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Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia
Middle East

Forbidden love: Valentine’s Day banned for some in Asia

Valentine's Day celebrations on Tuesday were banned by authorities in parts of Indonesia and Pakistan, home to Asia's largest Muslim populations, saying…
Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack
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Pakistan mourns Lahore victims of Taliban attack

Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and…
Dozens killed as heavy snow hits Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Dozens killed as heavy snow hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

Dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan were killed after heavy snow and avalanches hit over the weekend.In eastern Afghanistan,…
Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden
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Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden

Pakistan has denied identity cards to the family of Shakeel Afridi, the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA…
Protests expected after Pakistan detains Islamist leader over Mumbai attack
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Protests expected after Pakistan detains Islamist leader over Mumbai attack

Pakistani police confined Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, the accused architect of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, to house arrest on Tuesday,…
Pakistan’s blasphemy law exalts killer, threatens missing bloggers
Middle East

Pakistan’s blasphemy law exalts killer, threatens missing bloggers

Two ornate minarets pierce the evening sky. They frame the emerald green colored dome of an ornate shrine erected to…
Pakistan market bomb kills at least 20
World

Pakistan market bomb kills at least 20

A bomb exploded at a market in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Saturday, killing at…
Duped by fake news story, Pakistani minister threatens nuclear war with Israel
Middle East

Duped by fake news story, Pakistani minister threatens nuclear war with Israel

A fake news story led to threats of nuclear war between Pakistan and Israel on Christmas Eve.
Pakistan mourns 47 killed in mysterious air crash
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Pakistan mourns 47 killed in mysterious air crash

Pakistan on Thursday mourned the 47 victims of its deadliest plane crash in four years, among them a famed-rockstar-turned-Muslim evangelist,…
Plane with some 47 people on board crashes in north Pakistan
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Plane with some 47 people on board crashes in north Pakistan

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with about 47 people on board crashed in the mountainous north of the country…
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