a first-half penalty saved to score a magnificent opener that set France on their way to a 2-0 win over Morocco in their World Cup quarter-final showdown on Thursday.</p> <p>Mbappe’s weak spot-kick was easily saved by Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, but he made up for that by producing a brilliant curling finish to make it 1-0 on the hour mark.</p> <p>That was Mbappe’s eighth goal at the tournament, moving him level again with Lionel Messi in the ra

<p><strong>• Raja Pervez Ashraf confident of party’s victory in coming polls<br>• Warns India will ‘pay a heavy price’ if it attempts to stop Pakistan’s share of water</strong></p> <p>LAHORE: The issue of<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2011453"> refugee seats </a>is constitutional in nature and would be decided by the upcoming Azad Jammu &amp; Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Thursday.</p> <p>Addressing a press conference, the PP

<img src='https://i.cbc.ca/ais/e9148b08-9225-452c-a143-4c6677345630,1783642281708/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28473%2C106%2C3708%2C2085%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29' alt='Two World Cup soccer players jockey for position on a pitch as the ball flies in the air between them.' width='620' height='349' title='United States&apos; Folarin Balogun (20) fouls Bosnia&apos;s Tarik Muharemovic (4), resulting in a red card go Balogun, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the United

<p>Pakistan received a record $41.6 billion in workers’ remittances in the last fiscal year (FY26), up by around 8.6 per cent compared to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1923214/remittances-hit-historic-383bn-in-fy25">FY25</a>, according to <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://easydata.sbp.org.pk/apex/f?p=10:211:8064818680885::NO:RP::&amp;cs=3wbZv7TVXMyzyFYGSIEmZCwhVu8H00XYi8ImMNN7HC4FSWYeHBD3cf9dOsaNjO8iZb_cDY_3x66RB4XKeN0yBBg">data</a>