Bangladesh says Saudi Arabia has yet to respond to questions about the October 14 executions of two Bangladeshi nationals. Dhaka has requested court verdicts, details of the offences and an explanation for the lack of prior notification to its diplomatic mission. #Bangladesh #SaudiArabia #Diplomacy #HumanRights #InternationalNews #ForeignAffairs

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned that any rocket or drone attacks on Israel would trigger strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. He also threatened further territorial expansion in southern Lebanon if Hezbollah joined an Iranian attack. #Israel #Lebanon #Beirut #Hezbollah #MiddleEast #IsraelLebanon #RegionalConflict

The Pakistan Peoples Party has directed its organisational units across Central Punjab to speed up preparations for local government elections following the Election Commission's refusal to postpone the polls until April. The party has begun shortlisting candidates and inviting applications in Lahore. #PPP #Punjab #LocalGovernmentElections #PakistanPolitics #Lahore #ElectionCommission #PakistanNews

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's campaign plans to seek the disqualification of rival Flavio Bolsonaro, alleging that Meta's algorithms unfairly harmed Lula's electoral prospects. Brazil's top electoral court has reportedly demanded that Meta demonstrate equal treatment of both campaigns. #Brazil #LulaDaSilva #FlavioBolsonaro #Meta #BrazilPolitics #ElectionNews #WorldNews

Bannu Deputy Commissioner Ziaur-Rehman has ordered the 30-day detention of PTI MNA Maulana Syed Naseem Ali Shah under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. The order cites allegations of inciting illegal protests, blocking roads and obstructing official duties. #PTI #NaseemAliShah #Bannu #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #ImranKhan #PakistanPolitics #PakistanNews

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described Steve Witkoff's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as positive, saying the envoy would share the outcome with Russia. Witkoff has arrived in St Petersburg for expected talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. #UnitedStates #Ukraine #Russia #MarcoRubio #Zelenskiy #SteveWitkoff #VladimirPutin #WorldNews

A Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted and destroyed drones targeting Madinah and Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. Separately, Yemen's central bank has ordered financial institutions to freeze the assets of 135 individuals, entities and vessels allegedly linked to the Houthi group. #SaudiArabia #Yemen #Houthis #Madinah #MiddleEast #DroneInterception #RegionalSecurity #BreakingNews

Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei has declared that no enriched uranium will leave the country unless the United States takes practical steps to rebuild trust. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meanwhile, says a peace agreement with Tehran will be difficult while tensions over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continue. #Iran #UnitedStates #EnrichedUranium #MohsenRezaei #MarcoRubio #StraitOfHormuz #MiddleEast

North Korea has ordered its military to respond swiftly and decisively to hostile military provocations as it strengthens border defences. Kim Yo Jong reportedly inspected border security measures and stressed the need for military readiness. #NorthKorea #KimJongUn #KimYoJong #Military #BorderSecurity #WorldNews

Pakistan, Turkiye, Qatar and Indonesia are set to sign a memorandum of understanding in Doha to strengthen defence industry cooperation. The proposed agreement aims to expand joint production, technology transfer, interoperability and supply-chain integration beyond conventional military equipment sales. #Pakistan #Turkiye #Qatar #Indonesia #DefenceCooperation #DefenceIndustry #MilitaryTechnology #Doha #Geopolitics

WASA Rawalpindi has formed a task force with PERA to stop the dumping of construction debris and solid waste into Nullah Leh. Authorities have also launched an operation against encroachments, transport stands and building-material depots along the drain. #Rawalpindi #NullahLeh #WASA #PERA #EnvironmentalProtection #WasteManagement #PakistanNews

Tauqeer Nazir, accused of chasing and running over a 15-year-old boy in Multan, was killed in an alleged encounter with the Crime Control Department in Bahawalpur. Police said he had escaped custody the previous night, while his alleged accomplice fled the scene. #Multan #Bahawalpur #CCD #CrimeNews #PakistanPolice #PakistanNews #BreakingNews

At least 10 people have been killed and 40 injured after a speeding passenger coach overturned near Sitara Pump on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur. Women and children were among the casualties, while rescue teams transported the injured to hospitals. #Rajanpur #IndusHighway #RoadAccident #PakistanNews #BreakingNews #RescueOperation #RoadSafety

Sindh Assembly's Public Accounts Committee has ordered the recovery of salaries from 27 Dow University of Health Sciences employees whose degrees were found to be fake. The committee also raised concerns over the incomplete verification of employees' academic credentials. #DowUniversity #Karachi #SindhAssembly #FakeDegrees #PublicAccountsCommittee #EducationNews #PakistanNews

Authorities in France have imposed curfews and movement restrictions in several cities amid days of protests over rising inflation, unemployment and inadequate educational facilities. Reports say 2,400 people have been arrested and around 1,000 police personnel injured during clashes and incidents of vandalism. #France #FranceProtests #Curfew #ViolentProtests #WorldNews #BreakingNews

Yemen's Houthi group reportedly fired four ballistic missiles at the government-held city of Marib, while Yemeni forces said they had repelled a separate attack in the country's south. #Yemen #Houthis #Marib #MiddleEast #Conflict #RegionalSecurity #WorldNews

Moscow has offered to help reduce tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan as cross-border security concerns and the continued border closure strain regional relations and trade connectivity. #Pakistan #Afghanistan #Russia #Diplomacy #RegionalSecurity #TTP #AlbertKhorev #Geopolitics

Japan has launched a pioneering spacecraft to collect rock and sand samples from one of Mars' moons, marking a major step in planetary exploration. #Japan #JAXA #SpaceMission #Mars #SpaceExploration #Science #Technology #WorldNews

More than 76% of voters in Alberta reportedly backed remaining part of Canada in a referendum, rejecting the province's separation proposal. #Alberta #Canada #MarkCarney #Referendum #CanadianPolitics #WorldNews

More than 21,000 Pakistanis are imprisoned across 72 countries, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE accounting for the largest numbers, according to figures presented in the National Assembly. #PakistanisAbroad #SaudiArabia #UAE #PakistaniPrisoners #IshaqDar #PakistanNews