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US bill seeks sanctions on Pakistan's Army Chief, demands Imran Khan's release.    ................. Washington, DC [US], March 25 (ANI): A bipartisan bill introduced in the US Congress on Monday seeking to impose sanctions on Pakistan's Army chief, General Asim Munir, for his alleged role in persecuting political opponents, including former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, The Hill reported The legislation, titled the "Pakistan Democracy Act," was introduced by Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and calls for targeted sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. The bill mandates that within 180 days, the US government identify individuals involved in political persecution in Pakistan and impose penalties, including visa bans and restrictions on entry into the United States. It explicitly accuses Munir of "knowingly engaging in the wrongful persecution and imprisonment of political opponents" and urges sim...

EU's top diplomat makes visit to Israel amid tensions .......... ​​​​​​​Kaja Kallas has made high stakes visit to Israel, advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza and humanitarian aid. Could the bloc play a more pivotal role to bring peace to the region? Arriving in Jerusalem on Monday, EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas met both Israeli and Palestinian officials, as well as the families of Israeli hostages. The stakes were high, and the timing could not be more critical. Tensions in the region have surged since Kallas' last meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Brussels back in February, making her message all the more urgent. At a press conference in Jerusalem, Kallas stressed that "resuming negotiations is the only way to put an end to the suffering on both sides." The visit coincided with Israel's ongoing military escalation in Gaza, where strikes on Hamas targets have intensified in the past week. A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas...

  How big is NATO’s military force compared to Russia’s active-duty troops? And could NATO win a war without the US? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the most powerful defensive alliance in the world. NATO includes 32 member states that can combine their military forces in a time of need. But just how many troops can NATO bring to bear against its enemies? Why NATO was created. NATO was originally envisioned as an organization designed to protect Western Europe from the threat of invasion posed by the Soviet Union. After the Soviet Union’s fall, NATO didn’t go away but rather expanded with a mandate to protect peace on the European continent.  What NATO does now. Russia became the primary focus of NATO’s attention and in the context of Moscow’s ongoing invasion of its neighbor Ukraine, the defensive alliance seems more relevant than ever. However, how could NATO stack up against Russia in a fight on the ground? Active military personnel. It should be no surpris...

  Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore: How space affects the body. Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore expected to be in space for days, not nine months. Here's what radiation and weird gravity do to the body. Much was made of the potential health risks that stranded NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams would face in space. Returning to Earth in March 2025, after an unexpected nine months at the International Space Station (ISS), their bodies will have adjusted to radiation and microgravity. The effects of radiation and microgravity are the same for every astronaut — starting with nausea and bloated faces — but this mission was only meant to last a week. It begged the question: Would the effects be worse for Suni and Butch? Williams and Wilmore were stranded at the ISS in June 2024 their Boeing Starliner spacecraft experienced technical problems on the way there, and it was deemed too dangerous to send them back in the same v...

کہتے ہیں کہ ایک چڑا اور چڑیا اڑتے ہوتے جا رہے تھے کہ انھیں زمین پر دانے بکھرے ہوئے نظر آئے اور وہ اسے چگنے کیلئے نیچے اتر آئے- چڑا بے صبری سے دانہ چگنے لگا لیکن چڑیا قدرے محتاط تھی- اس نے دیکھا کہ تھوڑے فاصلے پر ایک باریش درویش نما شخص ایک برتن سے دانہ نکال نکال کر زمین پر پھینک رہا ہے- چڑیا نے چڑے سے کہا کہ ہمیں محتاط رہنا چاہیئے' کہی یہ دانہ ہمیں شکار کرنے کیلئے نہ ڈالا جا رہا ہو' اس پر چڑے نے کہا: کیسی ناشکری کی باتیں کرتی ہو' تم دیکھتی نہی کہ ایک تو وہ نیک سیرت انسان اپنا کام کاج چھوڑ کر ہم پرندوں کا پیٹ بھرنے کیلئے دانہ ڈال رہا ہے' اس پر تم ہو کہ بجائے اسے دعا دینے کے اس کی نیت پر شک کر رہی ہو' چپ چاپ دانہ کھاؤ اور اس کیلئے دعا کرو-  تھوڑی ہی دیر گزری تھی کہ اس شخص نے اپنی بغل میں چھپائے ہوئے تھیلے سے کمان نکالی اور چڑے کا نشانہ لگایا' تیر سیدھا چڑے کو جا لگا اور وہ وہی ڈھیر ہو گیا- اس سے پہلے کہ وہ شخص چڑیا کا شکار کرتا' چڑیا خطرہ بھانپ کر فوراً اڑ گئ اور سیدھا بادشاہ کے دربار میں جا پہنچی- اس نے بڑے دکھ سے بادشاہ کے سامنے ساری روداد بیان کری- باشاہ نے...

Risky Politics: Trump’s tariff tactics could ignite domestic backlash: Americans are worried about Trump's policies: Despite Former President Donald Trump's praise of tariffs as one of the most beautiful terms in the English language, recent surveys indicate that a growing number of Americans are worried about the impact of his administration's tariff policies. New polling revealed the problem: According to a survey conducted by Harris Poll in early March, 72% of Americans stated they were concerned about tariffs. The Guardian broke down the polling data and noted that the concern is real on both sides of the political aisle.  Everyone is worried about tariffs: When it comes to concerns about tariffs, 90% are ‘very’ or ‘somewhat’ concerned while 69% of Independents and 57% of Republicans say the same. The numbers were just as concerning when respondents were asked about tariffs causing a potential recession.  What about a potential recession? 89% of Democrats said they were...

  The 10 players with the most wins against Cristiano Ronaldo: Messi third… Former Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea stars are among the 10 players with the most wins against Cristiano Ronaldo. There can be no doubt that CR7 ranks among the greatest players of all time, but these specific 10 players seem to enjoy playing against him. Having taken a closer look at Ronaldo’s career so far, here are the 10 players with the most wins over him for both club and country. =8. Pedro – 11 wins Pedro first played against Ronaldo in the 2009 Champions League final, coming on for Andres Iniesta as a late substitute. After claiming a triumph in that particular game, Pedro went on to claim 10 more wins over Ronaldo – with the majority of them coming in El Clasico battles. The last time they faced each other was in September 2020, although that particular game finished as a 2-2 draw between Roma and Juventus. =8. Cesc Fabregas – 11 wins Fabregas won his first game against Ronaldo in t...

                                                    The Assassination of John F. Kennedy  Mysterious bullet, suspect's death and conspiracy theories: The assassination of John F. Kennedy, about which doubts still exist today. On the morning of November 22, 1963, the sun was shining brightly when a sniper's bullet ripped through the air of the American city of Dallas and hit then-President John F. Kennedy, sparking conspiracy theories about the most high-profile assassination in American history that have not subsided to this day. The commission also relied to some extent on the fact that a bullet was found on the stretcher on which Governor Connally was being treated in the hospital to reach this conclusion. At the time, no one knew where the bullet came from, but the committee concluded that the bullet must have come out of...