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ABOARD A HONEYWELL TEST PLANE — Aerospace giant Honeywell is building new cockpit alerts that developers say will give airline pilots more precious time to react to hazards at airports.Honeywell senior test pilot Capt. Kirk Vining late last month put the alerts — called Surface Alert, or SURF-A — to the test by recreating some of the most serious near disasters at airports in recent aviation history.Moments before landing at Topeka Regional Airport, a Gulfstream G550 business jet was stopped on the same runway where Vining was about to touch down at the Kansas airport.”Traffic on runway!” called out the automated…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia on Friday expressed “deep concern” over the presence of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, warning that outfits such as ISIL, al-Qaeda, the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and others continue to threaten regional and global security. The four countries issued a joint statement after their fourth quadrilateral meeting on Afghanistan held on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session in New York. The gathering, convened at the invitation of Russia, brought together foreign ministers of the four states to review the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. According to…

An FH-909 unmanned helicopter is displayed during the 13th China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City International High-Tech Expo in Mianyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Sept. 27, 2025. The expo opened here on Friday and will last until Sept. 30, with a core exhibition area of 32,000 square meters for science and technology which focuses on electronic manufacturing technology, new display technology, AI technology and low-altitude economy. (Xinhua/Xue Chen)People visit the 13th China (Mianyang) Science and Technology City International High-Tech Expo in Mianyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Sept. 27, 2025. The expo opened here on Friday and will last until Sept.…

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has clarified that the recent defence agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is not linked to the ongoing regional tensions — particularly Israel’s actions in Qatar — but is the result of years of sustained bilateral dialogue and cooperation. In an exclusive interview with British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan, Asif confirmed that the pact was not a reaction to recent regional developments. “This agreement is not a reaction to what happened in Qatar,” he asserted. “It had been under negotiation for quite some time. While its finalisation may have been sped up, it was already in the…

KARACHI: US Charge d’Affaires Natalie Baker said Washington remained committed to supporting Pakistan’s success through trade, investment and innovation, stressing that deeper bilateral economic cooperation would deliver tangible benefits for both countries. Baker visited Karachi from September 23-26 to strengthen US-Pakistan ties in trade and investment, according to a press release issued by the US embassy. “Strengthening our commercial partnership with Pakistan benefits both our peoples and helps foster shared prosperity,” she said during meetings with political leaders, business executives and government officials. “Together, we can ensure the next chapter of our partnership is one of mutual growth and opportunity.”…

This photo taken on Sept. 3, 2025 shows a view at a photovoltaic and desertification control project in Kubuqi Desert, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) — Confronted with the urgent yet long-term challenge of climate change, China’s renewed announcement of its climate governance plan has reaffirmed the country’s determination to press ahead in the next decade, officials and experts have said.China’s new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) announced at the United Nations Climate Summit this week signaled its entry into a new phase of resilient, low-carbon development, and that it will contribute further to realizing…

KARACHI: The University of Karachi has cancelled the LLB degree of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri in view of its syndicate’s last year decision. Meanwhile, a division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has also dismissed all the petitions challenging the cancellation of the judge’s degree due to non-prosecution. On August 31, 2024, the University of Karachi’s Syndicate annulled the allegedly “invalid” degree of Justice Jahangiri on the recommendations of the university’s Unfair Means (UFM) Committee. The SHC on September 5, 2024 suspended the university’s decision. However, the university’s registrar has issued a “declaration” dated September…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the country’s top spy agency to brief it in an in-camera session about the whereabouts of a citizen, Omar Abdullah, who went missing from Islamabad nearly ten years ago. The capital’s high court, while noting that either the deputy director general or a sector commander of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) could give the briefing, instructed the authorities to inform it by October 6 as to which officer will appear. An IHC bench comprising senior puisne judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued the order on Friday while hearing a petition filed by Zainab Zaeem,…

Colombian president Gustavo Petro speaks during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2025.Leonardo Munoz | Afp | Getty ImagesThe United States said it would revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s visa after he took to New York’s streets on Friday in a pro-Palestinian demonstration and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump’s orders.”We will revoke Petro’s visa due to his reckless and incendiary actions,” the State Department posted on X.Petro, addressing a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters outside the U.N. headquarters in Manhattan, called for a global…

UNITED NATIONS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him for committing war crimes in Gaza, on Friday faced a diplomatic embarrassment as scores of delegates exited the United Nations General Assembly hall as he took the stage. At the same time, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic near Times Square in New York. As the session’s chairman called for order in the iconic hall of the 193-member Assembly, there were loud boos from opponents and also some cheers from Israeli supporters while delegates streamed out, leaving masses of empty seats, reflecting growing…