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What to know from the UN: Netanyahu says no cease-fire, but other countries keep asking
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After a day filled with hopes of a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel, the U.N. General Assembly meeting Friday was a harsh reality check. Israeli Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU shut down the idea in a morning speech that he said he didn't initially...
Pakistani security forces say they killed 8 militants in a raid in the restive northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed eight militants in an overnight raid in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the volatile northwestern region that borders Afghanistan, the military said Thursday. Troops also seized weapons and ammunition from...
Pakistani police are responsible for killing a doctor held in a blasphemy claim, the government says
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's government said Thursday that police had orchestrated the killing of a doctor who was in custody after he was accused of blasphemy. Officers then lied about the circumstances of his death, claiming he was killed in a shootout between police and armed men, a...
The IMF approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan, which will get $1 billion immediately
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a new $7 billion loan for cash-strapped Pakistan, authorities said Wednesday, more than two months after the two sides said they had reached an agreement. The loan — which Islamabad will receive...
Pakistan brings arrested nurse before cameras to answer questions about her alleged bombing attempt
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities brought a nurse they said was arrested over the weekend before state-run media on Wednesday to answer questions about her alleged suicide bombing attempt. The government-organized interview in Balochistan province was broadcast on national and local...
Pakistan appoints new army general as head of powerful spy agency
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior army general was tapped as Pakistan's new spy chief, state-run media reported on Monday. The powerful Inter-Service Intelligence, though officially reports to the prime minister, takes its directive from the military which has ruled Pakistan for over three...
The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan says police killed him in a fake encounter
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy said Monday he was killed by police while in custody in southern Pakistan after he voluntarily surrendered following assurances that he would be given a chance to prove his innocence, denying a police account that he was...
Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind it. Most of the ambassadors and senior...
Bomb targeting foreign diplomats’ convoy kills policeman in Pakistan’s restive northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside blast caused by an improvised explosive device, targeting a convoy of foreign diplomats, killed a policeman and injured four others, an official said Sunday. The diplomats were traveling to a tourist area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which...
Pakistan suspends policemen applauded by locals for killing a blasphemy suspect
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities on Friday suspended policemen who had opened fire and killed a blasphemy suspect in the country's south earlier this week, only to be applauded and showered with rose petals by local residents after the killing. The death of Shah...
