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Source link www.rferl.org France faces a growing backlash over images being displayed in the country of the Prophet Mohammad, which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Pakistan complained on October 26 about an alleged "Islamophobic campaign" in the European country, while Iranian officials accused Paris of fueling "extremism," and Turkey's president ...

Source link www.rferl.org While EU leaders mull a controversial new system for migration, disturbing reports are emerging of migrants being beaten and abused by Croatian police as they seek to enter the European Union via Bosnia-Herzegovina. According to The Guardian newspaper, which reported about claims of mistreatment around Velika ...

Source link www.rferl.org At least three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a powerful explosion shook the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on October 21, officials said.The blast took place in an apartment building in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, a large working-class residential and commercial neighborhood in ...

Source link www.rferl.org At least 15 people were killed and 10 injured in a stampede that occurred inside a football stadium in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province, where thousands had gathered on October 20 to secure visas from the Pakistani consulate, officials said on October 21.Sohrab Qaderi, a council member ...

Source link www.rferl.org More than a dozen top police officials in Pakistan’s province of Sindh have applied for leave following the arrest of the son-in-law of exiled ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the provincial capital.Police arrested retired army Captain Muhammad Safdar in Karachi on October 19 as Sharif’s Pakistan ...

Source link www.rferl.org Pakistani police have detained the son-in-law of exiled ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after he led a crowd in chanting against the military at the tomb of the country's founder. The October 19 arrest of Muhammad Safdar comes as Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party joins a series ...

Source link www.rferl.org Tens of thousands of people gathered in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 18 in support of an opposition alliance that has vowed to topple the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.Nine major opposition parties formed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) last month to begin a nationwide movement ...

Source link www.rferl.org Tens of thousands of people gathered in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 18 in support of an opposition alliance that has vowed to topple the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.Nine major opposition parties formed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) last month to begin a nationwide movement ...

Source link www.rferl.org Afghanistan’s top peace negotiator has arrived in neighboring Iran as intra-Afghan peace negotiations are under way in the Gulf state of Qatar. Negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban have been locked in talks since September 12 but have been unable to agree on a ...

Source link www.rferl.org At least 10 people have been killed after a landslide buried a minibus under tons of mud and rock in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region. The minibus, carrying 15 people, was traveling from the city of Rawalpindi to Skardu, a tourist destination located around 240 kilometers north ...