Month: October 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returned home on Saturday after making a day-long trip to the Chinese border city of Dandong, Beijing’s state media reported, though the purpose of the unannounced visit was not immediately clear and there was no mention of talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping. Kim is thought to have crossed into China via a major border bridge that officially opened last week, 12 years after its completion, deepening economic ties between China and diplomatically isolated North Korea. Neither North Korea nor China disclosed Kim’s visit…

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French police started firing tear gas at protesters Saturday as they stepped up security in major cities aiming to prevent a repeat of rioting a week ago, on a day of fresh nationwide demonstrations over the high cost of living. Police in the southeast city of Lyon fired tear gas to disperse some 150 protesters near the city centre — where demonstrations had been banned — when they briefly tried to block a road, an AFP journalist saw. “The police are really mobile… They come and disperse marches before they…

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Saudi forces launched deadly airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa city and its surrounding governorate on Saturday, media associated with the Iran-backed group said, while also reporting around 20 strikes on Mocha. The Houthis’ Al-Masirah reported a series of “Saudi enemy airstrikes” targeting Sanaa, including one on a house that killed at least three people and wounded several others. A separate strike at a cement factory in the Sanaa governorate resulted in “a number of martyrs and wounded”, the broadcaster said. The reports came after the Saudi coalition fighting in…

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Pakistan has categorically rejected the baseless and misleading allegations by Zalmay Khalilzad, former ambassador of the US to Afghanistan, of arming former Afghans to fight Taliban and their supporters terrorist groups. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s Fact Check account said in a post on X that Khalilzad’s sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop up terrorism supporting the Taliban regime. The information ministry said it is particularly misleading to conflate Pakistan’s legitimate counterterrorism operations against terrorist organisations operating from inside Afghan…

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Gold prices in Pakistan fell for a second consecutive day on Saturday, with the price per tola dropping by Rs2,500 to Rs422,036, according to the All Pakistan Sarafa Gems and Jewellers Association. The price of 10 grams of gold declined by Rs2,144 to Rs361,827, while gold in the international market fell by $25 to $3,995 per ounce. Silver prices also edged lower in the domestic market, with the price per tola falling by Rs7 to Rs5,858 and the price of 10 grams decreasing by Rs6 to Rs5,022. International silver prices…

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In a fresh twist to the alleged rape of an Azerbaijani woman, sources in Lahore police on Saturday alleged that the woman, Diana, who had accused three men of rape, received Rs20 million in exchange for a video statement declaring the accused innocent. However, the lawyer for one of the suspects has denied that the woman was bribed. According to the sources, Ahmed Tanveer, one of the suspects, belongs to a wealthy and influential family, and his father is a major contractor. The sources alleged that Tanveer’s relatives and a…

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Saudi-led coalition forces intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles targeting Riyadh, Taif and Yanbu, as well as a drone in the Eastern Province, amid escalating cross-border attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia, the coalition said on Saturday. Coalition spokesman Brig-General Turki Al Maliki said air defences shot down a missile launched towards Riyadh and intercepted two ballistic missiles targeting Taif and Yanbu. He also confirmed that a drone had been intercepted and destroyed in the Eastern Province. The Saudi Civil Defence issued early warning alerts for potential aerial threats in Riyadh, Najran…

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A court in Lahore on Saturday sent Ahmed Tanveer, arrested in a case involving the alleged rape of an Azerbaijani woman, to jail on 14-day judicial remand and directed police to arrange his medical examination and an identification parade. Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Saeed Saim announced the reserved decision on a police request. During the hearing, the suspect’s lawyer, Safdar Shaheen Pirzada, opposed the police request, alleging that his client had been subjected to torture. He asked the court to order a thorough medical examination. The court asked Tanveer whether he…

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