Europe
Teenager shoots headmaster and teacher at French middle school
A 14-year-old opened fire with a hunting gun at a middle school in Aubagne near Marseille, wounding the headmaster and a teacher before staff disarmed him.
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Technology
NASA's Perseverance sets record for driving on another world
NASA's Perseverance rover has driven 45.2km on Mars, farther than any vehicle on another world, and could keep working well into the 2030s, NASA said.
Punjab
Lahore steps up anti-smog drive ahead of rice stubble burning
Lahore's commissioner ordered anti-smog squads across four districts and zero tolerance for crop burning, as Shahdara recorded unhealthy air quality.
World
Record El Nino could make 2026 the hottest year, says EU climate monitor
Copernicus said Pacific temperatures in a key El Nino zone hit an all-time high in September, and 2026 and 2027 could both break global heat records.
Middle East
Gaza and Sudan hold 90pc of people in catastrophic hunger
About 641,000 people in Gaza and 637,000 in Sudan faced catastrophic hunger in 2025, as emergency-level food insecurity hit its highest level since 2021.
Middle East
Lebanon seizes 200kg of explosives smuggled from Syria
Lebanon's army seized about 200kg of explosives near Hermel, the third such haul this month, as PM Nawaf Salam vowed firmness on weapons outside state control.
Punjab
Rehman Baba Express derails near Multan, killing at least six
At least six passengers were killed and dozens injured when all 14 coaches of the Peshawar-bound Rehman Baba Express derailed near Sher Shah in Multan.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP emergency could last until 2029, says Rana Sanaullah
Rana Sanaullah said KP's emergency may run until 2029, as the governor reshuffled the bureaucracy, police held PTI workers and lawyers held a black day.
Sindh
Murad invites Chinese firm to lay 100km water pipeline for Karachi
Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah asked China's HBSZ to lay a 100km-plus water pipeline for Karachi and reviewed new Sukkur Barrage gates being built in Wuhan.
Azad Kashmir
Four youths martyred by landmine from Indian side near LoC in Poonch
Four young men repairing a water pipeline near the LoC in Poonch, AJK, were martyred when a landmine that drifted from the Indian side exploded.
Health
Tharparkar man's death takes Sindh's rabies toll to 38
A Tharparkar man died of rabies at Indus Hospital despite four vaccine doses and a 12-year-old boy was admitted to JPMC, taking Sindh's toll to 38 this year.
Sindh
Iqrar ul Hassan handed to NCCIA on remand after night raid
Anchor Iqrar ul Hassan was produced in a Karachi court under a PECA case and handed to the NCCIA on four-day remand, a day after his family said he vanished.
Energy
Spot cargoes push Pakistan's winter LNG bill to $1.29bn
Pakistan plans to buy 10 LNG cargoes on the spot market this winter at about double the Qatari price, pushing the four-month import bill to $1.29bn.