Pakistan Fights Its Fiercest Taliban Insurgency in a Decade
Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban.
Month: October 2025
The Pelicot Trial: A Timeline
Dominique Pelicot was convicted of drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and of inviting dozens of men to rape her. Here is how the events unfolded.
From Jaguars to Grocery Shelves: Cyberattacks Disrupt British Daily Life
[Jaguar Land Rover is the third big British brand to have its operations severely affected by a breach this year.
A fresh laugh track for a new era of ‘SNL’
‘Saturday Night Live’ kicked off its 51st season in high style, returning to Studio 8H with Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny as host and Doja Cat as musical guest. The episode marked the show’s first since its landmark 50th anniversary and ushered in a fresh era of cast and cultural commentary. The cold open saw … Read more
Ethan Mbappe returns to haunt PSG
LILLE: Kylian Mbappe’s brother Ethan haunted his former club Paris Saint-Germain as he came off the bench to grab a late leveller for Lille in Ligue 1 on Sunday, while Lyon went down to a surprise 2-1 defeat at home to Toulouse. The 1-1 draw at Lille’s Stade Pierre-Mauroy was, however, enough for injury-plagued PSG … Read more
Indonesia sense World Cup chance as Asian qualifying reaches climax
HONG KONG: World Cup qualifying in Asia reaches its climax over the next week with Patrick Kluivert’s Indonesia among six countries vying for two remaining spots from the region. The football-mad nation of nearly 300 million people is on the verge of its first World Cup since gaining independence from the Dutch in 1945. Indonesian … Read more
Landslides and floods kill 64 in Nepal, India
KATHMANDU: Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighbouring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said Sunday, as rescue workers raced to reach cut-off communities in remote mountainous terrain. Torrential downpours have lashed Nepal since Friday, leaving rivers in spate and many areas in the Himalayan nation inundated. At least … Read more
Economic revival vs rising poverty
[ KARACHI: Pakistan today stands at a striking crossroads of perception and reality. On the surface, headline numbers tell a story of revival – the stock market is scaling record highs, inflation has cooled from recent peaks, and the government proudly points to a stabilised economy under the IMF programme. Yet beneath these upbeat indicators … Read more
Govt shutdown reflects US political dysfunction
[ KARACHI: We are once again watching the opening act of America’s government shutdown drama – a political serial that has played out fewer than a couple of dozen times over the past five decades. The cast rarely changes: Democrats and Republicans trading accusations across the aisle. The storyline, too, is familiar: partisan brinkmanship played … Read more
Russian strikes kill five in Ukraine, cause power outages
KYIV: Russian strikes Sunday on Ukraine killed five people and badly damaged energy infrastructure, temporarily severing power supplies to tens of thousands and prompting neighbouring Poland put ground defence on high alert. Russia has stepped up strikes on energy networks, increasing fears Moscow would resume its widespread campaign of attacks on power facilities, which have … Read more