The foreign ministry Sunday demanded the arrest of a Jewish Rabbi, who called on Israeli settlers in the West Bank to poison water used by Palestinians in hundreds of towns and villages. The Palestinian national office for the defense of land and resis...
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Pakistani Woman Allegedly Threw Acid On Man Who Refused To Marry
A Pakistani woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly throwing acid on her boyfriend after he refused to marry her, officials say. In a rare case of a woman attacking a man, Punjab police said they arrested Momil Mai, a married mother of four i...
Read More »Afghan-Pakistani Border Crossing Reopens After Deadly Fighting
The main border crossing along the disputed Afghan-Pakistani border has reopened after several days of deadly clashes between security forces. Both Afghan and Pakistani officials said on June 18 that the crossing was in operation after an agreement was...
Read More »Majlis Podcast: Confusion, Fighting In Northern Afghanistan
Top-ranking military officials from Russia and the United States recently visited Central Asia less than a week apart. The Russian defense minister was in Turkmenistan and the commander of the U.S. Central Command visited Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the...
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