
KP CM Sohail Afridi and his predecessor, Ali Amin Gandapur, inquire after those injured in the Darazinda attack.—Dawn DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday called for better cooperation between the provincial and federal governments on security matters, saying the counterterrorism policy should reflect ground realities. The chief minister made these comments during his visit to Dera Ismail Khan to visit the wounded, a day after a deadly bombing targeting a

JERUSALEM: Israeli media reported on Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made an unannounced visit to the United Arab Emirates to meet with the Gulf state’s leader. TV channels 12 and KAN as well as the newspapers Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post said that Netanyahu undertook a one-day visit to the UAE to meet President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The premier’s office did not immediately comment. While Israel and the UAE formally established diplomatic relations in 2020 as part of t

South Korea has accused Ukraine of breaching a confidentiality agreement over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war — and of denying the deal's existence. Seoul has demanded an apology.

• Trump claims negotiators to engage Iranians this week, says he turned down an earlier proposal • Araghchi says Iran ready to open strait if ceasefire deal revived, frozen assets released • Pentagon denies IRGC claims of capturing US submarine drone in Strait of Hormuz; Guards warn Washington against staging fresh attacks WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: The United States and Iran are expected to hold talks this week, said President Donald Trump after he rejected a proposal by Tehran to reopen the Strait of
Netanyahu has previously denied personally receiving advance knowledge, claiming that security chiefs did not adequately warn him.
BREAKING: 8 US Marines were injured on september 14 when an Iranian cruise missile struck a vessel carrying US military personnel in the Strait of Hormuz – NBC US officials said the Marines were not seriously injured but suffered smoke inhalation and possible traumatic brain injuries. US have not responded militarily to the attack so far. Last time Iran attacked US warships, and the US responded with strikes on Iran's coast. Iran then hit a US base in Jordan, causing heavy damage to US milit

KARACHI: Two Pakistani pilots are memorising Mandarin, spinning in centrifuge drills and learning to eat, sleep and repair equipment while weightless as a decision nears on which one will become the first foreign astronaut aboard China’s Tiangong space station. The voyage into space would be a first for the South Asian nation. It is part of broader cooperation with Beijing that straddles the Belt and Road Initiative and has produced Chinese-launched Pakistani satellites, a joint satellite-navig

Rodion Miroshnik pointed out that a visit by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant "was simply cancelled"

Smotrich calls for full-scale war in occupied West Bank Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for Israel to “go to war” in the occupied West Bank and “do there what we did in Gaza”, as the country heads towards general elections next month. Smotrich, the leader of the far-right Religious Zionism party, in an interview with Ynet’s 120 and One political podcast, also reasserted his demand for dismantling the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in parts of the o

David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China while hosting its leader, Xi Jinping, last week, the US ambassador to China said on Sunday. David Perdue told Fox News on Sunday: “President Trump continues to say, hey, we sell arms to other people around the world. He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point.” Continue reading...
Refugees in Durban say they have nowhere safe to return to after being forced from a makeshift camp.

The move by the Israeli Foreign Ministry is a response to Dutch sanctions targeting goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Dutch Foreign Ministry is yet to comment.

Abbas Araghchi's warning comes after Washington rejected a seven-day roadmap to end the war and reopen Strait of Hormuz.

Iran offers to mediate talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen During an interview with Al Jazeera, Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian spoke extensively about the conflict in Yemen and its regional repercussions, saying that Iran "doesn't believe Saudi Arabia and Yemen should fight, as they are both Muslims." He added that Iran would mediate between the two countries: "We are prepared to sit down and help Saudi Arabia and Yemen resolve this issue." Pezeshkian added that Iran only "empathises"with

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea, Sudan of backing Tigray rebels amid clashes ➡️ https://t.co/30N3BiMJCc https://t.co/KRvamdZoTg

Traditional leaders from the Otoro community in Sudan's Nuba Mountains have accused SPLM-N forces of executing eight detainees held at a facility in Heiban County and detaining two local education officials amid recurring local tensions. https://t.co/GXQKCL4fHN #Sudan #NubaMountains #SouthKordofan #SplaN
Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President, stated that North Korea is improving its weaponry based on its experience in combat operations in Ukraine.
According to the president, the US has already defeated Iran from a military standpoint

Ethiopia’s army chief accused Eritrea and Sudan on Sunday of backing armed groups fighting federal troops, as clashes with Tigrayan rebels intensified. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it was waging a “defensive war” and seized airports. A humanitarian source said rebels captured the Afar town of Erebti on Sunday.

NOW: Explosions reportedly heard near Erbil, Iraq. Initial reports indicate that Iranian drones/missiles targeted a Kurdish Political Party’s headquarters. Contributed by: @BeamTracker_ https://t.co/qmNtmxhP0N
NOW: Several projectiles are being reportedly observed above Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Shin. Additionally, a very large US aerial presence is being recorded above Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. https://t.co/PBV6bv7a1f

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s army commander on Sunday accused Eritrea and Sudan of backing armed groups fighting its troops in the north of the country. Heavy clashes have resumed between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the federal government since Wednesday, raising fears of a return to a 2020-2022 civil war in which an estimated 600,000 people died. The TPLF has seized airports and launched attacks into the neighboring states of Afar and Amhara, saying they were engaged in a “defens

South Korea’s presidential office demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea and then falsely denying that the two sides had agreed to keep the move confidential. “The presidential office expresses strong regret over Ukraine’s unilateral disclosure and its subsequent false announcement that there had not been a non-disclosure agreement,” Seong Ghi-hong, senior presidential secretary for p

KHARTOUM: Two Sudanese cities were targeted by strikes on Sunday, witnesses told AFP, a day after army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan vowed to press ahead with the years-long war against a rival paramilitary force despite a US visa snub and mounting pressure for a ceasefire. Sudan has been at war since April 2023 when a power struggle between Burhan and his former deputy, commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, escalated into a conflict that has killed tens of thousands
NOW: Several projectiles are being reportedly observed above Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Shin. Additionally, a very large US aerial presence is being recorded above Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Contributed by: @BeamTracker_ https://t.co/dpOI8SSHP1
There were no reports about casualties among civilians

Trump expects Iran talks next week after rejecting seven-day truce proposal ➡️ https://t.co/WWHMKH18bI https://t.co/yjfp7dEua2

Houthis say Saudi strikes on Yemen's Taiz leave dozens of casualties Saudi airstrikes on Taiz in southwest Yemen caused dozens of casualties in an area controlled by the Houthis, the Iran-aligned group said on Sunday, as fighting escalated further after a truce broke down. The Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree accused Saudi Arabia of launching two air raids that hit a market on the outskirts of the city, saying nearly 50 people were killed or wounded without specifying the exact breakdown.

Russian attacks kill eight in Ukraine after Moscow vows to continue war ➡️ https://t.co/AHh6mRFAGw https://t.co/ht0p6055S3

NOW: Several commercial aircraft are currently not being allowed to land at King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia. This coincides with reports of explosions heard above the country, as reported by Arab media. https://t.co/hPPwKg5SI8

South Korea’s presidential office demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea and then falsely denying that the two sides had agreed to keep the move confidential. “The presidential office expresses strong regret over Ukraine’s unilateral disclosure and its subsequent false announcement that there had not been a non-disclosure agreement,” Seong Ghi-hong, senior presidential secretary for.

Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine on Sunday, authorities said, a day after Moscow vowed to continue the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched about 3,900 drones, aerial bombs and missiles over the past week. Ukraine accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians as winter approaches.
The decision follows several conflicts amid the team, with players even demanding not to play the game due to the war in Gaza.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Egypt repeatedly warned Israel before Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack, including a call from Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel to Netanyahu just days beforehand. Egypt had issued earlier warnings in June and September, and officials said alerts continued until about 48 hours before the attack. Netanyahu has denied receiving personal advance warnings and says Israeli security chiefs failed to alert him properly. Source: WSJ
"Right now we are fine, but we don't know how long this situation will last," one of the Israelis told KAN News, adding that the group included elderly people.
Sudan’s army says it intercepted a long-range RSF drone in North Kordofan and resumed air strikes on Nyala, South Darfur, ending a prolonged pause in crewed jet operations across the region. https://t.co/jAYaYu9CnZ #Sudan #Darfur #Kordofan #Drone https://t.co/3R8hVBePCb
Q: Are strikes before midterms still on the table for you? Trump: I don't want to say that. I mean, it's possible, but I just don't want to say that.
Trump on Iran: We're certainly winning it very big.

Netanyahu orders preparation of possible legal case against Erdogan, report says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered an interministerial team and a senior Justice Ministry official to prepare a legal case against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, i24NEWS reported on Sunday. The order followed Erdogan’s announcement that Turkey had asked Interpol to issue a red notice for Netanyahu, the report said. Israel could itself seek to bring the case before the International Crimi
Trump: I told Zelensky, "You gotta take it easy on the refineries." There are other things he can do.
Q: What about an export ban on diesel? Trump: We’re thinking about it very seriously. We may do it.
Trump on Iran: We're going to win this war very soon, and as soon as we win it, the oil will go down, way down to what it was before the war.
Q: Is there any part of you that worries at all about AI going rogue? Trump: Well, I don't worry about it. It's a huge industry. It's really the industrial revolution, maybe bigger. And we're leading and we're building tremendous, you know, trillions of dollars worth of places. And why should we give that up?
Trump on AI: We're about a year, maybe a year and a half up on China. There is nobody in third place. I spoke a little bit about it with Xi, not too much. I think if you, as they say, open it up, you sort of give up the lead.

Russian drones set ablaze a market outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, killing two people, while three others died in strikes by Moscow’s forces in different regions and Kyiv itself also came under attack, local officials said. Ukrainian prosecutors said the drone attack hit a market in Sofiiska Borshchahivka on the western outskirts of Kyiv, killing two people and injuring about 10. Pictures posted online showed installations and vehicles on fire, with debris strewn on the ground. In
Denis Alipov added that in addition to oil, Russia has been India’s partner for many years in nuclear energy, petrochemical production, and oil refining

CAIRO: Israel’s upcoming elections are being followed closely by its regional neighbors, who are aware that any outcome will have ramifications far beyond the country’s borders. In his Likud party’s campaign launch this month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his refrain that he “has changed the face of the Middle East” and vowed to continue doing so. He has been unapologetic about keeping Israeli troops in neighboring Lebanon and Syria, while his ministers tout plans to displace Pa