Lebanese army seizes arms cache in Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold
The army did not say who owned the weapons, and an analyst who studied its photographs says the haul looks more like an arms dealer’s stock than a Hezbollah depot.
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U2 release first album in nine years, closing with Dolly Parton’s last song
Carnaval de Luz ends with “Torn”, a duet with Bono that Parton recorded in June, two months before she died. Bono says she got out of bed to sing it.
US Democrats arrive at COP31 vowing to ‘earn back’ trust on climate
An 18-member delegation of Democratic lawmakers, fresh from the party’s midterm sweep, told delegates in Antalya that climate action is still alive in the United States.
Police name three terrorists, offer Rs30 lakh after Kishtwar SPO killings
Police have circulated posters of Mohammad Amin, Riaz Ahmed, and Mudassir Hussain as troops search the Dachhan forests, and a local MLA says the officers’ movements were leaked.
Lorry driver found dead in Madurai police station, inspector suspended
Police say R. Balakrishnan, 42, took his own life after a night of questioning over a cardamom fire. His wife says officers pressured him to take the blame, and the case has gone to the CB-CID.
Dananeer Mobeen wins Moscow’s Diamond Butterfly best actress for Mera Lyari
The Pakistani actress took the Eurasian film award, which comes with a five-carat diamond its organisers value at $250,000, for her role in the Lyari football drama.
UN says 25 seafarers killed in and around Hormuz since war began
A senior UN official told the Security Council that October was the worst month for attacks on ships, as the UN’s fertiliser task force chief urged Iran and the US to let five fertiliser ships a day through.
Iraq trucks crude across desert to Syria’s Baniyas as Hormuz stays disrupted
Up to 150,000 barrels a day of Iraqi crude is being trucked to Syria’s Mediterranean port of Baniyas, reviving a desert export route largely unused for decades, as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted.
Iran says Guards shot down US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island in Hormuz
The Revolutionary Guards said a new air defence system destroyed a US MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island, a day after Iran’s navy said it downed another off Sirik. There was no immediate comment from the US military.
Microsoft restores Outlook and Teams, says it is ‘deeply sorry’ for outage
The company says a faulty network upgrade, not a cyberattack, caused the day-long outage that hit governments, hospitals, courts, and businesses in more than 70 countries.
