Month: October 2026

Israeli property investment and the spread of short-term tourist rentals are fuelling tensions in Exarchia, a central Athens neighbourhood known for its left-wing politics and strong solidarity with Palestinians, as residents say rising rents and property speculation are driving local families out. Tonia Katerini, a 69-year-old architect who has lived in Exarchia since 1986, has spent months mapping foreign property purchases with a group of neighbours using public records. Their map shows a growing concentration of acquisitions across the neighbourhood. The group estimates that Israeli investors account for more than…

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that it had intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported. The IRGC said the drone was downed early Tuesday while flying over the strategic waterway, claiming it was the 54th US MQ-9 drone it had destroyed, according to the agency. The incident comes amid tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US-Israeli war against Iran, which began on February 28. Iran responded with missile and drone attacks across the region…

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Gold prices in Pakistan fell on Tuesday, tracking a decline in the international market, with the price per tola dropping by Rs3,600 to Rs435,436, according to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA). Similarly, the price of 10-gram gold decreased by Rs3,086 to Rs373,316, according to rates shared by the association. Gold prices remained unchanged on Monday, with the price per tola holding at Rs439,036 in the local market. In the international market, gold prices declined by $36 to $4,129 per ounce. Meanwhile, silver prices remained unchanged at Rs6,234…

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The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federal government, attorney-general, police and other authorities on constitutional petitions challenging the imposition of governor’s rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the deployment of security forces, and on another plea seeking the recovery of deposed Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. The high court has sought a response from the authorities within two days on Afridi’s detention, while further hearing of the petitions challenging the emergency and governor’s rule has been adjourned until November 10. During the hearing of the petition seeking…

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He celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake decorated with a noose. He says he plans to surround jailed Palestinians with crocodiles. In videos, he berates foreign activists captured at sea trying to bring aid to Gaza, forced to kneel at his feet with their faces pressed to ​the ground. To much of the world and to many Israelis, Itamar Ben-Gvir, the bellicose face of Israel’s far right, is a figure from the fringe of politics, despite over four years in power ‌as police minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

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Voters in Canada’s Alberta province have overwhelmingly backed remaining in the country, with early referendum results showing 77% opposed to beginning a process towards separation. With more than one million votes counted, 23% supported starting the process to separate from Canada, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta. The referendum was not a direct vote on independence. A victory for the separatist side would have set the province on a path towards a future vote on separation. “Albertans made a clear choice,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said. “They chose unity,…

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