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Pakistan's Imran Khan backs off from threat to shut down capital INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan's Imran Khan backs off from threat to shut down capital

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan backed down from a threat to paralyse the capital on Wednesday, a move likely to ease tension that has spilled over into violence in the run-up to the planned protests.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Amnesty condemns Pakistan over protesters crackdown INTERNATIONAL

Amnesty condemns Pakistan over protesters crackdown

Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to release hundreds of opposition activists detained before a planned mass protest, as police used tear gas and rubber bullets overnight to prevent demonstrators from entering Islamabad.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Armed men burn down girls' school in north Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

Armed men burn down girls' school in north Afghanistan

Armed men have burned down a girls' school in northern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, with police blaming the Taliban for the assault as the militants expand their foothold across the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan police arrest opposition activists ahead of protest INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan police arrest opposition activists ahead of protest

Pakistani police clashed with opposition party supporters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday, arresting dozens ahead of a planned protest by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan aimed at unseating the government.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan police, activists clash after protest ban INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan police, activists clash after protest ban

A Pakistan opposition party planning a major anti-government protest was raided by police Thursday as authorities banned all public gatherings in Islamabad for two months.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bahrain to auction banned opposition's seized assets ASIA

Bahrain to auction banned opposition's seized assets

Bahrain will auction the confiscated assets of the main opposition in the Gulf kingdom after it was dissolved over terrorism-related charges, a judicial source said Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
British Al-Jazeera reporter freed in Somalia INTERNATIONAL

British Al-Jazeera reporter freed in Somalia

A British journalist arrested in Mogadishu while on a reporting assignment has been released by Somalian security forces, his employer Al-Jazeera said on its website Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh Islamist party elects new leader after executions INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh Islamist party elects new leader after executions

A Bangladeshi Islamist party allied to the opposition has elected a new chief untainted by war crime allegations, seeking to turn the page after the execution of several of its top leaders.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh set to hang extremist leader INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh set to hang extremist leader

Security was tightened in a Bangladesh southern city Sunday ahead of the expected execution of a senior Islamist extremist whose group has been linked to the murder of foreign hostages, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US troops in Kuwait came under 'terrorist' attack ASIA

US troops in Kuwait came under 'terrorist' attack

A collision between a truck driven by an Egyptian and a vehicle carrying three US soldiers in Kuwait was a ‘terrorist attack,’ not an accident as first thought, the embassy confirmed Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladeshi granted bail over deadly cafe attack INTERNATIONAL

Bangladeshi granted bail over deadly cafe attack

A Bangladesh court Sunday granted bail to a student of Canada's University of Toronto after police dropped charges against him over alleged involvement in the country's deadliest terrorist attack ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan bans screening of Indian films INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan bans screening of Indian films

A union representing Pakistan cinemas and film distributors has banned the screening of Indian movies across the country in the wake of rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours in disputed Kashmir.

4:45 AM November 25 2016