Three Hongkongers have been jailed for up to 18 years for their roles in a conspiracy to carry out bomb attacks during the 2019 anti-government protests. The defendants were escorted to the High Court on Monday for sentencing on a count of conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury…
Paul Kirby,Europe digital editor and Anna Holligan,Hague correspondent AFP via Getty Images Geert Wilders is facing a strong challenge from left-leader Frans Timmermans and liberal Rob Jetten Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Freedom party is facing a tight race in Wednesday’s Dutch election, and even if he wins the vote his hopes of forming a new government…
After long insisting that it will release its first trifold phone this year, Samsung has gotten one step closer by showing off a version of the hardware at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, being held this week in Korea. No-one’s allowed to touch it though (let alone fold it), and Samsung is staying coy…
The Supreme Court rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shibli Faraz’s plea to suspend the Senate election for his vacated seat on Wednesday, ruling that it would not intervene in the electoral process. A five-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, heard the case. The Supreme Court (SC) set aside the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) earlier…
Fashion brand Next has continued to see sales overperform, following a boost in the aftermath of a cyber-attack at rival firm M&S. The British retailer reported a stronger-than-expected 10.5% increase in full-price sales for its third quarter on Wednesday and raised its full year profit guidance for the fourth time in eight months. Next is…
Oct 29, 2025, 07:00 AM ET We’re officially a week into the 2025-26 NBA regular season and a couple of teams have already surprised us. In a highly competitive West, the San Antonio Spurs, led by Victor Wembanyama, remain one of the few undefeated teams in the league alongside the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder….
South Park is skipping its slated new episode on Wednesday night this week and is set to return on Friday night at 10 p.m. ET with a Halloween episode after another two-week (and two-day)break, Comedy Central announced Thursday evening. A blurb for the second episode of the long-running hit Comedy Central animated series’ 28th season…
Mobile app security firm Guardsquare analyses ways to mitigate risks and says yes Recently, I wrote about Pixnapping, an Android vulnerability that allows malicious apps to extract sensitive visual data from other applications — such as one-time passwords and authentication codes — without needing special permissions. Now, a firm known as Guardsquare which specialises in…
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has announced the issuance of more than 2,100 visas to Indian Sikh pilgrims wishing to visit Pakistan for the upcoming birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji. According to the spokesperson, the visas have been granted under the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on…
Modi is the main face of his party’s campaign in Bihar state and any comments by Trump Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the Asean summit in Malaysia in order to avoid broaching the issue of Pakistan in a possible meeting with US President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Modi had backtracked from his…
