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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.

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.

December 24, 2020

Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing

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.

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.

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.

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.

September 2, 2020

World’s nuclear capabilities are decreasing in overall numbers but growing deadlier

Tensions over potential nuclear warfare – and ever-alarming concerns that more countries are endeavoring to join the niche arms arena – are once again on the rise.

August 29, 2020

Afghanistan, Pakistan see surge in polio cases amid coronavirus pandemic

The combination of war and pandemic made it impossible to administer vaccinations to children who needed it.

August 22, 2020

Pakistan reopens border with Afghanistan following closure to coronavirus: report

The governments previously agreed to a 4 day opening in April, but the border has remained closed since then.