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Hackers steal $6.3b from Binance

Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a theft that analysts blamed on North Korea and said could be the largest financial heist of all time. Cryptocurrency prices fell on the news, while Binance halted withdrawals and said it would use company funds to cover the losses. Stablecoin issuers including El Salvador-based Tether and the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial froze about half of the stolen assets. The exchange said customer funds were safe and it was working with partners to freeze some of the affected assets, with about $3 billion located so far. It said earlier on Friday it expected to resume withdrawal services in the next 48 hours. It did not mention the status of the remaining $3.3 billion, but Binance co-CEO Yi He said in a post on X that $3 billion represented only about 2% of the company's total user assets and public reserves. Binance said it had set aside around $6.34 billion of company funds internall...
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'Nobody heard us' – why Gen Z are leading protests across Europe

Maya Gourdel, a 19-year-old student in Brussels, sits at a desk writing slogans against those running her country: “If we burn, you burn with us!” The slogan, taken from the 2012 film "The Hunger Games" that has been adopted as a symbol by many youth movements globally, reflects the anger, frustration and desire for change driving Gen Z-led protests around Europe. From the suburbs of Paris to the squares of Belgrade, thousands have taken to the streets. The demands are various but often overlapping: frustrations with shabby schooling facilities, perceived lack of economic opportunity, cost of living, corruption, housing and a sense of not being listened to. At times, those protests triggered violence, with thousands of shops in France alone being damaged or looted in recent weeks and police firing stun grenades and water cannons. Read More: The model that fuels Europe's protests This weekend, they also brought real change: student-led pr...
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Afghan intelligence accused of orchestrating disinformation campaign against Pakistan

The Afghan Taliban regime’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) has allegedly launched a coordinated disinformation campaign to malign Pakistan by coercing Afghan nationals into recording false video confessions, sources revealed on Wednesday. The sources said the GDI was recording statements from detained Afghan nationals who were allegedly being forced to claim links with the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) and various anti-Taliban resistance movements. The detainees were reportedly being coerced into confessions that they had received combat training at covert bases inside Pakistan to carry out attacks against the Taliban regime. According to sources, the alleged campaign is aimed at deflecting mounting international pressure on the Afghan interim administration over its failure to address the presence of terrorist sanctuaries within Afghanistan. Read: K-P governor warns Afghan Taliban against further aggression towards Pakistan They further claimed ...
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Govt cuts petrol by Rs3.19, increases diesel by Rs2.25 for Oct 28

The federal government on Tuesday decreased the price of petrol by Rs3.19 per litre while increasing the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2.25 per litre for October 28. According to a notification issued by the Petroleum Division, the price of petrol was fixed at Rs376.06 per litre, while HSD would cost Rs398.07 per litre for Wednesday. The latest revision comes a day after the government increased the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs1.54 and Rs2.16 per litre, respectively, for October 27.  Read: Govt hikes petrol by Rs1.54, diesel by Rs2.16 for Oct 27 On July 17, the government announced a new pricing mechanism under which petroleum product prices would be reviewed and notified daily, replacing the weekly pricing mechanism, as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran continued to drive volatility in global oil markets and raise concerns over fuel supplies. On September 13, P...
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Naqvi hints at Imran's transfer to Islamabad’s new Model Jail

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi hinted on Tuesday that incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan could be shifted to a new jail in Islamabad. Imran has been imprisoned since August 2023, currently serving a sentence at Adiala Jail in a £190 million corruption case. He also faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) related to the protests of May 9, 2023. Speaking to the media during a visit to the Islamabad Model Jail facility, the interior minister informed that the project had been completed after being "pending for 17 years", further adding that the new jail would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the coming days. While responding to a reporter’s question about how much time it would take to transfer prisoners from Adiala jail, Naqvi stated that all prisoners from Islamabad’s courts would be shifted to the jail. Read: Imran to be moved to Islamabad jail When asked if Imran would also be shifted to the jail, he replied: ...
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Khawaja Asif hints at 'progress' in Makkah alliance’s talks with Iran on Saudi-Houthi conflict

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday hinted at the possibility of "progress" in a meeting of the Makkah Defence Alliance members with Iran, stating that the participants had likely arrived at a "conclusion" to end Saudi Arabia's conflict with the Houthis. Members of the Makkah Defence Alliance and Iran agreed to continue further dialogue in an effort to ramp up cooperation for regional peace and security after a high-level meeting in Tehran. Attacks by Yemen's Houthis have spiralled in recent weeks, and rhetoric between Washington and Tehran has grown more heated. Both countries have also drawn up plans to restart the wider war, possibly after the US midterm elections on November ​3. Read: Makkah alliance, Iran agree to continue dialogue for bolstering cooperation in regional peace, security Speaking on a private news channel, Asif said it seemed that "some progress" had transpired in the Tehran meeting, given how Iran had issued a join...
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Pope fit enough to make Latin America trip next month, Vatican says

Pope Leo's trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru will go ahead, the Vatican said on Monday, indicating that Leo's recovery from lung cancer surgery was on track and that he was fit enough to make the November 6-17 ​journey. The 71-year-old pontiff is recovering from an October 13 surgery in which doctors removed the lower ​lobe of his right lung and diagnosed him with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common ⁠form of lung cancer. "The Holy Father’s recovery after the surgery continues, and the latest medical examinations ​attest to his good health and favorable clinical condition," the Vatican said in a statement, citing Leo's ​personal physician Luigi Carbone. "Based on his current clinical status, as well as the instrumental and laboratory tests performed, there are no contraindications that would prevent him from undertaking his upcoming apostolic journey," the statement said. Read More: Pope shows steady improvement Pope returning to familia...
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