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2 suspects carrying explosives on a motorcycle killed in blast near a police station in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — An explosive device carried on a motorcycle by two suspected militants in restive southwestern Pakistan ignited prematurely near a police station Monday killing the suspects, police said. The blast happened in Killa Abdullah, a town 75 kilometers (45 miles)...
An elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An elephant died Sunday of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, an official said, less than two weeks after being reunited with her sister. Sonia, who was almost 19, is the second elephant to die in two years in the southern city of Karachi,...
Baloch separatists becoming as big a national security threat as Pakistani Taliban, says think tank
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Baloch separatist group is becoming as big a threat to Pakistan's national security as the Pakistani Taliban, according to a think tank. Last month, the Baloch Liberation Army killed dozens of people in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan....
Bangladesh court bans publication of speeches by ousted Prime Minister Hasina
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday banned the publication of any speeches by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile in India after being ousted in August following mass protests. The decision came a day after Hasina made her first...
Pakistani court indicts former Premier Imran Khan over May 2023 attacks on military posts
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Thursday indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and dozens of his associates on charges of inciting people to attack military and government installations last year, officials and his party said. Khan pleaded not guilty when...
Pakistani troops kill 5 insurgents in a raid on their hideout in restive northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces acting on intelligence raided a militant hideout in restive northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, resulting in a shootout in which five insurgents were killed and two others were wounded, the military said. It issued a statement...
A 2nd ceasefire is reached between warring Shiites and Sunni Muslims in Pakistan's restive northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities with help from community leaders brokered a second ceasefire between warring minority Shiites and Sunni Muslims in a troubled northwestern region bordering Afghanistan following a deadly sectarian violence that left dozens of people dead, officials...
Sectarian violence has killed at least 130 people in Pakistan’s northwest in the last 10 days
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Sectarian violence has killed at least 130 people and wounded 200 others in Pakistan’s northwest in the last 10 days, officials said Sunday. Violence flared in Kurram district on Nov. 21 when gunmen ambushed a vehicle convoy and killed 52 people, mostly...
Pakistan ends lockdown of its capital after Imran Khan supporters are dispersed by police
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities reopened roads linking Pakistan's capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, on Wednesday after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who marched to Islamabad to demand his...
Pakistani authorities start clearing Imran Khan supporters from the capital after deadly clashes
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces launched an operation Tuesday night to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who had gathered in the capital to demand his release from prison. The latest development came hours after thousands of Khan...
