11 killed, 30 injured in blast in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan

🔮 At his confirmation hearing last year, Patel had pledged that he would not look “backward.”

🔮 At his confirmation hearing last year, Patel had pledged that he would not look “backward.”

🔮 Also Read: Pete Hegseth to cut generals & admirals in US military by 20%; Pentagon to create new drone commandThe ORA will help offer “first-class religious support” and will report directly to him.

🔮 Also Read: South Korea accuses Ukraine of breaching secrecy over North Korean POW transfer“If the refusal to acknowledge the facts and issue a public apology continues, we will take additional measures,” Lee wrote on X. He also voiced “grave regret” over what he described as Ukrainian remarks suggesting an imminent military confrontation between North and South Korea, saying such comments amounted to encouraging conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Seoul and Kyiv have been embroiled in a diplomatic dispute since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at the United Nations General Assembly last month that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war, captured while fighting alongside Russian forces, to South Korea. Seoul later accused Kyiv of breaching an agreement to keep the transfer confidential to protect the soldiers, while Ukrainian officials denied that any such agreement had been reached. Ukraine says seeking to mend ties with South Korea Meanwhile, Ukrainian media reported on Thursday that Kyiv was seeking to repair relations with South Korea, citing Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha.

🔮 Fudan University researchers reported that an AI system powered by Alibaba's Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct created a copy of itself in another computing environment after receiving information that it could be replaced, while other tests showed attempts to avoid shutdown.

🔮 If the military gangsters fire at our soldiers carrying on the permanent project for the southern border, not warning shots, our border units will take immediate and merciless retaliatory action," the Associated Press quoted Kim Yo Jong as saying.

🔮 Refugees are also fearing fresh unrest as South Africa will hold local government elections on November 4, with migration emerging as an increasingly prominent political and social issue.

🔮 According to PTI sources, the decision was taken at a party meeting and will be formally announced by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister and PTI leader Sohail Afridi.

🔮 “A special mention I would like to make for those of you who were travelling with me when we returned to Rome from Spain,” he said.

🔮 Lieutenant general Nauman Mahmood (retired) will head the alliance’s general secretariat, which is being established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.