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Major Terror Attack in Chiniot — Assault on Bait-ul-Mehdi Foiled: One Terrorist Killed, Two Flee, Four Security Guards Injured
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 10:29 amOctober 10, 2025 10:30 am

Chiniot (Special Correspondent) — A major terrorist incident was averted today in Chenab Nagar’s central Gol Bazaar area, where gunmen attacked the Ahmadi place of worship, Bait-ul-Mehdi, during Friday prayers. The assault caused panic throughout the area but was swiftly contained by security forces. According to eyewitnesses, three armed terrorists arrived on motorcycles and attempted…

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Asia Focus

Trump-Erdogan detente a masterclass in transactional diplomacy
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 9:34 am

US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warming relations signal a return to pragmatic realism in US-Turkish relations, a welcome departure from the moralizing and ideologically-driven approach that has characterized much of Washington’s Middle East policy in recent decades. Foreign policy establishment critics are predictably hand-wringing about Trump’s willingness to engage with…

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World News

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte removed from office amid soaring crime
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 9:33 am

Getty Images Lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to oust President Dina Boluarte Peru’s Congress has voted to remove President Dina Boluarte from office, hours after a late-night session was called to debate her impeachment. An overwhelming majority of lawmakers from across the political spectrum approved her ousting on grounds of “permanent moral incapacity”. In an address…

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Pakistan News

Farmers offered machine financing | The Express Tribune
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 8:55 am

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has launched Punjab’s first High-Tech Farm Mechanisation Financing Programme Portal to support farmers, service providers and related companies in modernising the sector. Briefing her about the programme, the provincial agriculture secretary said interest-free loans of up to Rs30 million would be available for 12 types of high-tech agricultural…

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Business

Don’t force drivers to use parking apps, RAC says
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 8:52 am

Drivers should not be forced to use mobile apps to pay for parking, the RAC has said, after three-quarters of drivers it surveyed said they had issues with them. The most common problem was poor phone signal in the car park, followed by the app not recognising the car park the driver was in. The…

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Technology

Have $50? Here are 63 great Prime Day deals you can shop
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 8:52 am

Prime Big Deal Days is nearing the end of its final day, with big-ticket tech like Sony’s Bravia 8 OLED and Bose’s QC Ultra Headphones still serving as some of the more marquee deals. However, you don’t need to spend hundreds (or thousands) of dollars to score something great. If you’re working with a shoestring…

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Technology

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation ‘win’
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 8:51 am

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent Getty Green turtles are large sea turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans, known for their plant-based diet and reliance on beaches for nesting The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory. Once hunted extensively for turtle soup, its…

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Sports

75 stadiums, 45 states, one vision: Why the Savannah Bananas' next step is their biggest yet
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 8:00 am

Jesse Cole vividly remembers the early days of owning the Savannah Bananas. They sold only a handful of tickets in the inaugural season in 2016 as a member of the Coastal Plain League playing as a collegiate summer team. He and his wife sold their house, emptied their savings accounts and slept on an air…

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Entertainment & Culture

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup That “Holds up a Mirror to Our World”
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 7:56 am

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in Estonia unveiled its competition and first feature competition lineups and the international jury for its 2025 official selection on Friday. The main competition for the 29th edition of the festival includes17 feature films, with16 world premieresandone international premiere. “This year’s selection follows an impressive number of submissions:…

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Asia Focus

Chinese nursing home under fire for using ‘suggestive dancer’ in medicine drive
Posted onOctober 10, 2025 7:52 am

A nursing home in northern China has provoked public outrage after posting a video of a senior staff member performing a provocative dance in a miniskirt in front of elderly residents, allegedly to encourage them to take their medicine. On September 24, a verified social media account for a nursing home in Anyang, Henan province,…

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