Month: October 2026

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they had hit Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery, the biggest in the kingdom, with ​a ballistic missile. The group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the strike ‌had caused a fire at the complex, which also includes a shipping terminal, located on the Gulf, west of the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the ​strike. Ras Tanura, which has a capacity of 550,000 barrels per day, ​was shut for a period in the early months of the ⁠Iran war as a…

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Sri Lanka defeated previously unbeaten Pakistan by eight wickets in the fifth match of the tri-nation ODI series on Tuesday to secure a place in the final, while England were eliminated from contention. Pakistan, invited to bat first at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, were bowled out for 110 in 25.3 overs. Sri Lanka chased down the target of 111 in 18.1 overs, losing two wickets. Dilshan Madushanka led Sri Lanka’s bowling attack with five wickets for 34 runs, while Sahan Arachchige took two wickets. Asitha Fernando, Ishan Malinga and Dunith Wellalage…

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The government and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) remain at odds over the petroleum levy, with the party granting the government an additional seven days to provide relief and warning that it will resume its long march in mid-November if its demand is not met. The decision followed a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and JI Emir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, during which they discussed abolishing the petroleum levy and providing relief to the public. The government requested seven more days to expand the scope of relief, prompting JI to grant it a final…

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over medicines, medical supplies and laboratory equipment to the Sindh government to strengthen primary healthcare and improve laboratory services across the province. WHO Representative in Pakistan Dr Luo Dapeng handed over the supplies to Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and the Chief Executive Officer of the People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI). The support aims to improve the availability of essential medicines and medical supplies, while enhancing laboratory capacity to facilitate healthcare delivery. The initiative reflects continued collaboration between WHO and the…

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Iran’s ​Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a body set up by ‌Tehran to manage passage requests in the Strait of Hormuz, said on Tuesday that all vessels belonging to South Korean shipping company Sinokor would face “legal ​action” starting on November 1. Tehran has sought to tighten ​its grip on the strategic waterway by attacking shipping ⁠there since US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February ​28. It has restricted transit to try to gain leverage over ​Washington, while disrupting oil flows from Arab Gulf oil producers, especially to their customers…

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Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei on Tuesday met Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, not seen in public since succeeding ​his slain father in March, a day after holding talks ‌with representatives of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan. State media said Khamenei had stressed the importance of pursuing Iran’s interests and maintaining its conditions for ending the ​war. Top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan visited ​Tehran on Monday hoping to help de-escalate the Middle East conflict, begun when the US and Israel attacked Iran ​in February. The talks…

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Over the past couple of weeks, a cybersecurity researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including farm equipment maker Deere, home appliance ​company SharkNinja and engine manufacturer Cummins. Yet the hacker did almost none of the work. The cybercriminal instead outsourced the hacking spree almost entirely to artificial intelligence, tasking AI agents ‌with spending hours autonomously probing and breaking into targeted sites, according to Snorre Fagerland, principal threat researcher at the cybersecurity company NorForge. In a report provided to Reuters ahead of…

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