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Avalanche in northern Pakistan kills 11 members of nomadic tribe
GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) — A snowy avalanche in northern Pakistan killed 11 people Saturday, including a 4-year-old boy, and injured 25 from a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area with their goat herds, police said. The avalanche struck the nomads in the Chambeli area of...
Pakistan to try 33 supporters of former Premier Imran Khan in military courts over recent violence
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government said Friday that 17 more supporters of Imran Khan would be tried in military courts over recent anti-government violence, bringing the overall number of followers of the former prime minister facing military tribunals so far to 33. The...
Pakistani journalist, supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan goes missing, second in 2 weeks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prominent Pakistani television journalist known for his public support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gone missing, the police, his family and his employer said. Sami Abrahim's disappearance was first announced in a police tweet late Wednesday, hours...
In Panama, legal rights given to sea turtles, boosting the 'rights of nature' movement
ARMILA, Panama (AP) — On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to excavate a sea turtle nest, their lamps casting a soft red glow as they studied eggs, inventoried the success of the hatch and checked for any surviving hatchlings stuck at the...
Pakistan's ex-premier Imran Khan softens demand for snap vote amid crackdown on party
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday softened his year-long demand for early elections and said he is forming a committee for talks with the government to end the country's lingering political turmoil. The offer, if accepted by the...
Pakistan's Imran Khan presses legal fight, gets protection from arrest in multiple terrorism cases
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pressed his legal battle before a court in the capital, Islamabad, which granted him protection from arrest until early next month in several cases including terrorism charges for inciting violence. The...
Pakistan re-arrests Imran Khan's key associate amid crackdown on his followers
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities Monday arrested a key associate of former Prime Minister Imran Khan just hours after she was released from custody as authorities pressed on with a crackdown on Khan's supporters. Shireen Mazari, who served as rights minister under Khan...
G20 delegates begin meeting in disputed Kashmir, with region's intense security largely out of view
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Delegates from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations began a meeting on tourism in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday that was condemned by China and Pakistan, as authorities reduced the visibility of security in the disputed region’s main city. ...
State TV says armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border, state TV reported Sunday. The fighting happened in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan,...
Pakistani transgender activists to appeal Shariah court ruling against law aimed at protecting them
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court's ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament in 2018 to secure the...
