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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was fired after ​less than a week on the job, two US officials said on Friday, after a rocky start as President Donald ‌Trump’s top spokesperson. Zacharia was “let go” and is “transitioning out” of the press secretary position, according to two separate White House officials. She faced days of questions about her legal credentials and criticism of her performance in a news briefing and interviews. The departure leaves Trump without a key public messenger just over ​two weeks before November’s midterm elections, a…

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Allies of US President Donald Trump have called for martial law to be imposed if Republicans lose November’s midterm elections, citing unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud. The calls were made during a September 30 video conference hosted by the Precinct Project & Election Integrity, a forum that brings together figures from the Make America Great Again (Maga) movement. Participants alleged that the November elections could be compromised, particularly through postal voting, but offered no evidence to substantiate their claims, the Telegraph said in a report. Peter Ticktin, a lawyer…

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Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak, a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps that experts say offers a warning to other nations about the deadly risk of falling immunisation rates. Bangladesh, whose routine vaccination programme faltered in 2025, reported 202,000 suspected measles cases – 22,000 of them laboratory-confirmed – since the start of the outbreak in mid-March to October 9, the World Health Organisation said. That’s more suspected cases than any other country this year. So far, 1,147 people have died of…

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The government on Friday reduced the price of petrol by Rs3.93 to Rs386.30 per litre while keeping the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) unchanged at Rs396.96 per litre. The revised prices will take effect from October 17 and remain in force until October 19, 2026. According to a press release issued by the Petroleum Division, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) revised the ex-depot prices of petroleum products under the federal government’s petroleum pricing mechanism. The Petroleum Division attributed the revision to global developments, including changes in Platts rates,…

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied on Friday that Tehran sought nuclear weapons, expressed readiness for dialogue and condemned US sanctions during talks with Georgia’s prime minister. In his meeting with Georgian premier Irakli Kobakhidze, Pezeshkian also called for closer ties with Georgia, weeks after Tbilisi cut aviation links between the two countries following US sanctions targeting Iranian airlines. The two met on the sidelines of a UN biodiversity summit in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. “Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons, and we consider the malicious propaganda against our country to be…

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The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said on Friday that it intercepted missiles and drones over Riyadh and other areas, as the kingdom comes under sustained attack from its Iran-backed foes. Since Yemen’s civil war flared back to life in July, the Houthis have repeatedly struck Saudi targets including Red Sea tankers, oil facilities and Riyadh’s international airport, where 13 people were killed in a single attack last week. Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition that has supported Yemen’s internationally recognised government against the Houthis for more than a decade.…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reaffirmed that Pakistan stands shoulder to shoulder with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity. He was talking to newly arrived Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dr Rajeh Tami Albugamy, who called on him in Islamabad. The prime minister strongly condemned the recent escalation in Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia which resulted in the loss of precious lives and injuries to scores of innocent people, including Pakistani nationals. He underlined that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have…

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A 16-year-old shooter opened fire on Thursday at an elementary ‌school in Bend, Oregon, killing four people, including three children, before being killed by an armed member of the community who had pursued the assailant into the school, police said. The shooter entered Silver Rail Elementary School by firing through locked doors, police said, without offering any details beyond the suspect’s age. The dead were children aged 5, 8 and 11 and one ​teacher. In addition, a 7-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to hospital with critical injuries,…

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Police have recovered the body of Zainul Abideen, a young man living in Saudi Arabia who was allegedly abducted from Karachi’s Steel Town area, while a suspect, identified as Faisal, has reportedly confessed to the crime during interrogation, according to sources. The body was found stuffed in a sack and dumped at an isolated location, sources said. Zainul Abideen, who worked as a tailor in Saudi Arabia, had returned to Karachi to visit his parents. According to his father, he left home on a motorcycle on October 14 but did…

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Gold prices in Pakistan rose by Rs2,800 per tola on Friday, tracking gains in the international market, according to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA). In the local market, the price of gold increased to Rs440,636 per tola. Similarly, the price of 10-gram gold rose by Rs2,401 to Rs377,774, according to rates shared by the association. Gold prices had remained unchanged at Rs437,836 per tola on Thursday. In the international market, gold prices increased by $28 to reach $4,181 per ounce. Meanwhile, silver prices rose by Rs108 to…

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