Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said that India’s political leadership is struggling to come to terms with its defeat during the recent military escalation with Pakistan.
Addressing the Pakistani community in Kuala Lumpur, Dar said that Pakistan responded firmly to India’s actions following the Pahalgam incident, including the closure of its airspace after India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty.
He claimed India’s narrative has failed to gain traction internationally, while Pakistan has focused on economic diplomacy over conventional rhetoric. “We are not diplomatically isolated — we are one of the biggest victims of terrorism and have consistently countered Indian misinformation, just as we did after the Pulwama incident,” he said.
Recalling events of May 6, 2025, Dar said Indian fighter jets attempted to enter Pakistani airspace but were met with a measured and restrained response. Pakistani pilots, he added, were instructed not to engage unless national boundaries were breached and to avoid civilian areas.
“The world saw how Pakistan shot down six Indian aircraft that night,” Dar stated, underscoring Pakistan’s readiness to defend its sovereignty. “India may say what it wants, but Pakistan is fully prepared.”
He also disclosed Pakistan’s quiet diplomatic engagement during the Iran-Israel conflict earlier this year, revealing that he remained in direct contact with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. “We fulfilled our duty behind the scenes,” he said, referring to Islamabad’s behind-the-scenes efforts to ease tensions.
Dar’s remarks come amid heightened regional tensions and continued friction between Islamabad and New Delhi.
With over 40 million Veo 3 videos generated across the Gemini app and Flow over the last seven weeks. Google is now launching a new photo-to-video capability in Gemini, allowing creators and artists to transform their favorite photos into dynamic eight-second video clips with sound.
Google is also launching Flow, the only AI filmmaking tool custom-designed for Google’s most advanced models — Veo, Imagen and Gemini. Flow can help storytellers explore their ideas without bounds and create cinematic clips and scenes for their stories.
Users can get creative by animating everyday objects, bringing their drawings and paintings to life or adding movement to nature scenes. Once the video is complete, users can tap the share button or download it to share with friends and family.
To turn photos into videos, select ‘Videos’ from the tool menu in the prompt box and upload a photo. Then, describe the scene and any audio instructions, and watch as the selected still image transforms into a dynamic video.
Flow comes with a range of features for professionals or those just getting started:
Camera Controls: Master some shots with direct control over camera motion, angles and perspectives.
Scenebuilder: Seamlessly edit and extend existing shots — revealing more of the action or transitioning to what happens next with continuous motion and consistent characters.
Asset Management: Easily manage and organize all of the ingredients and prompts.
The new capability is available to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers across the Middle East and North Africa, starting today. All generated videos include a visible watermark to show they are AI-generated and an invisible SynthID digital watermark.
The July full moon put on a magnificent show on July 10, rising low over the southern horizon to the delight of stargazers and astrophotographers worldwide. Read on for a roundup of the best photos of the lunar show.
July’s full moon is known as the ‘Buck Moon’, in reference to the male deer — called bucks in the U.S. — that begin to grow out their antlers around this time of year. Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed this month’s full moon riding unusually low on the horizon. This is a result of the Buck Moon’s proximity to the summer solstice — a time when the sun is at its highest in the daytime sky and the moon travels a correspondingly low path through the night.
It also appeared near a phenomenon called a Major Lunar Standstill. Roughly every 18.6 years, the sun’s gravity pulls the moon’s tilted orbit into its most extreme inclination relative to Earth’s celestial equator. As a result, the moon appears especially low in the sky during the summer months.
As always, the astrophotography community was ready to grab the lunar milestone by the horns, setting up imaginative compositions that captured the moon’s fully-lit disk alongside world-famous landmarks and ancient ruins. If you missed the moon rise on July 10, don’t worry, the moon will still appear full to the naked eye over the next couple of nights, so get out there and line up some shots.
Read on to see a roundup of the most spectacular images of July’s full Buck Moon.
The July 2025 full Buck Moon in photos
Photographer Ismael Adnan Yaqoob captured this image of the full moon rising behind a Ferris wheel in the city of Mosul in Iraq on July 10, creating a spectacular blend of the old and new as the reflected light of the sun vied for attention with the glow of artificial light.
The full Buck Moon rises behind a Ferris wheel in Mosul, Iraq. (Image credit: Photo by Ismael Adnan Yaqoob/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A ballerina strikes an elegant pose as the moon rises over the mountains near Ankara, Turkey. Photographer Evrim Aydin likely took the image using a long lens from far away, which allowed them to keep the subject in focus, while making the moon appear outsized in relation to the foreground object.
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A ballerina poses in front of July’s full moon. (Image credit: Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Photographer John Threlfall was able to capture a striking shot of the Buck Moon rising over St. Annes beach on the Fylde Coast in North West England on July 9 just ahead of the full moon phase.
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“I had planned this shot for a while and last night I managed to capture it,” Threlfall told Space.com in an email . “I was at a distance of about half a mile, using my telephoto lens at 600mm – the compression of the lens makes the Moon appear bigger. The people in the shot help give some scale.”
Thin wisps of cloud can be seen lining the moon’s distorted disk, which takes on an orange hue while low on the horizon, as Earth’s atmosphere scatters the bluer wavelengths of reflected light, while allowing redder wavelengths to pass through relatively unhindered.
“What looks like internal lights on the pier building is actually the sunset colours reflecting off the glass, the sun was setting at the same time as the moon was rising,” Threlfall continued. “The Moon is currently rising in its most southerly position compared to normal, rising in the South East, allowing for shots that are not normally possible. The Moon is also staying low in the sky currently due to the major lunar standstill.”
The Buck Moon, caught rising above a pier on St. Annes beach in North West England. (Image credit: John Threlfall)
Robertus Pudyanto captured this spectacularly detailed shot of July’s full moon as it graced the skies over Surabaya, Indonesia, on July 10. Bright streaks of material can be seen marking the dark ‘lunar seas’, created when reflective material was cast far across the lunar surface by cataclysmic asteroid strikes in the distant past.
A detailed portrait of the full ‘Buck Moon’ captured by Robertus Pudyanto in Indonesia. (Image credit: Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)
Photographer Lorenzo Di Cola lined up this shot of the orange-yellow full moon setting behind the ruins of the Rocca Calascio castle in Italy just before sunrise on July 11.
Lorenzo Di Cola captured the ‘Buck Moon’ setting behind the Rocca Calascio castle in Italy on July 11. (Image credit: Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Julian Finney captured a tennis-themed full moon by imaging the moon’s disk behind the weathervane of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where the 2025 Wimbledon competition is well underway.
The Wimbledon weathervane seen in front of the July full moon in 2025. (Image credit: Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
The full Buck Moon can be seen rising over the Temple of Poseidon in southern Greece in this image captured by Costas Baltas as the lunar disk crept over the southeastern horizon on the night of July 10.
A shot of the full Buck Moon rising over the Temple of Poseidon in Greece, captured by Costas Baltas in 2025. (Image credit: Photo by Costas Baltas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Firdous Nazir captured a striking image of the moon wreathed by clouds on July 10 from Kashmir, India. The coming days will see the moon’s shadowy terminator creep across its surface, heralding the onset of its waning gibbous phase.
July’s full moon pictured high overhead from Kashmir, by photographer Firdous Nazir. (Image credit: Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Photographer Hakan Akgun managed to get into the perfect position to catch the full moon rise behind the iconic Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey on the night of July 10, capturing the warm lights of the city alongside the ruddy glow of Earth’s natural satellite, darkened by lunar maria.
The moon seen rising over Istanbul in 2025. (Image credit: Photo by Hakan Akgun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
X user Sigma Sreedhan also posted a stunning image of the 97 percent lit moon rising over Tahoma mountain — also known as Mount Rainier — in Washington State on July 9.
Hello Moon! 97% illuminated #buckmoon rising behind #tahoma last night. #pnw #mountrainier #myfujifilmlegacyShot on #fujigfx100s #fujigf500mm (and cropped in post)F7.1, 1/30 sec, ISO 100 pic.twitter.com/BgD1g9FwZtJuly 10, 2025
Veteran photographer Jeff Overs also shared a beautiful view of the full Buck Moon rising behind the Shard skyscraper and the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral in London to the social media platform.
Another of last night’s full #Buckmoon rising over The Shard & St Paul’s pic.twitter.com/TLcpjNMrDiJuly 11, 2025
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LAHORE – Meezan Bank has introduced an affordable and flexible solar panel financing plan aimed at salaried individuals, providing an opportunity to switch to renewable energy with ease.
With a total quotation of Rs500,000 for a 5kw solar system, the plan allows customers to pay through a structured 5-year installment schedule after a Rs. 175,000 down payment.
The initiative is part of Meezan Bank’s broader strategy to promote green energy solutions across Pakistan while ensuring financial convenience for middle-income households.
The installment plan spreads the remaining cost over 60 months, making solar energy more accessible for working individuals.
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As per the tentative installment plan, the monthly payments begin in August 2025, starting from Rs 9,223, and gradually reduce each month as the tenure progresses. The final installment, scheduled for July 2030, is just Rs5,478.
This declining installment model helps customers manage their cash flow better, especially as energy cost savings from solar usage begin to accumulate over time.
Meezan Bank’s solar financing scheme is aligned with the State Bank of Pakistan’s green banking initiatives and serves as a practical solution to rising electricity costs.
The quotation given in the story is tentative. You can visit the official website of the bank to get further details.
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Bitcoin ETFs saw second-highest inflows on record Thursday
Bitcoin recorded another all-time high and pierced $118,000 in Friday trading, boosting its return in 2025 so far to 26%, roughly matching the performance of gold.
The latest inflection point upward started in earnest on Wednesday when it (BTCUSD) broke through the previous peak of $111,000 established in May, bringing on board another wave of momentum investors, those who typically back trends rather than fundamentals.
Thursday occasioned the second-highest daily inflows into bitcoin exchange-traded funds with $1.18 billion drawn in by the chart breakout. Cumulative net inflows into bitcoin ETFs in 2025 are estimated at $51 billion. CoinDesk reported a huge short-squeeze contributing to the velocity of the spike in trading with $1.01 billion of short seller positions being liquidated within 24 hours across various crypto exchanges.
Approximately 237,000 traders were caught on the wrong side of the sudden move higher, and one single short exposure on the HTX crypto trading platform took an $88 million hit in the process, CoinDesk said.
While bitcoin has been in an uptrend since the start of 2023, the rally became turbocharged by President Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. He had made a manifesto promise on his campaign to establish a regulatory framework to encourage the adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology in general, and signed an executive order to that effect upon taking office in January this year.
Furthermore, in June, the Senate passed the Genius Act, a bill to regulate some cryptocurrencies, which also provided crypto-trading sentiment with additional impetus. As well as the regulatory initiatives, Trump has proposed government creating a strategic reserve for cryptocurrencies, naming five – bitcoin, Ethereum UK:ETHP , solano ,SOLZ ripple TOSRF and cardano TWOCF – he would include.
The growing acceptance of bitcoin’s strategic role in global finance has been vindicated by institutional take-up. In January 2024, under the previous administration, the SEC finally approved bitcoin ETFs with the first funds launched immediately thereafter. Funds like BlackRock and Fidelity have launched bitcoin ETFs CL:IBITCL FBTC, lending it credibility as an asset class.
It’s not just institutional investors who have embraced bitcoin’s appeal; corporates globally have been buying it too, and recent data releases reveals about 130 listed companies own 3.2% of all bitcoins in issue.The most well-known is Michael Saylor’s Strategy (MSTR), which holds almost 600,000 bitcoins with an average price of approximately $66,000.
Wall Street analysts are now regularly including bitcoin in their strategy notes and portfolio recommendations. Citi’s macro strategy outlook for the second half of 2025 published Friday, for example, highlights bitcoin tailwinds while discussing its wider role in portfolios as part of a diversification blueprint. The team led by Dirk Willer emphasizes how bitcoin’s diversification properties differ from gold , belying its frequent label of “digital gold”.
Citi points out that bitcoin has a different rate sensitivities and “trades more like a physical commodity in the sense that it has excelled during an overheating economy when yields are rising, but also can handle higher term premium environments”.
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Athletic Bilbao defender Yeray Alvarez says he has been provisionally suspended for “unintentional” use of a banned substance used to treat alopecia.
The 30-year-old Spaniard failed a doping test after Bilbao’s 3-0 defeat by Manchester United in the Europa League semi-finals on 1 May.
He said he had been taking the medicine as part of his treatment for hair loss after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016.
Alvarez, who has made 257 appearances for the La Liga club, said he “couldn’t believe it” when he was informed of the test, adding it was a “very hard blow” to take.
“After studying the case, we have established that I tested positive because I unintentionally took a hair loss prevention medicine containing a banned substance,” Alvarez said in a social media post, external.
“The disciplinary procedure is currently under investigation and subject to confidentiality so I am provisionally suspended and am not authorised to make any further public statements.
“I very much regret this situation but, with the support of the club, I am working on my defence in the belief that I will be able to return to the field of play as soon as possible.”
Uefa has told BBC Sport it will not comment on the case until a final disciplinary decision has been made.
An Athletic Bilbao statement said: “Athletic Club wishes to express its full support for Yeray Alvarez at this time and its complete confidence in the bodies charged with resolving the case.
“Once the proceedings are concluded, Yeray Alvarez and Athletic Club will offer all the pertinent and necessary explanations.”
The more she lifted, the more effortless the weights felt. Her form improved tremendously, which led her to her involvement in an additional captivating sport, arm wrestling.
A sport that has been practiced by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans since ancient times; she was excited to test and show off her amazing arm strength in the arm wrestling arena.
The gripping sport has been gaining popularity in West Africa, and she saw it as a chance to strengthen her arms and upper body. It’s considered a game of endurance and technique. Competitors grapple locked hands with all their might, engaging their grip powers, core control and muscles.
When she competed for the first time in 2023 in Ghana, she used her strong upper body muscles well and won both the right and left arm wrestling titles for her weight class.
“I believe I was one of a very few athletes that didn’t lose any fights in both left and right arm in the arm wrestling event. I won all my fights,” noted Matthew.
“Some people kind of lose at one point and recover back at the finals or something…but I didn’t lose any of my fights.”
After competing in and winning an arm wrestling match, she felt confident and ready to find her footing on the weightlifting platform. She achieved success in the weightroom despite being at the infant stage of Olympic lifting.
In 2024, at the age of 18, she was chosen to compete in her first major international competition, the World Championships in Manama. Matthew’s lifts of 110kg in the snatch, and 135kg in clean and jerk earned her the bronze medal in the women’s 76kg, won by Song Kuk Hyang of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“It was a very big stage,” she recalled. “It was a lot of pressure. Nobody put pressure on me to win medals. They just wanted me to go out there and show myself that I have something to offer, but I wanted to win. It was a big deal for me, getting to my first World Championships, competing against these athletes that I used to see online and admired…In a way I was shocked with the bronze and it got a lot of people talking about how strong I was.”
