Heavy monsoon rains of up to 200mm caused severe flooding across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with Nullah Lai reaching 29 feet and several roads submerged.
Islamabad Police has clarified that a viral driverless car crash involving a police van was caused by human error, with no offence found after a detailed investigation.
Christian schools in Jerusalem have been forced to indefinitely delay the start of the new academic year after Israeli authorities failed to renew entry permits for more than 70 teachers and staff living in the occupied West Bank.
A knife-wielding woman killed one person and wounded another in an apparently random stabbing attack in Times Square in New York City before being shot dead by police.
A US lawmaker listed the names of prominent Jeffrey Epstein-linked figures in an extraordinary attempt to force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully release government materials on the millionaire who provided sex services to the global elite.
The real cost of corruption in Pakistan is not simply the money stolen from the state, but the human potential, institutional capacity and economic opportunities lost along the way.
The Taliban is seeking US investment in Afghanistan’s mining and agricultural sectors, putting the country’s estimated $1 trillion in untapped mineral wealth back in the spotlight.
Saudi Arabia will host the secretariat of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, with a Pakistani secretary-general set to lead it for an initial three-year term.
