LANDI KOTAL: Twentyone suspected militants were killed and four of their hideouts destroyed in air strikes carried out in Tirah valley of Khyber tribal region on Friday. Security officials said strikes were conducted in Rajgal, Kandu Ghaibi and Kheraaba areas after information was received that militants affiliated with banned groups were present there. Dawn, The Frontier Post, The News
IVORY COAST: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has said the Pakistan Army is determined to uphold the flag of Pakistan and world peace. The News
VALLETTA, Malta: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday met French President Francois Hollande here and extended cooperation in counter-terrorism and intelligence sharing. The News
ISLAMABAD: Coming to grips with reality after several of its citizens were arrested abroad for their links with Daesh, India says it has accepted the challenge it faces from its Muslim citizens in southern India. The News
Peshawar: The law enforcement agencies in a joint search and strike operation arrested 15 suspects, including four Afghan nationals and three proclaimed offenders, and recovered illegal arms from their possession on Friday. Dawn
SWABI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Mardan division, on Friday arrested two alleged terrorists here and recovered two suicide vests from their possession. Officials said the raid was conducted by CTD on a tip-off about the presence of the suspected terrorists in an area near the boundary between Razaar and Swabi tehsils on the Buner road. Dawn
LANDI KOTA L: The political administration of Khyber Agency has devised new regulations to make the Khasadar force more proactive and assign new responsibilities to them to improve the law and order situation in the tribal agency. Dawn
KH AR: The Oct 26 earthquake, which had badly hit the tribesmen of Bajaur Agency, also financially affected the pro-administration elders after the political administration canceled their monthly allowances for October. Dawn
PESHAWAR (APP): Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government is committed to raise the socio-economic status of the people of the province for which it has planned to invest heavily in social sectors including education, health and human resource development. The Frontier Post
