Key takeaways: Foreign investors repatriated $2.305bn from Pakistan in FY26, $665m more than net FDI of $1.64bn. Manufacturing led the outflows; the government says the two figures are not directly comparable, despite the gap. Foreign investors took $2.305 billion in profits and dividends out of …
A gunman killed one person and wounded five others — including a 12-year-old girl — after opening fire from a vehicle at a petrol station, a medical centre and a children’s playground near Paris on Friday morning. French President Emmanuel Macron described the attack in …
Foreign ministers from seven European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul on Friday for the first joint session of the R4 and E3 groups, placing the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz at the centre of a new diplomatic push. The gathering, …
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Field Marshal Asim Munir vowed Pakistan will hit “Indian-sponsored” militant groups hard during a Peshawar visit, a day after a Karak gunbattle killed four police officers. The visit followed an apex committee meeting and a Rs160 billion development pledge for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan’s …
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China’s Tibet region late on Thursday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more in the remote northern prefecture of Nagqu, where hundreds of homes collapsed in one of the strongest tremors to hit the plateau in …
Key takeaways: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook misled users about data privacy. The judge called the deception systematic and long-running; Meta says it will appeal. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to …
Key takeaways: Pakistan, Turkiye, Qatar and Indonesia signed the ‘Badr’ defence MoU in Doha on October 21. It covers joint defence production, technology transfer, R&D and training — open to more partner countries. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? Pakistan joined Turkiye, Qatar and Indonesia on Wednesday in …
Saudi Arabia came under attack on two fronts on Wednesday: one person was killed and eight injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, while air defences intercepted a drone over Aramco’s Shaybah oil field, where falling debris killed two people and …
Japan’s MMX Blasts Off to Fetch First Mars Moon Samples Key takeaways: Japan’s MMX probe is on its way to Mars’s moon Phobos, launched by H3 rocket, to collect at least 10 grams of dust and return it to Earth in 2031. Japan’s flagship H3 …
Key takeaways: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu arrived in Islamabad on October 20 for a three-day state visit — the first high-level Maldives–Pakistan engagement in over a decade. Marking 60 years of diplomatic ties, the agenda covers trade, defence, climate change, and MoUs. Maldives President Mohamed …