At least ten Pakistani frontier police were killed in an insurgent attack on an outpost near the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan, police sources said.Thursday's attack, claimed by Islamist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), comes as Pakistan battles a resurgence of militant attacks in its rugged northwest, as well as a growing ethnic separatist insurgency in the south.Three senior police sources confirmed the attack, saying a large group of insurgents stormed the outpost, killing members of the frontier constabulary security force.The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as the matter is sensitive.Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, chief minister of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, confirmed the attack in a statement on Friday that condemned it but did not state the number of deaths.

American F-16 fighter jets were deployed to further reinforce the US Air Force in the Middle East, the US Central Command announced on Friday.According to the announcement, a deployment of F-16 fighter jets from the US Air Force arrived on Friday from a base in Germany to another base in the Middle East. This announcement comes in light of heightened preparations by Israel and the United States for a potential attack on Iran, following a missile strike aimed at Israel.

The US State Department published a statement on its website on Friday warning its citizens to avoid protests near US and Israeli "facilities" worldwide, following social media posts calling for such events to take place. Worldwide Caution: Social media posts on various platforms are calling for demonstrations at U.S. and Israeli facilities on Friday, October 25, 2024. U.S. citizens should avoid demonstrations and exercise caution. https://t.co/e59mHsevCx pic.twitter.com/ixeT8ZpUpV— Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) October 24, 2024"Avoid rallies and demonstrations whenever possible and exercise caution when in the vicinity of any large gatherings as even peaceful demonstrations have the potential to turn violent without warning," the statement urged.

Philadelphia police charged three men with ethnic intimidation after they shouted antisemitic slurs and brandished a gun at a group of Jewish men in June, local media reported on Friday.The men, named as Aueb Salahedein, 22, Adam Anse, 19, and Ahmad Twam, 19, by NBC Philadelphia, were all reportedly charged with all charged with ethnic intimidation, criminal conspiracy, terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person. Salahedein reportedly faces additional charges for allegedly violating the Uniform Firearms Act.The group of three Jewish men reportedly attempted to escape the incident, fleeing to their car. It was while attempting to flee that Salahedein allegedly broke the car's windscreen with his gun.After cracking the glass, the three men reportedly fled the scene in a BMW - Which was later used to identify them based on their number plate.

Lebanon has been placed on a grey list of countries under special scrutiny by financial crime watchdog FATF, two financial sources said.A spokesperson for Lebanon's central bank had no immediate comment.

A teenage boy stabbed a police officer to death and injured another in an attack in a northwestern Bosnian town on Thursday, which prosecutors described as an act of terrorism, officials said on Friday."At 20:40 (1840 GMT) an attack occurred in the police station in Bosanska Krupa in which a minor inflicted injuries to two police officers," Amel Kozlica, director of the police force in the Una-Sana canton, told a news conference in the town of Bihac.One officer died and another was taken in a hospital and is in a stable condition, Kozlica added.The attacker, who is under 15 years of age, was arrested at the scene, chief cantonal prosecutor Merima Mešanović told the same news conference."The duty prosecutor characterized (the attack) as a criminal act of terrorism because this was ... an attack on an institution with the aim of scaring the population," Mesanovic said.

At least 10 Pakistani frontier police were killed in a terrorist attack on an outpost near the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan, the interior ministry said in a statement.Thursday's attack, claimed by Islamist terrorist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, comes as Pakistan battles a resurgence of terrorist attacks in its rugged northwest, as well as a growing ethnic separatist insurgency in the south.Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the attack in Dera Ismail Khan, the ministry's statement said.