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Migrants who survived capsize off African coast begin returning to Pakistan

Jan. 30, 2025 05:30 AM EST

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A group of migrants who survived the capsizing of a boat off the coast of West Africa earlier this month began returning to Pakistan on Thursday, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Some 50 people died when a boat carrying them to the Canary Islands...

Pakistani man accused of killing US-born daughter over TikTok videos appears in court

Jan. 30, 2025 03:43 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani man suspected of killing his U.S.-born 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honor killing after she apparently refused to stop sharing videos on TikTok appeared in court Thursday in the southwestern city of Quetta, police said. The man, who was...

2 Pakistani soldiers and 6 militants are killed in a raid in the northwest, the military says

Jan. 30, 2025 03:18 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest, triggering an intense shootout in which two soldiers and six militants were killed, the military said Thursday. The raid was...

2 soldiers, 5 militants killed in southwest Pakistan during attack on security post

Jan. 28, 2025 07:47 AM EST

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A group of militants attacked a security post in southwest Pakistan, triggering an intense shootout in which two soldiers and five insurgents were killed, military and local officials said on Tuesday. The overnight attack happened in Qila Abdullah, a...