Pakistan
Powerful car blast in Pakistan kills at least 11, wounds 20
Middle East
June 23, 2017
Powerful car blast in Pakistan kills at least 11, wounds 20
A powerful car bombing near the office of the provincial police chief in southwestern Pakistan on Friday killed 11 people…
Three men fathered 96 children: Pakistan’s population booms
Society
June 10, 2017
Three men fathered 96 children: Pakistan’s population booms
Three men who have fathered nearly 100 children among them are doing their bit for Pakistan’s skyrocketing population, which is…
‘Jihadis Next Door’: London police pressed for answers
Features/Interviews
June 6, 2017
‘Jihadis Next Door’: London police pressed for answers
Political leaders on Tuesday continued to question why authorities failed to apprehend Khuram B., one of the suspects in Saturday’s…
Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,000 suspected militants
Middle East
June 4, 2017
Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,000 suspected militants
Pakistan has frozen the accounts of 5,000 suspected militants, taking about $3 million out of their pockets, but Islamabad could…
Saving Pakistan’s lost city of Mohenjo Daro
Archaeology
May 16, 2017
Saving Pakistan’s lost city of Mohenjo Daro
The center of a powerful ancient civilization, Mohenjo Daro was one of the world’s earliest cities — a Bronze Age…
Pakistan hate speech investigation against clerics after student killed for alleged blasphemy
Middle East
April 18, 2017
Pakistan hate speech investigation against clerics after student killed for alleged blasphemy
Pakistani police opened a hate speech investigation involving two Muslim clerics on Sunday after the killing of a university student…
Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine: police
Middle East
April 3, 2017
Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine: police
Twenty people were tortured and then murdered with clubs and knives at a Pakistani Sufi shrine, the police said on…
Pakistan PM orders ‘blasphemous’ content be removed from social media
World
March 15, 2017
Pakistan PM orders ‘blasphemous’ content be removed from social media
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered that "blasphemous" content on social media websites be removed or blocked and…
Sufi Muslim leader killed in Bangladesh amid surge in attacks
World
March 14, 2017
Sufi Muslim leader killed in Bangladesh amid surge in attacks
Unknown gunmen killed a Sufi minority spiritual leader and his house help in northern Bangladesh on Monday, police said, amid…
US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials
World
March 2, 2017
US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials
A US drone on Thursday killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, officials said, the first…