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The judicial commission investigating the Mir Raza murder case on Monday decided to personally inspect the locations linked to the incident, saying an on-site examination would strengthen its final recommendations. The commission will visit the crime scene and the guesthouse today. It directed the Sindh government focal person and Additional Home Secretary Javed Abro to make necessary arrangements for the visit. DSP Siraj Lashari has also been directed to accompany the victim’s family and their lawyer during the inspection. During Monday’s hearing, the commission also set a schedule for recording…

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A committee of the Makkah defence pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will hold talks in ‌Riyadh on Monday, with Turkish ministers among those attending, the Turkish foreign ministry said as the fighting between Yemeni government forces and the Houthi militia escalates. The leader of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government ​announced on Sunday the beginning of ⁠a major military operation against the Iran-backed ​Houthis earlier on Sunday, aimed at seizing ​the territory under their control. Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Friday that Iran had suggested engaging Yemen’s ​Houthis politically after attacks…

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the holy city of Madinah on Monday ahead of a meeting in Riyadh being held under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, Dar visited the Roza-e-Rasool (peace be upon him) and offered prayers for Pakistan’s peace and prosperity, the well-being of its people and the Muslim Ummah. He also prayed for regional peace and stability. Dar later departed Madinah for Riyadh, where he will attend a meeting of the defence committee under the Makkah defence…

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The United States removed its B-1 bombers from a UK air base one ​week after several men were arrested there on ‌suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, a Pentagon official said on Sunday. A dozen B-1 bombers were stationed at RAF Fairford air base, located ​northwest of London. The planes had been used ​for US strikes on Iran. “While operational security precluded ⁠us from confirming the movement of our assets and ​forces in real-time, we can acknowledge now that all US ​bombers that were deployed to RAF Fairford have redeployed to…

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Crude oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels ​in four of the seven days of the final week of September, shipping data showed on Monday, ‌despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Crude exports from the region exceeded pre-war levels on September 24 and between September 27 and 29, rising to between 19.5 million barrels per day and 22.5 million barrels per day, provisional data from ship-tracking firm Kpler showed. Exports averaged 18 ​million bpd between March 2025 and February this year before the…

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The woman who has alleged that she was drugged ‌and raped by Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer said on Sunday. Thomas Giuffra, who represents the woman identified as “Jane Doe,” told CNN that people have ​threatened to silence or harm her if she does not withdraw ​her civil lawsuit alleging that several members of a Cornell fraternity drugged ⁠and raped her in 2024. “She’s received multiple threats,” Giuffra said on CNN’s “State ​of the Union.” Giuffra said he had also been threatened. “I’m not…

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The leader of Yemen government announced the beginning of a major military ‌operation against the Houthis on Sunday, aimed at seizing the territory under their control. Regional and Western officials had previously told Reuters that Saudi Arabia and its Yemeni allies were planning to launch an assault on the Houthis, with the Saudis leading aerial combat and Yemeni forces fighting on the ​ground. “Today, I announce the start of military operations to retake the remaining territory of the republic and extend the ​authority of the state and its institutions across…

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The bodies of three Pakistanis killed and four injured crew members following the hijacking of the MT Honour 25 by pirates in Somalia arrived in Karachi on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. The injured crew members were identified as Usman Ghani, Aqeel Khan, Amin bin Shams and Yasir Khan. The bodies of Rafiullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umar and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari were also brought home. Family members waited for hours at Jinnah International Airport’s cargo terminal. As the bodies were brought in, relatives broke down in grief, with some mourning their…

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Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi in Peshawar, with discussions focusing on constitutional measures to protect the province from further devastation. Naqvi said the provincial government had shown stubbornness and that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had once again adopted a “U-turn” approach. The meeting also considered constitutional steps to prevent the province from being further damaged. The Governor House would act on any advice from the president and prime minister, the governor said. Kundi said he would play his constitutional role if the imposition of…

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Cornell University will examine the role of fraternities and sororities on campus following an outcry over the school’s handling of a student’s rape allegations, the Ivy League school’s president ​said on Saturday. A civil lawsuit filed last month by the woman, who alleges ‌she was drugged and raped in 2024 by several members of the Chi Phi fraternity, has sparked outrage and soul-searching at Cornell over its campus culture at the school in Ithaca, New York. In a video message, Cornell ​University President Michael Kotlikoff said the school would take…

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