Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians, including a father and his 13-year-old son, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local health officials said. Medics said Fadi Rajab and his son Abubakr were ​killed in an airstrike that hit the roof of a displacement ​shelter in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in Gaza City. A third Palestinian ⁠was killed in an Israeli airstrike near a school in Gaza City’s Daraj ​neighbourhood, health officials added. The Israeli military said it struck militants in both areas, ​without giving further details. In Khan Younis, in…

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Light rain is expected in Karachi and several parts of Sindh on Friday as a fresh weather system, bringing westerly winds to the country’s upper regions, influences weather conditions across the country, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has said. According to the Met Department, light rain may occur at isolated places in Karachi, Thatta, Qambar Shahdadkot, Jamshoro and Naushahro Feroze on Friday, while most other districts of Sindh are likely to experience dry and cool weather. The department also forecast light fog in the plains of Sindh during the morning…

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said Washington sees no need for further major military action against Iran, citing the impact of its economic pressure campaign as diplomatic efforts to end the eight-month conflict gather pace. Speaking after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Paris on Tuesday, Rubio said economic measures against Tehran were proving sufficiently damaging to make additional military operations unnecessary. “The economic campaign is so devastating that right now there is no need for major combat operations,” he said. US President Donald Trump also pointed…

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Spanish workers went on a general strike on Wednesday, setting up ​picket lines despite stormy weather in a mass protest against the country’s housing affordability crisis a few weeks before ‌a snap general election. It is the first general strike in 14 years to be jointly backed by Spain’s two largest unions, UGT and CCOO, as well as other labour organisations and tenants’ associations angry about rising rents and evictions. “We won’t stop until we transform this country’s housing model from top to bottom so ​that houses are for living…

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A senior US Army soldier was arrested in Britain on suspicion of assisting Russian ​intelligence, British police said on Tuesday, after the US ‌removed aircraft from British military bases over a separate apparent threat from Iran. FBI Director Kash Patel said the arrest of the 41-year-old man was related to “allegations of espionage, ​which is of the utmost concern to the United States ​and our allies.” Brigadier General Sean Stinchon, the commanding general ⁠of US Army Counterintelligence Command, added: “The alleged conduct of a ​senior soldier, entrusted with sensitive information,…

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A former Iraqi parliamentarian has been found dead in an apartment in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, prompting an investigation by Lebanese and Iraqi authorities. Ahmed Al Alwani’s body was discovered on Tuesday in the Tariq Jadida neighbourhood of Beirut, according to Anadolu news agency. Authorities have yet to disclose the circumstances surrounding his death or identify any suspects. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the Internal Security Forces’ Information Branch was investigating the case under the direct supervision of the country’s top prosecutor, Judge Ahmad Rami Al Hajj. Iraqi Ambassador to…

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The second match in the two-test series between Pakistan and ​Sri Lanka next week has ‌been moved to Rawalpindi from Lahore due to worsening smog, the Pakistan ​Cricket Board said on ​Tuesday. Rawalpindi is currently hosting the series ⁠opener, with the second match ​to be played from November 17-21 ​as scheduled. Lahore has been grappling with poor air quality in recent weeks as ​seasonal smog blankets large parts ​of Pakistan during the winter months. According to ‌IQAir, ⁠a Swiss air-quality monitoring company, Lahore is currently the most polluted major city…

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Two media groups named British comedian and bestselling children’s author David Walliams on Tuesday as the high-profile figure who had tried to prevent allegations of sexual misconduct from being published by saying he would take his own life if they were revealed. The Guardian and ITV News said that Walliams, ​formerly a judge on music mogul Simon Cowell’s “Britain’s Got Talent” television show, had sought an injunction against the newspaper and the broadcaster ‌ITN, which produces ITV News. Walliams, who has sold more than 60 million books, had sought to…

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, DC residence to a US military base after Iranian threats against his life, two people familiar with ​the matter said on Tuesday. The New York Times first reported the move. A senior intelligence official ​in the Trump administration warned in a memo late last month ⁠that Iranian plots against US personnel and American citizens had reached an advanced stage. Bessent has led ​the US sanctions and economic pressure campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Economic Outcast, since August to try…

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