the United States has charged a former Indian official for his role in a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader. 39-year-old Vikash Yadav is charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire and money laundering. He's the second Indian national after Nikhil Gupta to be charged in the alleged plot to kill Pannun.

US Charges 2nd Indian In Pannun Murder Plot

Students across Pakistan are staging protest over reports of a student being raped in a college campus. Protest broke out in Lahore after reports emerged on social media saying that a woman was raped by security guard at the Punjab college for women campus.

Pakistan: Protests In Pakistan Over Alleged Campus Rape

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has informed the Supreme Court that a Khalistani terrorist based in Canada masterminded the 2020 murder of Shaurya Chakra awardee comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu in the Indian state of Punjab.

Shaurya Chakra Awardee Murder Case

NIA Links Khalistani Separatists To Murder

Airbus, headquartered in the netherlands, is planning to cut up to 2,500 jobs within its defence and space division. This represents approximately 7% of its workforce in this sector.

Airbus Implements Job Cuts Following Losses in Satellite Business

Despite recent stimulus measures aimed at revitalising the economy, china's efforts have failed to significantly boost consumer demand, particularly for luxury goods.

China's Stimulus Fails to Revive Luxury Demand

The semiconductor market is currently facing significant turbulence, primarily driven by ASML’s recent sales forecast revision. On october 15, ASML announced it expects its 2025 revenue to range between $32 to $38 billion.

Chipmakers Face $420 BN Sell-off After ASML's Warning

Pongyang has now designated South Korea as a hostile state, state media reports that have now confirmed that North Korea's National Assembly has indeed amended the nation's constitution in line of Kim Jong-Un's vow to drop unification as a national goal earlier this week. Watch in for more details!

North Korea Blows Border Link With South Korea

The Chinese government has said that it will never commit to renouncing the use of force over Taiwan and this is after a visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping to Dongshan Island, which lies in China's Fujian province that faces Taiwan.

China-Taiwan Tensions: Xi Visits Frontline Island After PLA Drills

The Union government has ordered the complete withdrawal of the counter-terrorist commando force NSG from VIP security duties and handing over its nine "high-risk" VIPs to the CRPF by the next month, official sources said Wednesday (Oct 16).

India: Fresh Battalion Of CRPF Sanctioned

The former member of boyband One Direction Liam Payne died on Wednesday (Oct 17) after falling from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to police. He was 31.

Liam Payne Found Dead After Falling From His 3rd Floor Hotel Room

Sotheby’s is set to auction the first-ever painting created by artificial intelligence, marking a groundbreaking moment in the art world. The piece, expected to sell for up to $180,000, highlights the growing role of AI in creative industries and raises new questions about the future of art and technology.

Sotheby’s To Auction First-Ever AI-Generated Painting, Estimated To Reach $180,000

Generally, flights are long and tedious, however, there is one unique Scottish flight whose journey lasts for just one and a half minutes. The shortest flight is operated by Loganair and flies between the Orkney islands of Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland.

This is the shortest flight in the world. It lasts for only 1.5 minutes and flies between two islands

Members of the conservative party are set to elect a new leader between Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch. Recent poll has revealed that UK prime minister K starmer could lose his majority in the house of Commons if Snap polls were to be held against potential Tory Prospect Robert Jenrick.

UK: Snap Elections Could Spell Trouble For Labour

South Korea's pressing on the United States for its approval to reprocess spent nuclear fuel. In a bit to secure reprocessing facilities South Korea needs to revise a 1976 nuclear energy cooperation pact with Washington DC, under this pact Seoul is barred from Gaining access to such facilities due to proliferation concerns. Watch to know more.

Seoul Eyes US' Nod To Reprocess Nuclear Fuel

A tanker explosion in Nigeria killed at least 147 people leaving around 140 people injured. There was a mass burial was organised for them in Nigeria. On Tuesday a fuel tanker crashed after going off course to avoid collision with another vehicle.

Deadly Tanker Explosion In Nigeria

The Easter Island is known and famous throughout the world for its millennia-old humanoid sculptures..but it is not just famous for that,---plastic pollution is the biggest problem in this remote territory in the middle of the pacific ocean,---and that is why it has undertaken a global crusade to raise awareness...

Giant Plastic Waste Problem On The Island

K-pop Star J hope who is a member of the boy band super group BTS was discharged from South Korea's military services after 18 months of Duty. The rapper was seen walking out of the army base wearing a uniform. Watch to know more.

BTS Member J-Hope Gets Discharged From Army

Heavy rains lashed parts of Oman, flooding roads and causing disruption to daily life. Oman's meteorology has warned citizens on social media, saying further rains were expected in coming days.

Heavy Rains Hit Oman, Causes Flash Floods

The world is witnessing the biggest supermoon of 2024,the occasion is also being celebrated as Sharad Purnima. For more information take a look a these visuals.

Devotees Throng To Catch A Glimpse Of The Moon

A video of what is unbelievably the narrowest road in the world has gone viral on social media. What is more surprising is that this road has a traffic signal at the entrance of the road for pedestrians.

Watch: This is the world's 'narrowest road'. It even has a traffic signal

Official campaigning for the October 27 general election began in Japan on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba seeks a new mandate and to rebuild public trust in politics, which has been harmed by a slush funds scandal engulfing his ruling party.

Japan's To Go On Polls On October 27; 465 Seats Up For Grabs In The Polls

SCO Summit in Pakistan is on the 15th and 16th of October and the country is in the grip of security pangs. The series of Terror attacks targeting foreign Nationals and unrest created by the political opposition have put the government on the edge.

Pakistan SCO Summit: Pakistan PM Warns Imran Khan's PTI Ahead Of SCO Summit

SCO Summit in Pakistan is on the 15th and 16th of October and the country is in the grip of security pangs. The government has announced three-day lockdown ahead of the SCO summit with schools and businesses shut and large contingent of police and paramilitary forces deployed. Watch to know more.

Pakistan SCO Summit: Three-Day Holiday Declared In Islamabad

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