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Bangladesh, Pakistan and India exceed the maximum annual concentration of PM2.5 set by the World Health Organization by more than 10 times

Sharif, in his acceptance speech in parliament Sunday, said: ‘We were subjected to political victimization in the past but never took any revenge’

Shehbaz Sharif, brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been chosen to lead the government with the support of the Bhutto family’s party, which has produced two other heads of government and whose leader will run for the presidency

The Pakistan Muslim League party had been in talks with former President Asif Ali Zardari and other allies after Thursday’s election for the National Assembly

Thursday’s vote was overshadowed by allegations of vote-rigging and an unprecedented mobile phone shutdown

Independent candidates backed by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan were leading in Pakistan’s national election results

Two attacks in the conflictive region of Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, caused at least 29 deaths on the day before the elections

The attacks in Baluchistan province raised concerns for the election in the troubled Western ally, where many voters are already disillusioned by political feuding and a seemingly intractable economic crisis

Launching these strikes allows Tehran to show strength without risking a wider confrontation with Israel and the U.S. Pakistan wanted to send a message to Iran and other neighbors

The attack comes two days after Iran launched missiles against the group’s bases on Pakistani soil, which Islamabad called ‘unacceptable’

The attack also threatened to further ignite violence in a Middle East unsettled by Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip

The terrorist group maintains multiple affiliates with the capacity to carry out high-impact attacks, especially in Asia and Africa, despite its weakening in Syria and Iraq

Gaza, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan… The list of conflicts and crises has never been longer or more dire. In the Gaza Strip, at least 5,000 children have been killed in just two months, with thousands more left orphaned and over 3,500 women and children still missing under the rubble, according to the U.N.

An offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the deadliest in recent months in the country

The Japanese mountaineer, one of the most celebrated climbers of the 21st century, stars in a new documentary with his partner Kenro Nakajima, which documents the first alpine ascent of the north face of Tirich Mir

Pakistan has long hosted about 1.7 million Afghans, most of whom fled during the 1979-1989 Soviet occupation. In addition, more than half a million people arrived when the Taliban seized power in 2021

The purpose of the law was to counter ‘the systematic mockery’ which, among other things, has contributed to intensifying the threat of terrorism in Denmark, the justice ministry said

Finnish authorities accuses Moscow of using migrants to destabilize the Nordic country in an alleged act of ‘hybrid warfare’

One of the central topics at the COP28 will be whether fossil fuels should be phased out, but it will be run by the CEO of an oil company

Only 26% of Pakistani women have access to the internet, compared to 47% of men, one of the most pronounced digital gender gaps in the world. The lack of access to the Internet makes it more difficult for them to educate themselves, progress at work and fight cyberbullying

Thousands of people are returning to Afghanistan after the deadline given by the Pakistani authorities to irregular immigrants expires. The situation is aggravating the fragility of a country plunged into the abyss since the return of the Taliban

Russian President said rescinding the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty would ‘mirror’ the stand taken by the U.S., which has signed but not ratified the nuclear test ban

The new anti-migrant crackdown targets all undocumented or unregistered foreigners. It mostly affects some 2 million Afghans

The case is related to the former prime minister’s speech and waving of a confidential diplomatic letter at a rally after his ouster in a no-confidence vote in parliament in 2022

On Friday, Spain’s Princess of Asturias Foundation presented an award to an organization that researches treatments for neglected diseases. The group’s director says that combating these diseases will benefit the entire world, not just the countries that currently suffer from them