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In an interview on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Muhammad Aurangzeb said Pakistan had procured enough energy supplies to last through November 2026, and was now planning for the winter months, when household needs typically spike. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Finance Minister on Saturday (October 17, 2026) told AFP…
Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto North Korea said on Saturday (October 17, 2026) it had successfully tested a new torpedo system that uses artificial intelligence for target detection and guidance. The Korean Central News Agency said the weapon tested on Thursday (October 15, 2026) was a “super-speed, precisely guided” torpedo system named Zam-2.0….
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Two missiles struck the airport in Yemen’s port city of Aden on Friday (October 16, 2026) night, police said, blaming Iran-backed Houthi rebels for the second such attack on the airport in less than 10 days. Police said no casualties were reported as fighting escalates in the latest front in the Iran war, one in…
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US President Donald Trump gestures as he attends a MAGA Inc. dinner at Mar-a-Lago resort, in Palm Beach, on October 16, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a waiver from sanctions, restrictions and duties under the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, citing national interest. “I am hereby waiving the application…
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Sean “Diddy” Combs. File | Photo Credit: AP Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to a federal prison in Pennsylvania after reports that the hip-hop mogul was living the high life and was injured in a fight at his New Jersey lockup, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday (October…
Lightning illuminates a storm over the Andes mountains, photographed from a plane flying over northern Argentina. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rivers swollen by heavy rains linked to El Nino continued flooding swaths of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay on Friday (October 16, 2026), forcing thousands of people from their homes and sending ranchers scrambling to move…
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A drone view shows a deforested plot of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest declined to the lowest level on record in the 12 months through July, according to data released by Brazilian space research agency Inpe on Friday (October 16, 2026). Some 3,335 square kilometres (1,287.65 square…
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Planes of Mexican low-cost carriers Volaris and Viva Aerobus sit on the tarmac at Mexico City International Airport Benito Juarez, in Mexico City | Photo Credit: Reuters Mexican airlines will be able to launch new flights to the U.S. from Mexico City’s two international airports after the U.S. Department of Transportation lifted restrictions imposed over…
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A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him — likely saving lives before he was shot by a father who followed him into the building, police said on Friday (October 16, 2026). City of Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz…
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In November 2022, a peace agreement put an end to two years of brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Almost four years later, the conflict has resurfaced, with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) having formed an alliance with other armed opposition factions, and the Ethiopian government forces managing to reclaim control of Mekelle, the…
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