Pakistan

Musadik calls for satellite-based mapping of floodplains ahead of monsoon

Pakistan plans satellite-based annual reports, AI and digital modelling to identify flood risks, improve early warnings and strengthen disaster preparedness to protect vulnerable communities.

LHC acquits life-term convict in murder case over weak evidence

Gujranwala bride murder: Prime suspect killed in alleged police encounter

Taliban regime urged to stop infiltration from Afghanistan

World

France braces for fresh unrest, government vows tough response

France deploys 70,000 police officers ahead of nationwide Halloween protests as rising living costs, public service concerns and anger over Macron's government fuel unrest across Europe.

Alaska Air to cut about 200 jobs as fuel shock squeezes earnings

Rubio meets Saudi FM in Atlanta, signs US participation deal for Expo 2030

US, South Korea, Japan vow 'complete' N.Korea denuclearization

Sports

Fakhar Zaman's 127 keeps Pakistan on track in 326-run chase against Sri Lanka

Left-hander becomes second Pakistani to score two centuries in ODI finals

Ferrari's Leclerc fastest in both Mexico practice sessions

India suffer exit from Hong Kong Sixes after UAE clinch victory

Hakimi hat-trick leads PSG to 5-1 win at Le Havre

Business

French ambassador calls on CM Punjab, discusses trade and investment cooperation

Maryam Nawaz meets French Ambassador Jean-Nol Poirier to discuss expanding trade, investment and industrial cooperation, inviting French firms to invest in key sectors.

World Bank approves 150 million dollar loan to boost property tax revenue in Sindh

Crypto faces billion-dollar reckoning as Binance mega-hack exposes security gaps

Jam Kamal, Saudi envoy discuss expanding trade, investment and agricultural cooperation

Entertainment

Delhi court summons Nora Fatehi as prosecution witness in Rs2bn extortion case

Delhi court summons Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi as a prosecution witness in an alleged Rs2 billion extortion case involving Sukesh Chandrashekhar; she must appear Nov 2 in court.

'Kaante' filmmaker Sanjay Gupta dies at 59

Singer Humaira Channa's car stolen in Karachi

Comedian, writer Dildar Bhatti remembered on 32nd death anniversary

Technology

October ends with a thud for Intel, Reddit, AI stalwarts

Wall Street stocks tumbled as AI-related concerns triggered a tech sell-off, sending the Nasdaq to its biggest daily decline since June amid investor worries over heavy spending.

Hackers leak details of 41,000 Homeland Security employees

EU hits pause on country-level social media bans for children

Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach

Crime

Couple, two children killed in suspected honour killing in Skardu

nitial reports suggest that the couple had contracted a court marriage approximately seven years ago

Robber with Rs3million head money killed in Sukkur 'encounter'

Two suspects involved in killing child after rape taken out in Muridke 'encounter'

Armed men storm girls' college in Balochistan's Nushki, three students injured

Weird

US couple's retirement dream in ruins after residential cruise scrapped in Cambodia

An American couple's retirement dream collapses after residential cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey suspends operations in Cambodia, leaving passengers uncertain about refunds and their future.

Italy recovers painting stolen 20 years ago with help of AI

Colorado man mines his own gold to make engagement ring for girlfriend

Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson loses appeal bid