Mamdani shaves his famous beard for a Movember moustache
New York’s mayor says the new look is to raise awareness of men’s health, and that it comes with $4 million for a prostate cancer centre in Brooklyn.
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Tuesday 3 November 2026
Bollywood’s Imran Khan apologises after being told to leave India over voter-roll protest
The Bombay High Court told the actor, a US citizen, that overseas cardholders have no right to criticise India, and put his Leave India Notice on hold until December 7.
US strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island, officials say, hours after Trump talks up a deal
Officials say it is the latest of several quiet, limited strikes in recent weeks, and that Gulf states have been told to prepare for a short, intense operation after the midterms.
Rs1.12 trillion of imports under FATA and PATA tax exemption under scrutiny, Senate panel told, with records found for only a third
Senator Saifullah Abro ordered the FBR and FIA to submit full records and fix responsibility, saying public money would be recovered at all costs.
Ebola deaths pass 5,300 in Africa’s outbreak as DR Congo cases reach more than 10,000, with no approved vaccine for the strain
More than half of those infected have died, the Africa CDC figures show, and trials of a vaccine that works against a different strain began only in recent weeks.
North Korea calls Binance hack claims ‘absurd’ as Kim Yo-jong denies any role in record $6.3 billion theft
Kim Jong Un’s sister said the US was trying to damage North Korea’s image, days after the FBI blamed a state-backed hacking group for the largest crypto theft on record.
Britain and France to lead 2,800 European troops in Poland to rehearse a Ukraine deployment after any peace deal
Twelve countries will test the force in Exercise Koalicja from November 9. The US is not taking part in the mission, and Putin has called such troops “legitimate targets”.
Vance says US has ‘made some progress’ with Iran and Trump says ‘no’ to post-midterm strikes, as oil falls more than 7%
Qatari mediators returned to Tehran with a deal under discussion to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while Netanyahu is said to be pressing for more strikes.
Pakistan must reapply for EU’s GSP+ trade status before 2028, German ambassador says
Ina Lepel said the EU has set out areas Pakistan must address, as she reported that the number of Pakistani students in Germany has more than doubled to 13,000.
Apple posts record $114.5bn quarter, no end for iPhone Duo delays in sight
John Ternus, on his first earnings call as chief executive, called memory prices “unprecedented”, and Apple did not rule out raising device prices again.
US midterms: Judge throws out Justice Department bid to block Alaska’s Senate result, in the race with two Dan Sullivans on the ballot
The department is appealing, and a criminal investigation and the Republican governor’s own inquiry still hang over a contest that could help decide control of the Senate.
Cyclone Murasu hits India’s Andhra Pradesh near Ongole with winds of up to 120 km/h, days after deadly Arnab
The severe cyclonic storm began crossing the coast at 1am on Tuesday, with a storm surge forecast for low-lying districts, as neighbouring Odisha moved 160,000 people.
Anthropic warns investors it may soon cross its own line for AI that speeds up building AI
The maker of Claude says in a US filing that no current model has crossed the threshold, but that it might only spot such a leap after the fact
Israel election: Election chief rejects Likud bid to delay certifying the results, as Netanyahu now floats a ‘broad national government’
Justice Noam Sohlberg says the committee has no power to hold back Wednesday’s certification. All four Zionist opposition parties have ruled out serving under Netanyahu
Cyber attacks on superstores: how hackers turned freezers into ovens, from France to US military bases
Attackers switch cold rooms to defrost overnight and the food is gone by morning. Here is what is known, what is not, and what stores can do
US midterms: Most expensive campaign ever heads for $12 billion, with Elon Musk spending almost half a billion dollars
Spending is on course to beat 2022 by about 30%, and more than half of the money so far has come through outside groups
‘A little bit sad’: Glenn Maxwell retires from international cricket after 14 years and three World Cup titles
The man behind the 201 not out against Afghanistan will keep playing for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League
Fifa will show council its secret World Cup sell-off plan, but only in person in Zurich, as Uefa deadline passes
Uefa wants answers to more than 100 questions from Gianni Infantino, days before rivals must declare for next year’s presidential election
Trump to remove South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free US trade programme from January
The US cites trade barriers and security concerns. Rwanda was also hit with sanctions on its defence ministry last week
Germany warns MPs their iPhones may have been hacked by government-backed spyware, as Apple sends alerts to 99 countries
Anyone who gets the alert should assume the phone may be compromised, the cybersecurity office says. Nobody knows yet who is behind the attacks
Monday 2 November 2026
US midterms: The Pakistani-Americans on the ballot on Tuesday, from Texas to Connecticut
Candidates of Pakistani origin are running in at least six states, most of them for state legislatures rather than Congress
Karl Bushby walks home to Hull after 28 years and 50,000km around the world: ‘Is that it, is it done?’
He left Chile in 1998 with a tent and a few hundred dollars, crossed the frozen Bering Strait and swam the Caspian and the English Channel
US midterms: Trump vows to be ‘Mr Veto’ if Democrats win, as both parties make their last push
He closed at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, talking repairs for 20 minutes before turning to the vote. A judge was also hearing a challenge over immigration agents at polling places
Russian bombs kill at least 26 people at Ukrainian school used for aid, as fighting resumes after the war’s longest truce
Rescuers and police officers are among the dead in Komyshuvakha, and people are still under the rubble. Zelensky says a second wave of bombs hit the shelter where people had taken cover
Gunmen fire on polio team and abduct four workers in KP’s Tank as national vaccination drive begins
Two more team members were taken and later freed in South Waziristan, where sources blame the terrorist group TTP
‘Come if you have the guts’: Rahul Gandhi dares Modi to open debate and says he became PM ‘because of foreign help’
The challenge answers BJP charges that he is working for foreign powers. Amit Shah says even a party youth leader would beat him
Imran Khan’s lawyer says he met him and Bushra Bibi in Adiala jail for 40 minutes, the first meeting in seven months
Barrister Salman Safdar says the session was not enough to cover all the cases, and that the couple gave him fresh instructions
US midterms: Justice Department heads to Supreme Court over California ballots a day before the vote
It wants the ballots of people it calls likely noncitizens held back. Two lower courts have refused, and officials say many on its list of 20,000 were never mailed a ballot
Pakistan cuts petrol by Rs3.40 and diesel by Rs7.76 a litre from Tuesday as oil falls 6%
Petrol drops to Rs374.51 and diesel to Rs395.20, the regulator says, hours after the minister announced a Rs15 billion a month burden on refineries
US midterms: Democrat Haley Stevens drops Abdul El-Sayed for his Republican rival two days before the vote, as Schumer calls it a ‘despicable betrayal’
The reversal in Michigan, one of the races that could decide the Senate, reopens a Democratic rift over Israel. El-Sayed says: ‘None of this matters’
US midterms 2026: what is at stake, when polls close in Pakistan time and the Senate races that could decide Congress
Americans vote on Tuesday for all 435 House seats, 35 Senate seats and 36 governors, with the first polls closing at 4am on Wednesday in Pakistan
Witches’ hats, superheroes and flashcards: Islamabad children learn English at a Halloween party
Games, stories and trick-or-treating at the Berlitz Language Institute came with new English words and a glimpse of other cultures
Need blood in a hurry? Punjab’s government hospitals are getting QR emergency buttons that connect you to help
Scan the code to reach Helpline 15 by call, chat or video and find blood donors through the Safe City Virtual Blood Bank, or call 15 and press 4
From Shah Alam Market to all-black menswear: what stood out at LAAM Fashion Week’s second season
Forty-three shows in Lahore put bridal, handloom and streetwear side by side, and connected the runway straight to your phone
Is your tikka spot allowed to stay open? What Lahore’s smog rules mean for the city’s barbecue
Working suction hoods are now mandatory, and in one September sweep 27 of 30 Lahore restaurants inspected were sealed
Going to Murree this winter? Here’s what the new safety plan means for you, from 19 help centres to fixed hotel prices
Officials have activated Mission Safe Winter after the first snowfall in the Galiyat, with the tourist season running from December 15 to February 15
Lahore’s air has passed 500 on the index. Here’s how to keep smog out of your home
Close up, stop burning things, mop rather than sweep and make one clean room: what the WHO and US EPA advise
China presses Iran and Saudi Arabia to choose talks over war as Wang Yi warns of a ‘critical crossroads’ and Xi hosts Oman’s sultan
Beijing will send its Middle East envoy on “shuttle diplomacy” to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia this month, as fears grow of new strikes after the US midterms
Field Marshal Munir and China’s Liu Haixing vow to strengthen ‘all-weather’ partnership at GHQ talks on regional security
The senior Communist Party official also met Deputy PM Ishaq Dar, who sent greetings to President Xi Jinping
Israel’s former army chief says October 7 ‘could have been prevented’ and admits Israeli bombs killed hostages, but sees ‘no betrayal’
Herzi Halevi speaks publicly about the attack for the first time and says the country’s leaders must reject inside-job claims
