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Global Condemnation Following Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport

World leaders and international organizations have strongly condemned a deadly attack by Houthi forces targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Trump Announces Deal for Russian Diesel; Zelensky Calls It a “Gift to Putin.”

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Breaking News: Three Saudi nationals killed following a Houthi attack on Riyadh airport.

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"On the sands of time, some moments become golden. Bathing in the sun's last rays, this tree shows us that even if spring doesn't come to life, there is a unique beauty hidden in the colors of autumn as well."

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🚗 Suzuki Launches New Small Electric Car in Japan

Suzuki has officially introduced its new small electric kei car, the Suzuki e-Sky, in Japan. The EV comes with a 26 kWh LFP battery and offers a claimed driving range of around 310 km on a single charge under the WLTC test cycle.

The e-Sky is priced at around JPY 2.12 million before incentives. However, after Japan’s government EV subsidy of JPY 568,000, the effective price comes down to around JPY 1.55 million, equivalent to approximately Rs 950,000.

Suzuki also plans to introduce the e-Sky in the UK and selected European markets, with international launches expected from 2027.

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Pakistan Accounts for Nearly Half of MENAAP’s Poorest, World Bank Says

The World Bank says nearly half of the poorest people in the Middle East and North Africa and Afghanistan-Pakistan region live in Pakistan. Around 48% of people living below the poverty line in the region earn less than $3 a day, or roughly 840 Pakistani rupees.

The report says prolonged economic adjustment has increased poverty in Pakistan, affecting household incomes and employment opportunities. The World Bank expects Pakistan’s economy to grow by 3.8% in fiscal year 2026–27, while inflation is projected at 8.2%.

The report also identifies Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen as home to another 47% of the region’s poorest people, largely due to the impact of conflict.

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A hidden asteroid crater beneath Oklahoma may be linked to one of Earth's major mass extinctions.

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The Iran-backed Houthi group claimed responsibility for a wave of drone and missile attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, including King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh, and military sites in the south .

Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree said the operations involved ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones, and claimed the strikes caused a fire at the Rabigh refinery and disrupted air traffic at the airport .

While explosions were reported over Riyadh, Saudi authorities have not yet officially confirmed the attacks or any damage . The escalation comes as the Saudi-led coalition intensified its military campaign against Houthi targets in Yemen, with the Yemeni government reportedly launching a major offensive toward Sanaa .

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A Glimpse of Planet 9? Astronomers Find First Direct Observational Evidence of a Ninth Major Planet

For years, astronomers have debated the existence of a mysterious "Planet 9" lurking in the dark, icy outskirts of our Solar System. Now, a new study may have provided the first direct observational evidence of this elusive world.

The hunt for Planet 9 began because of a strange gravitational anomaly. A group of distant icy objects beyond Neptune (known as trans-Neptunian objects) appear to be clustered and tilted in a way that suggests they are being "shepherded" by the gravity of a massive, unseen planet. This hypothetical planet is believed to be roughly the size of Neptune, orbiting the Sun at an incredible distance of about 300 Astronomical Units (AU)—ten times farther away than Neptune.

Why is it so hard to find?
Finding Planet 9 is a monumental challenge. Because it is so far from the Sun, it receives very little sunlight. If it is ten times farther away than Neptune, it would appear 10,000 times fainter in visible light. However, there is a better way to look for it: infrared light. Since the planet generates its own thermal radiation, it would only be about 100 times fainter in infrared wavelengths. This makes space-based infrared telescopes the perfect tool for the job.

The Breakthrough
This is exactly what Terry Long Phan, a PhD researcher at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, set out to do. Supported by colleagues in Taiwan, Japan, and Australia, Phan analyzed data from two far-infrared all-sky surveys: IRAS (launched in 1983) and AKARI (launched in 2006).

Because any Planet 9 would be moving very slowly at that distance, it would appear stationary in each individual dataset. However, over the 23 years between the two missions, it should have shifted slightly across the sky.

Using specialized software, Phan sifted through thousands of infrared sources, looking for objects that had moved by the expected amount. The automated search found 13 candidate pairs. After manually verifying each one, only one candidate remained.

This single infrared source, which matches the expected characteristics of a Neptune-sized planet in the far outer Solar System, had moved 47.5 arcminutes over 23 years—roughly one and a half times the width of the full Moon.

What happens next?
While this is an exciting development, astronomers are urging caution. "It's very early days," the report notes. Knowing only two positions of an object is not enough to determine its exact orbit.

To confirm if this faint pinprick of light is truly Planet 9, follow-up observations are required. Researchers hope to use powerful instruments like the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M Blanco Telescope in Chile to track the object further. If confirmed, this discovery would add a major new member to our Solar System and rewrite the astronomy textbooks.

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NASA and SpaceX Target Oct 7 for Crew-12 Departure from Space Station

NASA and SpaceX are preparing for the return of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station (ISS). The team has targeted October 7 for their departure, marking the conclusion of their science and research mission in orbit.

After undocking from the space station, the crew will travel back to Earth for a splashdown off the coast of Florida. All procedures for safely returning the astronauts and their research equipment are currently underway.

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