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Strong quake has people fleeing homes in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 22 07:55 AM

The USGS said the quake was centered near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187 kilometers (116 miles). Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 21, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 01:21 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Muslim world readies for Ramadan

Bilawal Arbab, EPA-EFE
Posted at Mar 21 10:54 PM

A man cleans a mosque ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday. Read more »

Pakistan Taliban warn of more attacks against police

Ashraf Khan and Sajjad Tarakazi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 06:25 PM

More than 80 officers were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a mosque inside a police compound in the city of Peshawar. Read more »

For Pakistani women, social media can be deadly

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Feb 10 11:47 AM

The murder of a teenage girl in Pakistan after a video of her dancing was posted on social media is a grim sign of how the country's conservative, patriarchal culture continues to marginalize women. Read more »

Glacier lakes swollen by global warming threaten millions

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 04:04 AM

Violent flooding from glacier lakes formed or enlarged by climate change threatens at least 15 million people worldwide. Read more »

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 06 09:13 AM

Pakistan's exiled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who became a key US ally during the "war on terror", died in a Dubai hospital on Sunday aged 79 after a long illness. Read more »

Suicide bomber who killed dozens wore police uniform

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 04:16 AM

The suicide bomber who killed more than 80 police officers at a mosque inside a sensitive compound earlier this week entered wearing a uniform and helmet. Read more »

49 boys drown in Pakistan boating accident

Lehaz Ali, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 04:08 AM

The boys aged between seven and 14 were all students of a madrassa and had been taken for a day trip to the scenic Tanda Dam lake on Sunday. Read more »

More than 80 killed in Pakistan mosque blast

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 01:35 PM

Bodies were still being pulled from the wreckage of a mosque blast that targeted police officers in Pakistan, killing more than 80 people. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 30, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 11:39 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Blast in Pakistan kills at least 30

Abdul Majeed, AFP
Posted at Jan 30 10:33 PM

A blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in Pakistan on January 30 killed at least 30 worshippers and wounded 120 more. Read more »

At least 25 worshippers killed in Pakistan mosque blast

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 08:05 PM

A blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in Pakistan on Monday killed at least 25 worshippers and wounded 120 more, officials said. Read more »

At least 51 killed in twin Pakistan transport tragedies

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 29 10:22 PM

At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday, when a bus plunged off a bridge and a boat carrying a class of children capsized. Read more »

Pakistan bus crash kills 40

Ismail Sasoli, AFP
Posted at Jan 29 05:45 PM

Residents gather over a bridge to check the wreckage of a burnt passenger bus in Lasbela district of Pakistan's Balochistan province on Sunday. Read more »

Pompeo says US averted nuclear war between India, Pakistan

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 06:54 AM

"No other nation could have done what we did that night to avoid a horrible outcome," Pompeo wrote. Read more »

Chinese 'wolf warrior' diplomat no longer ministry spokesman

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 07:31 AM

Zhao Lijian, a brash and outspoken diplomat who exemplified Beijing's "wolf warrior" turn against the West, will no longer serve as a foreign ministry spokesman, a Chinese government website showed Monday. Read more »

Pakistan court frees rapist after deal to marry victim

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 06:37 PM

A Pakistan court freed a rapist after he married his victim in a settlement brokered by a council of elders in the northwest of the country. Read more »

Messi World Cup magic: Pakistani neighbourhood goes mad for Argentina

Ashraf KHAN, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 05:26 PM

Thousands of Pakistanis in a Karachi neighbourhood once synonymous with gang violence and poverty will mass together to roar on Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday. Read more »

Islamic State claims attack on Pakistani envoy in Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 07:43 AM

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an "assassination attempt." Read more »