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Men face dramatically increased risk of dementia due to common genetic mutation ——————————– A common genetic mutation in the HFE gene, known as H63D, significantly increases the risk of dementia in men, Earth.com reported based on a new study analyzing…

Pakistan Approves Virtual Assets Act to Regulate Digital Currencies ———————————- Pakistan has passed the Virtual Assets Act, 2025, establishing a legal framework to regulate cryptocurrencies and digital assets, The Halal Times reported. The law creates the Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory…

Saudi Arabia Arrests Over 21,000 for Residency and Border Violations …………………….. Saudi authorities arrested 21,058 people in one week for breaching residency, labor, and border security regulations, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Saturday. The report showed 12,558…

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Offers Help to Build Cancer Hospital in Afghanistan ………………………. Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial administration offered to help build a cancer hospital in Afghanistan, according to a statement published Saturday by the KP administration. The offer was made…

UN Warns of Afghan Repatriation Crisis as Millions Return ………………… A UN refugee official has warned that up to three million Afghans could return home this year, putting immense strain on Afghanistan’s fragile humanitarian situation, according to a statement from…

Astronomers Confirm Super-Earth TOI-1846 b Just 154 Light-Years Away ……………… A new study published on arXiv confirms the discovery of TOI‑1846 b, a super-Earth located 154 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. Detected by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS),…

Elephants Use Goal-Directed Gestures, Study Confirms …………………. A new study published in Royal Society Open Science has found that African Savannah elephants use deliberate gestures to communicate their goals, expanding our understanding of intentional animal communication beyond primates. Researchers tested…

Sweden to Rent Estonian Prison Cells Amid Overcrowding Concerns ……………….. Sweden plans to rent up to 600 prison places in Estonia to ease its overcrowded prisons, marking a shift away from its long-held focus on rehabilitation, The Guardian reported. The…

Over 1,000 State Department Employees Laid Off Amid Federal Workforce Cuts ………………….. More than 1,000 employees at the US State Department have been laid off as part of the Trump administration’s push to shrink the federal workforce. According to an…

Australia’s Ancient Murujuga Rock Art Gains World Heritage Status ……………. The Murujuga cultural landscape in Western Australia, home to more than a million Indigenous rock carvings up to 50,000 years old, has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, The…