JUST IN: PTI’s planned September 27 long march to Islamabad faces strict court restrictions as KP CM Sohail Afridi vows to lead the protest demanding Imran Khan’s release. Security remains on high alert.
JUST IN: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announces plans to ban burqas and niqabs in schools and cap the number of foreign students in classrooms.
JUST IN: Iranian authorities shut down a French language centre linked to the embassy, accusing it of illegal activities and prompting a sharp response from Paris.
JUST IN: Top Chinese and U.S. officials hold preparatory talks ahead of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit focused on trade, technology and strategic issues.
JUST IN: President Trump decides against joining Saudi Arabia in joint strikes against the Houthis for now, while still seeking the kingdom’s cooperation on Iran.
JUST IN: Qatar’s foreign ministry confirms it is working to resume ceasefire negotiations between Iran and the United States amid ongoing regional conflict.
JUST IN: Far-right parties make major gains in German state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, delivering a heavy defeat to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU.
JUST IN: Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow Oblast, with over 1,600 drones reported; Moscow Refinery catches fire and multiple casualties reported.
BREAKING: A suicide bomb attack hit a mosque near police headquarters in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during Friday prayers. At least 16 people were killed and over 50 injured when an explosives-laden vehicle rammed the building.
JUST IN: Amazon enters the AI safety debate, calling for rigorous testing and safeguards before models are released, while stopping short of supporting a full industry slowdown.
JUST IN: Huawei unveils new AI chip technologies at its Shanghai conference, intensifying competition with Nvidia ahead of the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting.
JUST IN: OpenAI publishes a new framework for tracking and reporting AI model misalignment, disclosing six previously unreported cases of unexpected behaviour.
BREAKING: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says conditions are now in place to activate the Makkah defence agreement amid rising regional tensions.