‘Lionhearted’ girl cycles injured father 1000km home,inspires a nation

‘Lionhearted’ girl cycles injured father 1000km home,inspires a nation

'Don't worry,mummy,'she reassured her mother along the way,using borrowed cellphones.'I will get Papa home good.'

  • byJeffrey Gettleman andSuhasini Raj

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Celebratory flight ends in tragedy in Karachi

Celebratory flight ends in tragedy in Karachi

On Saturday authorities said of the 91 passengers and eight crew on board the Airbus A32097,only two survived.

  • bySalman Masood,Zia ur-Rehman andMaria Abi-Habib
Virus surges in Indonesia,India raising questions about battle plan

Virus surges in Indonesia,India raising questions about battle plan

Indonesian health officials have blamed the surge in cases in the world's fourth most populous nation on the public not taking proper precautions.

  • byNiniek Karmini
Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashes in Karachi

Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashes in Karachi

"Sir - mayday,mayday,mayday,mayday Pakistan 8303,"the pilot could be heard saying in his final exchange with air traffic controllers.

Footage moments after plane crashes in Karachi
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Footage moments after plane crashes in Karachi

Bystander footage shows remnants of a passenger airplane after it crashed in a residential area of Karachi,Pakistan. Video:Twitter(@RabiaAshrafQazi)

A family buries a mother and her unborn child in Afghanistan

A family buries a mother and her unborn child in Afghanistan

The brutality of the attack on the maternity ward paired with the funeral bombing shocked Kabul and the country.

  • bySharif Hassan andSusannah George
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South Korea reverses on reopenings amid nightclub outbreak

South Korea reverses on reopenings amid nightclub outbreak

A series of new flareups - and fears of a second wave of contagion - underscored the dilemma authorities face as they try to reopen their economies.

  • byNicole Winfield andVanessa Gera
'Forty-six days was enough':People across the globe emerge from lockdown

'Forty-six days was enough':People across the globe emerge from lockdown

People in many parts of the world are emerging from their homes as virus-related restrictions begin to ease,but elsewhere the news is not so positive.

US journalist Daniel Pearl's parents challenge freeing of his convicted killers

US journalist Daniel Pearl's parents challenge freeing of his convicted killers

"We're standing up for justice,not only for our son,but for all our dear friends in Pakistan so they can live in a society free of violence and terrorism,"Pearl's father Judea said.

  • byAsif Shahzad
Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge

Singapore races to build beds for COVID-19 patients as cases surge

One such facility at Changi Exhibition Centre could eventually house more than 4000 patients.

  • byEdgar Su andJohn Geddie
Bangladesh executes killer of country's independence leader,44 years later

Bangladesh executes killer of country's independence leader,44 years later

The killer of the country's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,has been executed 45 years after the brutal assassination.