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Andy Burnham has become the United Kingdom's 59th Prime Minister, succeeding Keir Starmer after being invited by King Charles III to form a government. The former Manchester mayor, Britain's seventh PM in a decade, promised "a circuit breaker for Britain."

The FBI has confirmed the capture of Nitish Kaushal, a 26-year-old Indian national wanted over his alleged role as an enforcer for the Bhagwanpuria crime network. He was arrested in Vermont near the US-Canada border, the first confirmed capture among the fugitives named under Operation Hard Ball.

وفاقی حکومت نے پیٹرول اور ڈیزل کی قیمتیں بڑھانے کا اعلان کر دیا۔ ڈیزل کی قیمت میں 31 روپے 5 پیسے جبکہ پیٹرول کی قیمت میں 5 روپے 44 پیسے فی لیٹر اضافہ کر دیا گیا۔ نئی قیمتوں کے مطابق پیٹرول 351 روپے 46 پیسے جبکہ ڈیزل 331 روپے 30 پیسے فی لیٹر دستیاب ہو گا۔

پاکستان نے تاریخ میں پہلی بار 4722 ارب روپے (تقریباً 17 امریکی ڈالرز) کا قرض مقررہ وقت سے پہلے ادا کر دیا۔ رواں مالی سال 2900 ارب روپے کی ادائیگیاں ہوئیں۔ ادا کیے گئے قرض میں 51 فیصد سٹیٹ بینک، 49 فیصد دیگر مالیاتی اداروں کا شامل ہے۔ مشیرِ خزانہ

Turkish President Erdoğan received Field Marshal Asim Munir at Ankara Airport for talks on regional security and the Pakistan-Türkiye strategic partnership. Munir received a guard of honour and was awarded the Turkish Armed Forces Distinguished Service Medal during his two-day official visit.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met FBI Director Kash Patel at bureau headquarters in Washington, part of Islamabad's push to deepen US security cooperation. Patel called the partnership "critical." The visit comes amid Pakistan's continuing mediation between Washington and Tehran.

US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally and leading foreign-policy hawk on Iran, has died aged 71 after a brief and sudden illness, his office says.

Afghan Taliban Agriculture Minister Mawlawi Ataullah Omari has said Indians and Afghans "share the same DNA", describing India as feeling "like our own country" during a visit to New Delhi aimed at strengthening trade and economic cooperation.

پاکستان لیبیا کے مشرقی اور مغربی حریف طاقت مراکز کے درمیان خاموش ثالثی کر رہا ہے، جس میں امریکہ بھی “مکمل طور پر آگاہ اور شامل” بتایا جا رہا ہے۔ یہ پیش رفت اسلام آباد کے امریکہ ایران مذاکرات میں مرکزی کردار کے بعد سامنے آئی ہے، جس سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ پاکستان ایک بار پھر پیچیدہ علاقائی تنازعات میں سفارتی چینل کے طور پر ابھر رہا ہے۔

Pakistan has quietly begun mediating between Libya's rival factions, Reuters reports, with the US fully aware and involved. A proposed 36-month Libya Reunification Plan is being discussed. Pakistan's Libya role follows its central role in the US-Iran Islamabad MOU.

Pakistan's Corps Commanders' Conference held the Afghan Taliban directly responsible for Indian-sponsored terror groups attacking Pakistan from Afghan soil. Reaffirmed Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, warned on Indus Waters Treaty and declared Kashmir Pakistan's jugular vein. Field Marshal Munir presides.

Trump called FIFA President Infantino to review Folarin Balogun's red card suspension. FIFA complied, clearing the US top scorer to play against Belgium. Belgium called it "astonishing."