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Indian security personnel carrying batons and shields and accompanied by riot control vehicles surrounded the site of a planned opposition protest in Delhi on Sunday that is set to ​demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. Authorities ‌warned of traffic diversions ahead of the protest march and rally that will be led by Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi. The opposition says it expects hundreds of thousands of people to participate in what it says will be a major ​challenge to Prime Minister…

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Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it would resume withdrawals in phases after covering ​95% of the $6.3 billion in tokens stolen ‌from its platform in the world’s largest digital heist, which the FBI has tied to North Korea. Binance said ​the phase would start on Sunday and include bitcoin, ether, BNB, ⁠Solana, XRP, dogecoin and other tokens. The remaining ​5% of stolen tokens consists of assets that are ​less liquid and may take longer to source in the required amounts, Binance posted on X late on Saturday. The…

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US President Donald Trump has said American forces have severely weakened Iran’s military capabilities but still need to deal with one or two remaining targets, including a suspected underground nuclear facility known as Pickaxe Mountain. Trump said negotiations with Iran to end the war, launched by the US and Israel in late February, were progressing, although he questioned Tehran’s reliability. “We’ve knocked out their nuclear. We still have to take care of, I would say one or two sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes,” Trump told reporters…

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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have congratulated the people of Gilgit-Baltistan on their 79th Independence Day, paying tribute to those who fought against Dogra rule to secure the region’s freedom. In separate messages on Sunday, both leaders recalled the historic struggle 79 years ago, when the people of Gilgit-Baltistan overthrew Dogra rule, declared independence and subsequently sent a letter to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah seeking accession to Pakistan. President Zardari said the people of Gilgit-Baltistan had made valuable contributions to Pakistan’s defence and development. Prime Minister…

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Hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt late on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators ​took to the streets across Germany’s biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs. The protests followed a wave of Gen Z-led ‌demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia, student-led activism helped unseat the country’s longtime leader at the ballot box, while protests in France have descended into rioting and looting. The German protests organised by the campaign group “Gen Z regelt” — “Gen Z takes charge” in German — took place in…

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Iran has made no official decision to change its nuclear doctrine despite calls from some lawmakers and members of the public to reconsider its position if war resumes, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has said. Rezaei said neither the government nor the Supreme National Security Council had formally decided to alter the country’s nuclear policy, according to remarks carried by the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. He said calls for a change had emerged following attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities despite extensive inspections and the installation of online monitoring…

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French protesters marched across the country on Saturday in the latest nationwide demonstrations driven by anger over living costs and strained public ​services, as authorities deployed in force to prevent a repeat of the unrest that erupted two weeks ago and tensions began to surface in some cities. The ‌protests, which fall on Halloween, come after riots and looting on October 17 caught security forces off guard, leaving a trail of damage to shops, public buildings and businesses across the country. France’s top administrative court on Saturday upheld a ban…

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Pakistan plans to privatise three power distribution companies (DISCOs) in the first quarter of 2027, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Privatisation and Chairman of the Privatisation Commission Muhammad Ali has said. The three DISCOs include the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO), Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO), and Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO). In an interview, Muhammad Ali said that due diligence for the three companies was already underway, while potential investors had requested additional time to assess the complex transactions, according to a press release issued by the Privatisation Commission. He…

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Iranian negotiators held talks in ​Doha with Qatari mediators on Saturday to discuss paths out of war in the Gulf, a source told Reuters, as diplomats ‌try to avert a new outbreak of fighting after the US midterm elections this week. Saturday’s talks in the Qatari capital followed more than 12 hours of discussions on Friday between Iranian and Qatari envoys in Tehran, said the source, who was briefed on the negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity. The source said the talks were ​being coordinated in regular contact with…

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London police arrested Saturday dozens of Palestine Action supporters, who protested there and in Edinburgh days before the Supreme Court hears an appeal over the government’s contentious ban of the group. London’s Metropolitan Police began detaining people shortly after hundreds began a lunchtime “mass action” outside the US Embassy in the British capital, an AFP reporter witnessed. The force said in a mid-afternoon update that 48 people had been arrested and that officers were “continuing to make arrests”. “The majority of arrests have been for expressing support for a proscribed…

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