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Pakistan extends detention for ethnic Baloch activist

Pakistan extended the detention of the most prominent rights activist of the Baloch minority for 30 days on Monday after she was charged with ‘terrorism’, ‘sedition’ and ‘murder’, her lawyer said.

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US VP Vance meets Indian PM Modi for talks on trade

US vice-president JD Vance met with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi after a red carpet welcome in New Delhi on Monday, as India bids for an early trade deal to stave off punishing tariffs.

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Pak FM visits Kabul amid rising Afghan deportations

Pakistan’s foreign minister arrived Saturday in Afghanistan to meet Taliban officials after his country expelled more than 85,000 Afghans, mostly children, in just over two weeks...

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Pak mob kills Ahmadiyya man

A mob beat to death a member of the persecuted Ahmadiyya minority on Friday after hundreds of radical Islamists surrounded their place of worship in the port city of Karachi, police said.

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Myanmar towns hit by fighting despite quake truce

Two Myanmar towns on a lucrative trade route to Thailand have been besieged by fighting despite a truce declared after last month’s massive earthquake, residents said on Thursday...

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Maldives ban Israelis in protest at Gaza war

The Maldives announced Tuesday it was banning the entry of Israelis from the luxury tourist archipelago in ‘resolute solidarity’ with the Palestinian people...

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60,000 Afghans return from Pakistan in 2 weeks: IOM

Nearly 60,000 Afghans have been forced to leave Pakistan since the start of April, the International Organisation for Migration said Tuesday, after Islamabad ramped up a campaign to deport migrants to Afghanistan.