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Balochistan sees 22 enforced disappearances, five extrajudicial killings in December 2024: Report

January 16, 2025

Paank report documents 98 cases of enforced disappearances and illegal detentions in Balochistan, Karachi

December 26, 2024

Paank denounces release of coerced video featuring enforced disappeared individuals

December 25, 2024

In Syria, the search is on for the remains of Americans killed by ISIS a decade ago
“It seems now that ISIS views this site as a significant burial and execution location,” said Soufan. “Maybe they chose it because of its symbolic importance, and they probably reserve it for specific or high-value or high-profile victims.” Dabiq today is not fully secure. There are still ISIS sleeper cells in the area, according to…
Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects
For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects. A…
Prince Rahim Aga Khan offers mediation amid Pakistan-India tensions
Prince Rahim Aga Khan offers mediation amid Pakistan-India tensions ISLAMABAD: Expressing deep concern over escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, known as the Aga Khan V, has formally offered to mediate between the two countries to help defuse the situation and prevent further loss of life. According to a foreign news…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, once the life of the party, has few A-list supporters
Sean “Diddy” Combs was once the life of the party. He was known for hosting lavish and exclusive gatherings in the Hamptons, having seemingly countless celebrity pals and toasting to the good life with powerful allies in the music industry. Yet a question remains as opening statements approach next week in his federal sex-trafficking trial:…
PM Shehbaz briefs President Zardari about Indian aggression
PM Shehbaz briefs President Zardari about Indian aggression ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Saturday called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at Aiwan-e-Sadr and briefed the president about the Indian aggression and effective response being given to India by Pakistan in the form of Operation Bunyan-al- Marsous. The President lauded the exceptional professionalism and…
There's an American-born pope and Trump floats a birth rate incentive: The news quiz
Fast-food chains are trying something new, pro-Palestinian protests resume at Columbia, and Mr.
Trump’s dismantling of Education Department gives states ‘green light’ to pursue voucher programs
A growing number of red states have expanded their school voucher programs in recent years, a trend that is likely to only spike further amid a push led by President Donald Trump’s administration to return education “back to the states.” Conservative education activists have long lauded such programs as a way to give greater control…
Pakistan and India say they’d consider de-escalation if the other reciprocates
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Pakistan and India have hinted at de-escalating their current conflict after firing missiles at each. Tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals…
IMF releases £750m loan tranche to Pakistan over India’s protests amid escalating conflict
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The International Monet Fund has approved the disbursement of about $1bn (£752m) to Pakistan, drawing protests from India amid an escalating milit conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The…