Month: October 2026

Almost all of ​Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring ‌strong winds and torrential rain, and though the storm is weakening it could still make direct landfall on the island. At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of around 191 kph near its ​centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA). The storm was about 320 km east of Taiwan’s southern tip, ​the CWA said.…

The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the southwestern region of China’s Tibet ​has risen to 65, local government said in ‌a social media post on Friday, while the death count remained unchanged at 16. The quake, with an epicentre in Nagqu, a sparsely populated, high-altitude ​city in northern Tibet, is the strongest to hit ​China since January 2024. More than 300 police officers, including ⁠traffic and community police personnel, were sent to the epicentre ​to carry out rescue and emergency relief work, the Nagqu…

Four police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), were martyred and two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire during a search-and-strike operation in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, police said. The martyred personnel were identified as DSP Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Imranuddin Khan, Sub-Inspector and Latamber police station SHO Afzal Awan, DSP CTD’s gunman Kazim and Bomb Disposal Unit official Amjad. According to police, the operation began at noon following reports of terrorist presence and movement in the area. The decision to launch the…

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11 in ​his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, which has accused the US president of ‌stalling to avoid answering questions under oath, the Associated Press reported. Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over a misleadingly edited clip of a speech. The case is one of several Trump ​has privately filed against the news media as part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage ​he dislikes. US Magistrate…

The government has increased the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs1.64 per litre and reduced the petrol price by Rs1.60 per litre, effective October 23, 2026. According to a press release issued by the Petroleum Division on Thursday, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) revised the ex-depot prices of petroleum products under the federal government’s petroleum pricing mechanism. Following the revision, the price of diesel has increased from Rs390.11 to Rs391.75 per litre, while petrol has become cheaper, falling from Rs379.31 to Rs377.71 per litre. The latest adjustment…

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has rescued a 13-year-old girl in Karachi who was allegedly targeted by an online network linked to the dark web, officials said. The operation was carried out following information provided by an international intelligence agency, according to NCCIA officials. Officials said the girl had allegedly been assigned a series of dangerous tasks through the online network. Her first task was to poison a cat, which she reportedly carried out. She was subsequently instructed to inflict serious harm on herself. However, the NCCIA intervened…

Security forces have foiled an attempted attack on a vacant construction company camp in Gwadar, killing three terrorists, security sources said on Thursday. According to the sources, the attack was attributed to Fitna al-Hindustan, and an operation against other suspected militants was underway in the area. Security forces responded promptly to thwart the attempt to target the camp, the sources said, adding that three more terrorists had reportedly been surrounded during the operation. In a separate development, security forces were conducting an operation against suspected militants at a hotel near the…

Sri Lanka pulled off a historic run chase on Thursday, defeating England by two wickets after chasing down a target of 430 in the final over of the third match of the tri-nation ODI series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The victory marked the second-highest successful run chase in men’s ODI history, as Sri Lanka overcame England’s formidable total of 429-4 in 50 overs. England captain Harry Brook smashed a record-breaking double century to put his side in a commanding position after Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.…