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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the Houthi militia’s attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, expressing condolences to the families of those killed and praying for the speedy and full recovery of the injured. In a statement, he said targeting civilians and critical infrastructure was unacceptable and posed a serious threat to regional peace and stability. He called for an immediate halt to attacks that violated international law. Shehbaz reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering solidarity with Saudi Arabia and its leadership and people, reiterating Islamabad’s commitment to…

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday called for Ukraine to replace its leader Volodymyr Zelensky and railed against Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, a day after announcing a diesel supply ​deal with Russia that had drawn a sharp rebuke from Zelensky. In some of his harshest criticism yet of the White House, Zelenskiy linked the US lifting of sanctions ‌on Russian diesel with a Russian attack on Saturday that killed 20 people, including 3 children, in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. A steep rise in global diesel prices, which…

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Four people died after Hurricane Isaias made landfall early ‌on Saturday, and about 670,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi were still without power as the storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, according to local authorities and electricity monitoring services. Two of the deaths resulted from trees falling on homes, according to local media and authorities. Authorities in Florida had received no search and rescue requests shortly after landfall, a sign of limited impact, Governor ​Ron DeSantis said. But hazardous conditions remained, and storm surges, flash flooding, damaging winds…

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A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people in Erie, Pennsylvania, ​including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to ‌death, authorities said on Saturday at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening’s shooting. The shooter, who has yet to be identified, died of an apparent self-inflicted wound before officers arrived on ​the scene, said Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah. “Some scenes stay with you long ​after you leave them. This is one of those tragic scenes,” Lorah ⁠said. Police have yet to…

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The third attack this week on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and ​more than 300 wounded, Saudi authorities said, as Iran-backed Houthis escalated the campaign they launched this summer against the kingdom. The dead included four Saudis, two ‌people from Bangladesh and one person each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, the Saudi civil aviation authority said. At the latest count, officials said, 309 were wounded. Hospitals were flooded with wounded brought by ambulance and helicopter, people briefed on the matter…

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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have agreed to impose an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the federal cabinet set to discuss the available political and constitutional options today (Sunday). The two leaders discussed the country’s overall political and security situation during a meeting at the President’s House on Saturday, according to an official statement. Sources said the meeting considered imposing an emergency in 12 districts, including the eight former tribal districts, and transferring certain powers to the federal government to protect the public. The proposed measures…

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A man shot and killed eight people, including two children, at a home in the US state of Pennsylvania before apparently taking his own life, local media reported. Police in the city of Erie were called Friday around 5:00 pm to reports of shots fired and discovered two women dead in the street, the Erie News Now outlet said. The shooter barricaded himself inside the home as police surrounded the building and ordered him to exit. More gunshots were heard during the standoff, Erie News Now reported. When police eventually…

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Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of ​the “Cockroach” youth movement in Delhi on Saturday as security forces locked down parts of the capital to thwart a rally demanding the resignation of India’s election chief. Thousands of police ‌and paramilitary personnel were deployed across the city, mobile internet services were suspended in the central business district and dozens of metro stations and markets were shut as authorities moved to stop a demonstration organised by the Cockroach movement. The protest was aimed at Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar…

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, ‌and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay. Abbas’ decree cited “obstacles posed by Israeli measures” and the need to establish suitable political, security and on-the-ground conditions for “free, fair and inclusive elections”, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. In a post on X, ​Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, pointing to the last Palestinian election having been held two…

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Saudi authorities suspended operations at Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday after a fresh attack there left multiple people wounded. The situation prompted health officials to activate a rare mass call-up of doctors to deal with the “serious emergency”, a medical source said, while foreign embassies warned their citizens to avoid the facility. The Saudi civil aviation authority confirmed an attack had injured several people at the sprawling King Khalid International Airport, with a diplomatic source attributing it to a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis. The Iran-backed group has repeatedly targeted…

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