Six troops including an officer and an equal number of terrorists were killed in a clash between security forces and militants in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said in a statement on Saturday.

The incident happened in the Waziristan district of the province where the two sides engaged in a gun battle, news agency reported quoting the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),

A clearance operation is being conducted to eliminate any other terrorists found in the area.

Mongolia's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is projected to reach 6,800 US dollars in 2025, the country's Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene has said.

Oyun-Erdene made the remarks while presenting the draft state budget 2025 during a parliamentary session on Friday, according to the government's press office,

"After remaining stagnant at $4,000 for over a decade, Mongolia's per capita GDP surpassed $6,000 in 2023, driven by improvements in port access, the identification of hidden economy in the mineral sector, and growth in tourism. According to projected estimates, the per capita GDP of our country is expected to reach around $6,800 in 2025," he said.

Furthermore, the prime minister noted that if 14 mega projects are fully launched in 2026, there is a likelihood that per capita GDP could reach the milestone of $10,000 by 2028 for the Asian country

Two US B-1B heavy bombers conducted a joint drill with the South Korean Air Force on Armed Forces Day, before one of them participated in a national ceremony, the US Indo-Pacific Command said on Saturday.

In a show of force, a US B-1B bomber flew over Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of the capital, alongside two F-15K jets during the ceremony marking Armed Forces Day, demonstrating the US security commitment to South Korea, news agency reported.

According to the US Indo-Pacific Command, two US B-1B bombers conducted a simulated close air support exercise with two F-15K jets from the South Korean Air Force at the Pilsung Range in Gangwon Province on the morning of October 1, before one of the bombers and the jets flew to Seongnam for the ceremony.

A South Korean military aircraft brought 96 nationals home from Lebanon on Saturday, the country's foreign ministry said, in its first evacuation operation amid escalating tensions in the region.

The KC-330 military transport plane landed at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of Seoul, at around 12:50 p.m. (local time), the ministry said.

The military jet departed from Beirut on Friday afternoon (local time) after arriving earlier that day. It took off from the southeastern city of Busan on Thursday, news agency reported.

One Lebanese national, a family member of a South Korean citizen, was also on board, officials said, with over 30 per cent of those evacuated being minors.

Most parts of Mongolia are predicted to experience colder temperatures than the long-term average during the upcoming winter, according to the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring on Saturday.

"During the upcoming winter months, most regions of Mongolia, particularly in the eastern part of the country, are expected to experience temperatures below the long-term average, along with increased precipitation," the weather monitoring agency said, urging the public, especially nomadic herders, to take necessary preparations for the winter ahead.

Last winter, Mongolia faced extreme wintry conditions known as dzud, accompanied by record snowfall -- the largest since 1975 -- with around 90 per cent of the territory covered in snow up to 100 centimetres thick.

An outbreak of cholera has killed at least 359 people in 33 Nigerian states including the state of Lagos between January and September this year.

In an update on the cholera outbreak in Nigeria in the capital city Abuja on Friday, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed a surge in the number of suspected cases, which has risen to 10,837 this year, news agency reported.

So far this year, a total of 33 of Nigeria's 36 states have reported suspected cases of cholera. At least 15 new fatal cases from the 198 suspected new cases were reported in five states last week alone, with a case-fatality ratio of 7.6 per cent, the NCDC said.

Leading a multi-sectoral National Cholera Technical Working Group, the NCDC urged state authorities to step up their cholera preparedness and response plan and build capacities to manage emergencies.

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces conducted airstrikes on 15 targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

In a post on the social media platform X, CENTCOM on Friday stated that "these targets included Houthi offensive military capabilities."

"These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for US, coalition, and merchant vessels," CENTCOM said, without providing further details, news agency reported.

Earlier in the day, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that the US-UK navy coalition conducted 15 airstrikes on Houthi military sites in four Yemeni cities: the capital Sanaa, Hodeidah, Dhamar, and Mukayras city in al-Bayda province.

There were no reports of casualties.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet will take part in the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Vientiane, Laos from October 8 to 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a news release on Saturday.

The forthcoming attendance will be made at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, the news release said, adding that the summits will be held under the theme 'ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience'.

The summits "will focus on further advancing ASEAN Community building towards the realisation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and enhancing relations with ASEAN's external partners through ASEAN-led mechanisms with an aim to strengthen connectivity and resilience in the region and beyond as well as to address present and emerging challenges effectively", the news release further read.

On the sidelines of the summits, Hun Manet will attend the ASEAN Leaders' Interface with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), ASEAN Leaders' Interface with Representatives of ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC), ASEAN Leaders Interface with Representatives of ASEAN Youth; and the second Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Leaders' Meeting, as reported by news agency.

Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, has set a new record for its longest dry spell, with 164 straight days without rain.

The prolonged drought has fueled widespread wildfires and grassland burns, which have surged across various regions of the country since August, the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) reported on Friday.

The previous record was set in 1963, just three years after Brasilia's founding, with 163 consecutive rainless days. The city, located in Brazil's central region, is now grappling with the dual threat of extreme heat and low humidity, news agency reported.

Authorities have issued an "orange alert" due to the critically low humidity level of 15 per cent, combined with temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius.

A report from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) highlighted a 269 per cent increase in wildfires in Brasilia this year compared to previous years.

Two explosions were reported in the city of Palmyra in central Syria after midnight on Saturday, according to a war monitor.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said one blast occurred inside a hangar near Palmyra Military Airport, which was being used as a weapons depot.

The second explosion took place in a two-story building in the city's eastern neighbourhood, about one kilometre from the hangar, news agency reported.

The observatory said the cause of the explosions remains unclear, adding that the area around the hangar is highly secured and contains eight similar storage facilities.