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News of October 8, 2026

Politics

Analysis-As Munir's military takes on Gulf role, Pakistan's parliament is not involved

By Ariba ShahidISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Eleven years after Pakistan's parliament voted to keep the country out of a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015, Islamabad has agreed to rapidly deploy more forces to Saudi Arabia without a parliamentary vote, highlighting the military's grip on foreign policy under Field Marshal Asim Munir.On Monday, a defence pact Pakistan signed with Saudi Arabia and Turkey in August was invoked for the first time, as the kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.

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Latest suspect in RAF Fairford airbase plot released on bail

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - British police said on Thursday a 22-year-old British man, the seventh person to be arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts as part of an investigation into a suspected plot targeting an airbase, has also been released on bail.The United States said on Monday that a threat linked to Iran had prompted the removal of American bomber planes from the British airbase, RAF Fairford. The US had used the base to strike Iran.British police have already released six other men arrested in connection with the plot on bail.

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Lebanese president says negotiations are alternative to war with Israel

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated that negotiations are a preferable alternative to war with Israel and emphasized that a formal agreement is necessary to resolve hostilities. He also expressed Lebanon's desire for any new force replacing UNIFIL to operate under UN auspices and highlighted the country's commitment to economic reforms and a strategic partnership with the EU.

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