HEALTHThe Pakistan Medical Association has warned that Pakistan faces a severe burden of hepatitis and other liver diseases, with thousands of deaths each year. On World Liver Day, it called for stronger prevention, screening and healthcare access.
WorldBlue Origin said its New Glenn rocket booster landed successfully after launch, marking the company’s first recovery of a reused booster. The mission also carried AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into low-Earth orbit.
WorldFormer Bulgarian president Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria came first in snap parliamentary elections, according to exit polls, but fell short of a majority. The vote was the country’s eighth in five years amid a prolonged political crisis.
CITYComplaints of illegal construction continue across Karachi, with residents alleging rebuilding after demolition and threats for speaking out. The SBCA says it carried out 396 enforcement actions from January to April, while some of its officials face anti-corruption inquiries.
CITYA woman and her two teenage sons were found shot dead inside their Naval Colony home in Karachi, police said. In a separate incident in Saeedabad, a mechanic was killed and another man was wounded in firing at a shop.
WorldIsraeli ministers formally reopened the evacuated Sa-Nur settlement in the occupied West Bank, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich using the event to reject Palestinian statehood. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Madrid would ask the EU to end its association agreement with Israel.
WorldSouth Korea’s military is pursuing an AI-powered platform to integrate national geospatial and satellite data for battlefield operations. Officials said the project aims to improve target identification, situational awareness and response times.
CITYTwo people were killed and four others were injured after a dispute during a wedding led to an attack on a house in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Maymar. In a separate case, police said they arrested eight suspected robbers in Taimuria.
A viral screenshot shows Anthropic’s Claude ending a conversation when a user turned abusive. Anthropic frames it as a “Model Welfare” safety feature that lets the AI walk away.
NATIONALTraffic on the Karakoram Highway was restored on Sunday after a landslide blocked the route near Kohistan, while Astore Valley road remained closed. Heavy rain in Gilgit-Baltistan triggered landslides and disrupted travel.
NATIONALEngineer Muhammad Ali Mirza survived a gun attack outside the Quran & Sunnat Research Academy in Jhelum on Sunday, police said. The assailant was killed in retaliatory firing, while a policeman on Mirza’s security team was injured.
Iran’s embassy went viral with a sarcastic four-step “life coaching” post after Trump claimed Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and hand over “nuclear dust.” Tehran denies any excavation and warns of “strict management.”
