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Joe Biden March 26, 2021

White House appears to scrub Biden gaffe from transcript after calling Afghan president wrong name

The White House quietly corrected a gaffe President Biden made during his Thursday press conference in which he appeared to mix up the names of Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani and the controversial former head of Pakistan's military. 

World February 2, 2021

Pakistan orders man acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder off death row

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a so-called government “safe house."

Pakistan January 28, 2021

Pakistan court orders man accused in journalist Daniel Pearl's death freed

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of a Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted in the gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.

Justice Department December 29, 2020

US 'ready' to try man convicted in Daniel Pearl's murder, acting AG Rosen says

A provisional court in Pakistan ordered Omar Sheikh’s release from prison last week.

World December 29, 2020

Nearly 1,000 Pakistani girls forced to convert to Islam every year

At the age of 14, Neha was forcibly converted from Christianity to Islam and married to a 45-year-old man with children twice her age.

Coronavirus December 27, 2020

Wars, instability pose coronavirus vaccine challenges in poor nations

Developing countries face supply chain issues as well as armed conflicts that make it difficult to distribute the vaccines.

Pakistan December 24, 2020

Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing

Pentagon November 16, 2020

How Obama-era budget controls have hurt US military readiness against growing China, Russia, Iran threats

The United States military still reigns as the most preeminent one in the world, but a new report exclusively obtained by Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ shows that sustaining that superiority is far from guaranteed as the Pentagon still trudges through budget cuts put in place almost a decade ago.

Pakistan October 27, 2020

Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 7 students, wounds 112

A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing at least seven students and wounding 112 others, police and a hospital spokesman said.

RELIGION September 21, 2020

Pakistani Christian, jailed for seven years, sentenced to death for refusing to convert to Islam

In the depths of a squalid Pakistani jail cell – kept far from the rest of the inmate population at Lahore's District Prison – a poor Christian factory worker is awaiting execution.

Pakistan September 15, 2020

Pakistani PM suggests surgical castration for rapists after woman gang raped on highway

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday suggested that convicted rapists undergo surgical castration when he was asked about the recent gang rape of a woman on a highway.