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Menu signed by Mao Zedong brings a quarter million dollars at auction
BOSTON (AP) — An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000. Boston-based RR Auction said the menu auctioned Wednesday was for a banquet held in Beijing on October 19, 1956, and commemorated the...
As Pakistan cracks down on illegal migrants, nearly half a million Afghans have left, minister says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nearly half a million Afghans who were living in Pakistan without valid documents have returned home in just over two months as part of an ongoing crackdown on foreigners in the country without papers, the caretaker interior minister said Friday. The expulsions are...
3 killed at massive fire in Pakistan's largest southern city of Karachi, officials say
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A massive fire broke out Wednesday at a multi-story commercial building in Pakistan’s largest southern port city of Karachi, killing at least three people and damaging several shops, police and rescue officials said. The fire started at a furniture store...
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban's 'gender apartheid' against women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world needs to recognize and confront the “gender apartheid” against women and girls imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan more than two years ago. She urged the...
Pakistan arrests 17 suspects in connection to the weekend bus shooting that killed 10
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan arrested at least 17 suspects in the weekend bus shooting that left 10 people dead and 25 others wounded, authorities said Monday. Security forces raided several areas in the northern Gilgit Baltistan region — where the attack took...
Militants open fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing 9 people and injuring over 20 others
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing nine people including two soldiers, and injuring over 20 others, local police said. The attack happened Saturday night on the Karakoram Highway in the northern Gilgit Baltistan region, police...
Party of Pakistan's former jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan elects new head
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Jailed former Pakistani premier Imran Khan 's party elected Saturday a new head for the first time since it was established, following the recommendation of the imprisoned politician. Khan has been in charge of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or PTI, since he...
Pakistan's highest court hears petition on forceful deportation of Afghans born in the country
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court opened a hearing Friday on a petition by human rights activists seeking to halt the forceful deportation of Afghans who were born in Pakistan and those who would be at risk if they were returned to Afghanistan. The deportations are part of a...
Pakistan police arrest 4 men in the death of a woman after a photo with her boyfriend went viral
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities have arrested four people who allegedly killed an 18-year-old woman in the purported name of honor after a picture of her sitting with a boyfriend went viral on social media, police said Thursday. The woman's father and three other...
A Pakistani province aims to deport 10,000 Afghans a day
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani province is setting targets for police to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of Afghans it says are in the country illegally, officials said Thursday. The measure is part of a nationwide crackdown following a sharp decline in the expulsion...
