ISLAMABAD: The government has agreed to talks with traders’ leaders to address their demand to expel the French ambassador from Pakistan. Traders and a number of religious groups protested in the capital on Friday against the publication of defamatory caricatures in France. Security measures were in place at Khayaban-i-Suharwardy to intercept the protesters as they headed towards the Embassy of …

KARACHI: The Indus Hospital (TIH) — one of the five sites in Pakistan selected for the multi-country phase-III clinical trial of a potential Covid-19 vaccine — has seen a positive public response to the recent low-key launch of the trial, raising the hope that the effort would meet its target. Till Saturday — day 18 of the trial — over …

QUETTA: Retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, who heads the Balochistan chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has developed serious differences with the central leadership of the party for not inviting former chief minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri to the recently held Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally in Quetta and over the remarks of former speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq. …

An SMU student dressed in a Halloween costume was fatally shot early Saturday in downtown Dallas, police say. Officers responded to a call about the shooting at around 3 a.m. and found 19-year-old Robert Urrea in the intersection at South Harwood and Jackson streets, about a block south of Main Street Garden Park. Urrea, identified by police as a Southern …

Texas has long been a GOP stronghold, but with a record of more than 9.6 million votes cast early, some experts are wondering whether the historic turnout will challenge Republicans’ dominance in Texas. The Texas secretary of state’s office reported a tally of 9,669,246 votes for early voting Saturday morning, as some county data continued to trickle in. This year’s …

Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Adam Medrano wanted it to be scarier. He loves Halloween. A lot. His birthday is Oct. 28, so he always celebrates with a costume party and spooky decorations at his City Hall office. “I grew up idolizing Freddy Kreuger,” he said. “He’s my guy.” Despite city and countywide warnings to avoid trick-or-treating this year, Medrano didn’t …

Beautiful fall weather is in store for North Texas this weekend. Saturday was sunny and mild with a high of 72 degrees. The evening will be pleasant for trick-or-treaters as temperatures fall into the 60s. A cold front will move through overnight, so Sunday will be breezy and cooler, with temperatures in the mid 60s. No rain is expected and …

ARLINGTON — John Cornyn and MJ Hegar on Saturday appealed to last-minute voters who could decide what’s expected to be a close Senate race in usually reliably red Texas. Cornyn, the Republican incumbent, campaigned in Fort Worth as part of a bus tour that included stops in Waco and Belton. Hegar, the Democratic challenger and former Air Force combat veteran, …

Dallas County reported 759 more coronavirus cases Saturday, all of which the county considers new. Three new COVID-19 deaths were also reported. Labs either report coronavirus cases directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to individual counties. Of cases reported Saturday, Dallas County health officials said 360 came from the state’s …

A family is looking for answers after a Dallas man disappeared more thatn a week ago after leaving a gym in Uptown Dallas. James Allen White, 55, was last seen at 5:38 a.m. Oct. 22 leaving LA Fitness on Haskell Avenue, KTVT-TV (Channel 11) and WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported. Surveillance video from the gym shows White getting into his car and …