India orders students,tourists out of Kashmir for security

India orders students,tourists out of Kashmir for security

Tensions have flared along the highly militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan as Pakistan accused India of using cluster munitions to target the civilian population,killing two people.

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Osama bin Laden's son Hamza is declared dead and linked to Iran

Osama bin Laden's son Hamza is declared dead and linked to Iran

Hamza bin Laden was killed sometime during the first two years of the Trump administration officials said. His time in Iran has been the subject of controversy.

  • byJulian Barnes,Adam Goldman andEric Schmitt
Trump offers help in Kashmir,citing a request that India denies making

Trump offers help in Kashmir,citing a request that India denies making

The US President is happy to solve the Pakistan-India conflict but says he's too busy to solve other world problems."It's like a full-time job."

  • byAlex Wayne
Suicide bomber targets hospital in deadly attack in Pakistan

Suicide bomber targets hospital in deadly attack in Pakistan

A suicide bomber has struck a hospital in Pakistan as wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting attack.

Scorching temperatures in Kuwait and Pakistan among hottest measured

Scorching temperatures in Kuwait and Pakistan among hottest measured

The temperatures - of 53.9 degrees in Mitribah,Kuwait,on July 21,2016,and 53.7 degrees in Turbat,Pakistan,on May 28,2017 - are among the four hottest ever recorded.

  • byIan Livingston
Married off by family,forced into prostitution,Pakistani women fight back

Married off by family,forced into prostitution,Pakistani women fight back

Investigators in Pakistan are trying to unravel trafficking networks that convince impoverished Pakistanis to marry off their daughters to Chinese men,who then allegedly force them into prostitution.

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'Central to strategy':Nuclear powers still upgrading warheads

'Central to strategy':Nuclear powers still upgrading warheads

Global stockpiles of nuclear warheads have decreased compared to early 2018,but about 2000 are kept at a high state of readiness,a new report says.

  • byLennart Simonsson
Arranged marriages are common in Pakistan,but this one was unusual

Arranged marriages are common in Pakistan,but this one was unusual

A number of brides are being lured to China under false pretences.

  • bySalman Masood andAmy Qin
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile

Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable missile

A statement from the military said the surface-to-surface Shaheen-II missile has a range of 1500 kilometres.

Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan,killing guard

Gunmen storm five-star hotel in Pakistan,killing guard

Three gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Pakistan's southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday,killing at least one guard and battling security forces inside,officials and the army said.

He was trained to bomb New York,then he switched sides

He was trained to bomb New York,then he switched sides

Najibullah Zazi was a high-school dropout from Queens who worked in a coffee cart in downtown Manhattan when a friend handed him an audiotape of a radical Muslim cleric.

  • byColin Moynihan