Pakistan

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Three Pakistani rangers killed in Karachi attack, Dawn newspaper reports

Security personnel patrols after an explosion and gunfire were reported, near offices of the Rangers, a paramilitary force, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 27, 2026. REUTERS/ Qaiser Khan

Strong earthquake hits Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region; no initial reports of injuries

FILE PHOTO: The Chiatibo glacier in the Hindu Kush mountain range, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, October 16, 2019. Neil Hall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Can Pakistan's peacekeeping role in Iran war give it an economic dividend?

(From left) Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US Vice-President J.D. Vance in the Swiss town of Buergenstock on June 21.

Vance hails ‘historic’ moment as US-Iran peace talks start in Switzerland

US Vice-President J.D. Vance speaks next to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, as talks between the US and Iran began in Switzerland.

Pakistan’s mango exports shrink as Middle East war impacts linger

Known in South Asia as the “king of fruits”, Pakistan grows over two dozen varieties of mango that normally earn around US$110 million in international sales a year.

Pakistan roadside blasts kill seven, AP says

Iran war gives Pakistan its biggest diplomatic boost in decades

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding as mediator, after it was signed by US President Donald J. Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Two roadside blasts in north-west Pakistan kill 7: Police

Iran mediators to meet in Egypt on June 21

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia last met in April on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum in Antalya, Turkey.

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