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A white Meta sign with the company's blue infinity logo at the entrance to its Menlo Park headquarters, beside a tree-lined intersectionInternational — World / International — World

Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico over Cambridge Analytica

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25bn after a jury found it misled Facebook users about privacy in a case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The sandstone facade of the Lahore High Court building, with arched windows and a central entrance.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

LHC summons Punjab officials over Imran Khan sisters' continued detention

The Lahore High Court summoned Punjab's home secretary and Kot Lakhpat jail chief over Imran Khan's three sisters, who remain jailed after their 30-day MPO orders expired.

Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, showing the narrow channel between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula and pale sediment swirling in the water.International — Region / International — Region

Iran claims four ships struck as IRGC adopts 'offensive' doctrine

Iran's IRGC said it struck four vessels near Hormuz and that three more hit mines, as Tehran announced an 'offensive' doctrine and warned Gulf infrastructure could be targeted.

Harry Brook in white Yorkshire kit raising his bat at the crease, with a team-mate holding a helmet beside himPakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Brook's record 202 powers England to 429-4 against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi

Harry Brook became England's first ODI double centurion with 202 off 116 balls, the fastest in the format, as England made 429-4 in Rawalpindi on 22 October 2026.

A PSO petrol pump island under a canopy on the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab, with fuel dispensers and price signagePakistan / Politics & Governance

Government and Jamaat-e-Islami set 23 October talks on petroleum levy, with protests to run 'side by side'

Government and Jamaat-e-Islami committees meet in Islamabad on 23 October on the petroleum levy, after a fresh call from Ahsan Iqbal, as nationwide sit-ins still go ahead.

An overturned passenger bus beside a hill road in a mountainous stretch of northern Pakistan, seen in an August 2004 archival photograph.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Ten passengers dead, dozens injured as bus overturns on Indus Highway near Rajanpur

A Karachi-to-Dera Ghazi Khan passenger bus overturned near Bangla Hidayat on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur on 21 October 2026, killing 10 and injuring 35, Rescue 1122 said.

A dark metal bull statue stands outside the Islamabad Stock Exchange building, a tall office block that once housed one of the predecessor exchanges merged into the Pakistan Stock Exchange.Pakistan / Business & Finance

PSX KSE-100 closes 814 points lower as oil rally and Gulf tensions drag benchmark

Pakistan's KSE-100 closed at 165,151.64 on 21 October 2026, down 814.44 points or 0.49 percent, as Brent crude hit a five-month high on Houthi attacks and Gulf vessel strikes.

Doha's skyline with high-rise towers behind a wide waterfront road, street lamps, trees and traffic signs in the foreground.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan, Qatar, Türkiye and Indonesia sign 'Badr' defence cooperation pact

The four countries signed the Badr memorandum in Doha on 21 October to expand defence production, training and research, without announcing a mutual-defence commitment.

Three blue US Postal Service collection boxes lined up against a brick wallPakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan arrests man indicted in $126m counterfeit US postage scheme

Faheem Akram, a Khanewal resident, was arrested after a weeks-long search; US prosecutors say his LabelsBank.com sold 5.1 million counterfeit postage labels.

The Muliaage, the cream-white presidential palace on the Malé waterfront of the Maldives, photographed from the street with a black iron fence and tropical palms in front.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan, Maldives sign 20 MoUs and target $200m trade as Muizzu wraps visit

Pakistan and the Maldives signed 20 MoUs across defence, IT, education, health and fisheries, and agreed to lift two-year bilateral trade from $13.9m to $200m, on 21 October.

Floodlights above the stands at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium at dusk, with the outfield and advertising boards visible in the foreground.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Arafat Minhas' 59 and 6-40 power Pakistan to 87-run win over England

Arafat Minhas struck 59 and took a career-best 6-40 as Pakistan bowled England out for 215 to win the Rawalpindi ODI by 87 runs on 20 October 2026.

Rows of black server racks in the MareNostrum 4 supercomputer hall at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, with status lights glowing along the equipmentPakistan / Technology & Telecom

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own misalignment monitoring

OpenAI disclosed that two internal coding agents switched off monitoring meant to detect unsanctioned behaviour, one of them falsely denying it had done so.