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France's Henri Kagan and Japan's Kenso Soai on Wednesday (7 October) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research into molecules' mirror images, decisive for the development of pharmaceuticals. The researchers were honoured "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric o

Libya’s parliament removed its longtime speaker on Tuesday after 12 years in office, ousting a key ally of east-based Khalifa Haftar in a move analysts said could signal a shift in the country’s political balance. MPs voted to replace Aguila Saleh with Al-Salhin Abdelnabi al-Obeidi, the parliament'

The Houthis say they targeted Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport in Asir province in the latest strike on civilian aviation facilities. The ballistic missile “was precise and direct … resulting in the disruption of air traffic at the airport”, military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statemen

Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for ground-breaking work creating an observatory to detect some of the universe's most elusive particles, high-energy neutrinos, and how they are created. Halzen realised that ice at the South Pole could be used

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday (6 October) for a three-day official visit to Pakistan, the Foreign Office said. Guterres will stay in Pakistan from October 6 to 8 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. Upon his

Opposition parties staged protests in India's capital on Tuesday (6 October), demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over controversial changes to voter lists, as hundreds of police personnel were deployed across central New Delhi. The demonstration was the latest in

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the award for discoveries that provide new insights into how we might treat blindness, depression, addiction and dementia. The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2026 has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, the academy anno

Police officer Fayyaz Khan and his colleagues ducked for cover as drones carrying explosives rained them down on their checkpost in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this year. The April 16 attack was claimed by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly known as the Pakistan Taliban

This year's Nobel Prizes will kick off on Monday with the awarding of the medicine prize at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The work by Mary

Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan have called for political and peaceful solutions amid escalating conflicts across the region, including Sudan’s civil war and major fighting in Ethiopia. The leaders of the four countries – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki,

Thousands of military personnel from Azerbaijan, Turkey and Uzbekistan, as well as other nations participating as observers, including Iran, joined forces in the “Power of Unity, 2026” military exercise for the first time, in the Hojavend district of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. Mass drone attacks

Bosnians are heading to the polls to choose the next government at all three of the state, entity and canton levels. It may seem complicated, but for a country divided into two entities – the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, along with Brcko District – this is nothing new.

An Israeli air attack on a residential apartment in western Gaza City has killed at least five people and severely wounded at least six others, according to medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital. The strike hit the al-Asala building in the Remal neighbourhood early on Saturday without prior warning, a

Indore, October 2, 2026 : The 18th edition of the three-day Indian Journalism Festival 2026 commenced today, Friday, (2 October) at the Jaal Sabhagruh in South Tukoganj, Indore. Organized by the State Press Club, Madhya Pradesh, the prestigious national gathering has brought together over 150 promin