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Jordan king orders 'iron fist' response to deadly church attack

Jordan's King Abdullah ordered security forces on ‌Saturday to respond with an "iron fist" as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire and killed nine people during a church funeral service. The assailants fired for several minutes in broad daylight at the church in Karak governorate on Friday, ​and also wounded 40 people in the rare attack on Jordan's Christian minority. Security ​was stepped up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across the country, ⁠the US embassy in Amman said. 'A sense of panic took hold' A priest described how ​he and others ordered people to get to the ground at Saint George's Greek Orthodox church, ​about 120 kilometres southwest of the capital, Amman. Read More: Pakistan condemns 'heinous terrorist attack' on church in Jordan "A sense of panic took hold among those present," Theodoros Soueiss told Reuters. "The gunfire was indiscriminate, and you never knew where a bull...
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Saudi missile plant expansion may produce more powerful missiles, study says

Saudi Arabia appears to be expanding its ballistic missile factory to build larger solid-fuel missiles that could fly farther or carry heavier payloads, according to two US researchers who analyzed ​more than a year of commercial satellite images. More capable missiles could help Saudi Arabia to deter attacks by Iran and make its military more self-reliant, while possibly strengthening its position in a deadly ‌conflict with Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthi fighters. But they risk fueling a regional missile race and could deepen opposition in the US Congress to a US-Saudi civilian nuclear agreement that has already raised concerns about proliferation. Satellite company Planet Labs, based in the US, took images of the al-Duwadimi complex about 125 miles (200 km) west of Riyadh between April 2025 and September 2026. Read: Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed Houthi ballistic missiles fired towards Yanbu, Taif The two researchers, Sam Lair and Michael Duitsman of the F...
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Collateral damage feared in K-P IBO's if residents fail to move away from terrorists: Sanaullah

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Friday warned of possible collateral damage during planned intelligence-based operations in designated districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa if residents failed to distance themselves from terrorists or drive them out of their localities. Speaking on the private television programme Naya Pakistan, Sanaullah said terrorists entered Pakistan from Afghanistan and carried out attacks, alleging that training camps across the border operated with Indian funding and training, while reports also suggested Israeli involvement in such attacks. “That is why Pakistan’s armed forces have closed the border with Afghanistan. You must also be aware that no trade is taking place through that route,” he said. Read: PM Shehbaz defends emergency, governor’s rule in K-P, blames PTI for resurgence of terrorism Praising the security forces for their work, the PML-N leader said they knew the number of terrorists and...
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Tally hits 95 as two more monkeypox cases reported in Sindh

Sindh has reported two more cases of monkeypox, or mpox, taking the total caseload recorded in the province this year to 95. The virus has claimed 11 lives so far. The latest cases involve 21-year-old Salman Ali and 23-year-old Ishrat Fatima, both of whom tested positive for the virus, according to a report by Dow University’s provincial public health laboratory. Both patients are already receiving treatment at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital, officials said. The emergence of additional cases has underscored the importance of continued surveillance and preventive measures to contain the spread of the virus. Of the 95 cases thus far, 71 were men, accounting for 75.27 per cent, while 24 were women. People aged 30 to 39 were the most affected age group, with 26 confirmed cases, while 23 children up to the age of nine also tested positive for mpox. Read: From HIV to monkeypox April recorded the highest number of cases at 31, followed by September with 20, August with...
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Waseem Abbas case: HRCP calls for independent probe after alleged extrajudicial killing of prime suspect

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed concern over the alleged murder of 15-year-old Waseem Abbas in Multan and the subsequent death of the accused in an alleged police encounter, calling for an independent and transparent investigation into the case. The suspect, Tauqeer Nazir, had allegedly chased Abbas in his car after a dispute over work and run him over in a private housing society in Multan on October 19. He was arrested and handed over to police on a four-day physical remand by a judicial magistrate the following day. Later today, police said the suspect fled custody and was then killed by his accomplices when a police party tried to re-arrest him. According to the HRCP, Abbas was reportedly chased and run over by his employer. The subsequent death of the accused in an alleged police encounter has raised serious questions about the state’s approach to protecting human life and upholding legal safeguards. The commission said extrajudic...
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NCCIA arrests Khanewal man indicted in $126m US postal fraud case

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Lahore Zone on Tuesday arrested Faheem Akram, a Pakistani national indicted by United States authorities over an alleged online scheme involving the sale of more than 5.1 million counterfeit US postage labels, causing losses exceeding $126 million to the country’s postal service. According to the NCCIA, Akram allegedly operated the scheme from August 2023 till last month, selling counterfeit shipping labels for around $2 each. The agency cited transactions worth approximately Rs35 billion, while clarifying that the $126 million figure represented alleged losses to the US Postal Service. A case has been registered and the investigation is under way. Read: Pakistani national indicted in US over alleged $126m postage fraud The US Department of Justice had announced on September 28 that a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida had indicted Akram, 33, a resident of Khanewal, on charges including conspiracy t...
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Sharjeel says PPP was 'last party' to support emergency in K-P

Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday stated that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the “last party” to support governor’s rule and the imposition of an emergency in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), further adding that the party had advocated political dialogue and engagement as the first course of action. The emergency and governor’s rule were declared on October 11 after negotiations between the government and opposition failed, culminating in a PTI long march towards Islamabad that began on October 4. “PPP was the last party that was in favour of the governor’s rule. We tried to engage them, not once but ten times, and PPP told the federal government that it wanted to resolve issues through political dialogue, but after multiple attempts, if the K-P chief minister himself had an inclination towards the Taliban and terrorists and was not willing to agree, then the government could not let the people of K-P be left on their own at th...
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