The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday kept the interest rate unchanged at 11.5 per cent. The decision was announced by SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed during a press conference. At the outset of the press conference, the governor said, “MPC has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11.5pc”….
A U.S. appellate court on Saturday upheld a federal ruling that, in nearly half of all states, blocked President Trump’s executive order to create a list of eligible voters and limit the delivery of mail ballots to people on that list. The ruling by judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the…
The car ramming attack on a Berlin LGBTQ+ Pride parade on Saturday is believed to have been motivated by Islamist extremist ideology, authorities said on Sunday, as a search for the suspect continues. The attack at one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ events left one dead and at least 29 injured. German police have identified the suspect as…
The United States on Thursday announced a slew of sanctions targeting more than 50 Mexican individuals and entities allegedly linked to one of the country’s largest drug cartels, including a California-born man Washington says is the Jalisco New Generation Cartel’s new leader. According to a statement from the Treasury Department, dual U.S.-Mexican national Juan Carlos…
As the cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce spread to nine states, Americans have dubbed the health concern “lettuce-gate” on social media, and they aren’t convinced the situation is under control. Days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to calm growing concerns about the parasitic illness, saying that the source of the outbreak has been…
Washington — President Trump is expected to attend take two of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday night after April’s dinner was upended when an armed assailant rushed through a security checkpoint and the U.S. Secret Service opened fire on the gunman. Three months after the suspect was stopped outside the Washington Hilton’s ballroom,…
After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history and presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggled to pray. “There was this emptiness to it,” recalls Myers, of Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. He turned to the biblical Book of Psalms — its hymns, poetry and prayers covering “the entire…
Washington — The rapid pace at which the U.S. is expending some of its most advanced air-defense interceptors and precision-guided weapons in the Middle East is a point of great tension inside the Trump administration as President Trump’s war with Iran ratchets up again, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials familiar with internal assessments….
The Tampa, Charleston and Des Moines airports have signed on to a new program to privatize airport security, the Transportation Security Administration told CBS News. Under the new initiative, called TSA Gold+, TSA would maintain oversight of security standards and operations but would use private contractors for screening instead of federal workers. Gold+ is an…
Washington — The House on Thursday voted to direct President Trump to end the war with Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats to rebuke the president over his handling of the conflict as fighting ramps up. The chamber voted 214 to 208 to adopt a war powers resolution introduced by Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington. It…
