Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 19, 2025

Greetings from Tyler, Who’ll shed a tear for Jimmy Kimmel? I didn’t watch him anyway. He’s apparently mad as all get out about being fired. But his show was losing money. Maybe he didn’t know they were looking for an excuse to fire … Read More

Saudi Arabia–Pakistan defense pact will cause strategic ripples for India and Israel

By formalizing its alliance with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia is signaling to Iran, Israel, and the United States that it has alternative anchors of deterrence. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement in Riyadh on September 17, 2025. … Read More

‘The water had no mercy’: Hundreds killed as floods ravage north Pakistan

Nestled among the lush green mountains of Pakistan’s north, and with a river flowing serenely through its centre, Bishnoi was, until recently, a beautiful village. But it had rained heavily on the morning of Friday, 15 August, and when the … Read More

India strikes Pakistan as tension between nuclear-armed neighbors following terror attack reaches fever pitch

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/NEW DELHI— India said it attacked nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday where strikes against it had been planned, and Pakistan reported at least three people died and 12 were injured, according to an initial assessment. … Read More

India’s Modi gives army freedom to act as tensions rise with Pakistan after deadly terror attack

Tensions are escalating between the nuclear-armed powers India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is giving the armed forces near complete freedom of action to respond following a deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region on April 22 … Read More

Pakistan militants attack train and take passengers hostage

Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled … Read More

Pakistan confirms 5 soldiers, 13 civilians killed in twin suicide bombings targeting military compound

Five soldiers and at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed in a twin suicide bombing Tuesday that targeted a military compound in northwestern Pakistan, according to the military. The attack in Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province … Read More

Gunmen in southwest Pakistan kill 21 miners, injure 6 others ahead of major security summit

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen killed 21 miners and wounded six others in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday, drawing condemnation from authorities as a search was launched for the assailants. The latest attack in the restive Balochistan province came days … Read More

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