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The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) will meet on October 13 to discuss the extension of the constitutional benches in the Sindh High Court. The meeting will be held at 1.30pm in the Supreme Court conference room and will be chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi. The tenure of the constitutional benches in the Sindh High Court is set to expire on October 25. The meeting comes a day after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farooq H Naek and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member Aftab Sheikh resigned from…

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Christa Pike, sentenced to death for a 1995 murder, awoke “angry and confused” in a hospital this week with a long recuperation ahead after surviving Tennessee’s ​botched effort to execute her, her lawyers said on Wednesday. A week ago, Pike, 50, was taken from the execution chamber to a Nashville hospital, unconscious, critically ill and ‌with severe arm injuries after two injections of the caustic barbiturate pentobarbital failed to kill her at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. As late as Monday, her lawyers believed Pike was brain dead and that…

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Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with ​Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, in what would be the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the ‌conflict. The US disputed the claim. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement that the money “is not there,” accusing Hezbollah of “trying to save face with fake stories about cash influxes from Iran.” A Treasury spokesperson said Iran was “running out of…

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The US Department of Homeland Security has proposed that international students pay ‌at least $70,000 in training fees if they want to work in the country, according to a government notice posted online on Wednesday, part of the Trump administration’s wider crackdown on foreign visa holders. Under the proposal, nonimmigrant students with F-1 ​visas would be required to pay $70,000 to a certified institution for on-the-job training, known as Optional ​Practical Training (OPT), and $30,000 for any additional work training. DHS said the new rules were ⁠meant “to combat fraud,…

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Russia pounded Ukraine with waves of missiles and drones in one of its most “vile strikes” on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, killing at least 32 people, including children, and damaging industrial ​facilities and energy infrastructure. The heaviest losses were in Pryluky in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region, where a Russian missile destroyed a five-storey residential building. Ukraine’s emergency service said on Telegram that ‌the death toll in Pryluky has risen to 22 as of Thursday morning and two more bodies were discovered following a Russian air strike on an apartment…

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US President Donald Trump is weighing renewed strikes on Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, while saying his special envoy Steve Witkoff is making progress in negotiations with Tehran and that he expects the war to end soon. The Atlantic reported that the Trump administration was considering renewed military action before the vote, while Axios said the Pentagon had ordered preparations for possible major combat operations. The directive did not set a strike date, and Trump has made no final decision, according to the reports. Potential US-Israeli operations could…

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The dollar held near its strongest level in a year-and-a-half in subdued trading at the start of the Asian session on ​Thursday, after hawkish minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee signalled policymakers ‌at the US central bank viewed inflation as the biggest risk to their outlook. The dollar index , which measures its strength against a basket of six currencies, was steady at 102.23 after ​rising 0.3% on Wednesday. The greenback remains within a few pips of ​its strongest levels since April 9, 2025, following the market turmoil ⁠that…

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth review of the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the third review of the $1.4 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), potentially unlocking about $1.21 billion in financing for Islamabad. The agreement, reached after talks from September 23 to October 7, is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board. If approved, Pakistan will receive about $1 billion under the EFF and $210 million under the RSF, taking total disbursements under the two programmes…

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Oil prices rose on Thursday on persistent worries about supply from the key Middle East producing region amid an increase in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. Brent ​crude futures rose $1.33, or 1.33%, at $101.53 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ‌crude futures gained $1.11, or 1.26%, to $89.39. Prices settled lower on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency agreed to accelerate the release of oil stocks and to prioritise diesel supplies under a plan launched in March, as governments seek to tackle…

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Yemen’s Houthis on Thursday claimed a fresh ballistic missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, saying it disrupted airport operations, as departures from the Saudi capital’s airport were halted following the reported attack. Houthi military spokesman Brig-Gen Yahya Saree said the missile “hit its target accurately” and caused disruption to airport operations. He did not provide details of any damage or casualties. Flight-tracking data showed the last recorded departure from King Khalid International Airport was at 5.55am, with several subsequent flights listed as delayed or estimated. A Turkish…

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