World news and international updates affecting Pakistan and the region.
The wait is nearly over for K-drama zombie fans. Filming on All of Us Are Dead Season 2 officially wrapped in February 2026 and the series is now in post-production — and this week, Netflix Korea’s 10-year anniversary event, Netf-Janchi (October 24–25), will deliver the first official look at the new season. Netflix has not…
By Sana Tariq | TimelyUps World Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 Schools across Azerbaijan have begun turning hijab-wearing girls and women away from classrooms under a new uniform rule, and the backlash has been swift: student walkouts, boycotts by boys, parents threatening to keep their children home, and dozens of reported arrests. It started…
One person — a Pakistani resident — was killed and 11 others were wounded in a fresh strike on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, the Saudi civil aviation authority said, a day after a Houthi-claimed attack killed at least a dozen people and forced the airport’s closure. The fresh attack struck the airport’s…
Nobel Prize Physics 2026: Francis Halzen Wins for IceCube Neutrino Discovery Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on October 6, 2026. The Belgian-American physicist, a professor…
The Makkah Pact — formally the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement — is a mutual defence pact signed in August 2026 by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye. Modelled on NATO’s Article 5, it declares that an armed attack against one member will be treated as an attack on all three. It was activated in early October…
Bangkok is battling its worst flooding in years after roughly 300mm of rain — half a year’s worth of average London rainfall — fell on the Thai capital in about two days. More than 30 people have been killed, a disaster has been declared across all 50 of the city’s districts, and over 3.2 million…
US President Donald Trump has announced the creation of a federal “Super Intelligence Force” — a new AI task force that will be led by the country’s intelligence chief, Jay Clayton, and tasked with keeping America ahead of rivals like China in the race for advanced artificial intelligence. The announcement, made on 4 October 2026…
Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia have activated the Mecca defence pact and agreed to rapidly deploy military forces to the Gulf kingdom, following a wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi targets. The decision, taken at an emergency meeting in Riyadh on 5 October 2026, is the first time the alliance has been invoked since it…
The United States has withdrawn all of its B-1B Lancer bombers from RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom after American officials said they had uncovered an Iranian plot to strike the base with drones. President Donald Trump confirmed that a threat was behind the decision, while the British government insisted the base remains safe. The…
The United States has pulled its B-1 bombers out of Britain following a security scare close to a base linked to operations involving Iran, according to reporting published on October 5, 2026. The move quickly drew attention across defence circles because the long-range bombers had been positioned in Britain as part of a wider show…