Pakistan has intensified its rhetoric against India over the suspended Indus Waters Treaty, with Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik issuing a fresh warning that Islamabad would "chop off the hand" attempting to control Pakistan's water. According to intelligence sources, Pakistan's civil-military leadership is preparing a global diplomatic campaign to internationalise the Indus Waters Treaty dispute. A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected to finalise Islamabad's strategy.

A U.S. court has dismissed Donald Trump’s high-profile defamation lawsuit against a major newspaper over a controversial report linking him to Jeffrey Epstein. The judge ruled that the case failed to meet the strict “actual malice” standard required in defamation claims involving public figures.