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18-09-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ KOHAT: At least 16 people, including five police officers, have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar. A gun battle is still ongoing between attackers and …

18-09-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s food regulator said on Friday it had found a Nestle baby food sample to be substandard and was pursuing ‌legal action against the Swiss company in one of its biggest growth markets. Nestle said its products are “fully compliant with all the applicable regulations” …

Russian hybrid attacks against Europe intensifying: Macron 18-09-2026 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the threat of hybrid attacks by Russia against Europe and France has intensified. In a news conference at the Elysee Palace, Macron said he had called on the French government to prepare a plan …

16-09-2026 BRUSSELS: The president of the European Commission has backed proposals for Canada to become the EU’s first “associate member”. Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament on Wednesday she wanted to work on “opening the door” for Canada, which would involve closer ties on various key sectors. Canadian …

16-09-2026 NEW YORK: The boss of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI says people should have more faith in AI firms to keep the tech safe, amid rising public concerns about the risks. “The world should trust that we are going to do the right thing because it’s the right thing and we feel …

15-09-2026 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday evening, according to the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Turki al-Maliki said the targeting of Mecca, which is the home of Islam’s most sacred shrine and the focal …

14-09-2026 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has dismissed calls to increase controls on AI as a “sick conspiracy”, as stocks linked to the technology slumped after appeals from leading developers on the weekend for the industry to slow down. The US president wrote on social media: “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that …

14-09-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s wholesale prices rose 9.92% year-on-year in August, government data ‌showed on Monday, as oil and food prices increased at a faster pace. The print was higher than the 9.78% rise a month ⁠ago and economists’ average projection of 9.89% in a poll. Wholesale food …

14-09-2026 MEXICO CITY: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Culiacan to demand an end to the violence that has wracked the north Mexico City. The state of Sinaloa has seen the number of murders and disappearances skyrocket since two factions of the Sinaloa cartel started a bloody …

13-09-2026 By SJA Jafri + Agencies SANA’A/ RIYADH: Houthi fighters on Sunday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting with Yemen’s government forces led growing numbers of civilians to flee. The attack at the southern Sharurah base targeted “weapons …