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Pakistan’s foreign minister says about 50% of the water has receded in the country’s worst flood-hit province

Pakistan’s military says the country’s powerful army chief has met with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other officials in Washington

Pakistan has launched a special hotline for transgender people in an effort to protect their rights and save them from discrimination and harassment

Pakistani officials say almost 3 million children in flood-hit areas may miss at least one semester because of damage the disaster has inflicted on schools

Pakistani officials say almost 3 million children in flood-hit areas may miss at least one semester because of damage the disaster has inflicted on schools.

Pakistan has appointed a new finance minister as the country struggles with an economic crisis.

To combat the worst impacts of sea-level rise, a new industry of floating infrastructure is emerging.

Pakistan pulled off a thrilling three-run win to level the seven-match T20 series 2-2 as England self-destructed in the last two overs on Sunday with the loss of a key batter followed by a golden duck and a run out. Chasing Pakistan's 166-4, England still needed 33 off 18 balls in the fourth Twenty20 international but greatly improved its chances when Liam Dawson (34 off 17) smacked fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain for 24 runs in the 18th over — including four boundaries and a six.

The World Bank says it will provide about $2 billion in aid to Pakistan, ravaged by floods that have killed more than 1,600 people this year, the largest pledge of assistance so far

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif appealed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Kashmir and deplored regional instability, invoking the perennial themes of Pakistan's U.N. addresses after dedicating the first half of his speech Friday to the ravages of recent floods. The flood-induced devastation, which Sharif described in biblical terms, means it's incumbent on Pakistan to “ensure rapid economic growth and lift millions out of poverty and hunger," he said. “At the heart of this longstanding dispute lies the denial of the inalienable right of the Kashmiri people to self-determination,” Sharif said, outlining what he called India's “relentless campaign of repression” and “serial brutalization” of Kashmiris.

Babar Azam returned to batting form with a century and Mohammad Rizwan hit 88 in a Pakistan record-breaking double-century opening stand to beat England by 10 wickets in the second Twenty20 on Thursday. Babar made an unbeaten 110 in his second T20 century off 66 balls as Pakistan reached 203-0 with three balls to spare to level the seven-match series. Moeen Ali accelerated at the back end of England’s innings with an unbeaten 55 off 23 balls and led the team to 199-5 after he won the toss and elected to bat.

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How you can help Pakistan after flooding devastates a third of the country.

Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to one of the worst flood-hit areas in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, as the death toll from months-long deluges rose to 1,559. TV footage showed Jolie arriving at an airport in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, where floods since mid-June have killed 692 people, damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and left half a million people homeless. According to the IRC, a prominent international aid group, Jolie is visiting Pakistan to support communities affected by the devastating floods.

Extremely heavy rain fell in the hardest-hit provinces. About 75% more water is falling during the heaviest rainstorms in the region, according to a new scientific analysis.

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Engineer Mark Frerichs was abducted in Kabul in 2020, while Bashir Noorzai was in U.S. custody for the past 17 years.

Waqar Hussain witnessed the devastation for himself, as fundraisers say more donations are needed.

Emissions from human activities played a role in the recent floods that have brought devastation to Pakistan.

A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan's floods by up to 50%.

It’s no secret that climate change is already occurring. This past summer proved that to the United States with heat waves across the country and severe flooding in Kentucky. More importantly, this summer of extremes emphasized that poorer communities, especially those made up of mostly people of color, bear the brunt of these weather events...

Pakistan’s prime minister says his government will ensure people are compensated for homes lost to the country’s worst-ever floods, which have killed 1,481 people since mid-June

Pakistan’s prime minister says his government will ensure people are compensated for homes lost to the country's worst-ever floods, which have killed 1,481 people since mid-June.

The report, compiled by the World Meteorological Organization, said that climate-related disasters have increased fivefold over the past five decades.

The United Nations says weather disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming show the world is “heading in the wrong direction.”.

Pakistan is scrambling to deliver aid and save lives as the death toll from record-breaking floods in this impoverished Islamic nation rose to 1,422, with 31 more people dying in rain-related incidents this week

Sri Lanka’s inexperienced cricket team overcame a poor start with bat and ball to put on an impressive all-round show Sunday and win the Asia Cup for the sixth time with a 23-run victory over Pakistan. Bhanuka Rajapaksa hit an unbeaten 71 off 45 balls in Dubai and led Sri Lanka as it recovered from 58-5 to reach 170-6 in the final after Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan crashed to 147 all out off the last balls as its top order continued to struggle against the pace with fast bowler Pramod Madushan claiming 4-34 in only his second T20 international.

Sri Lanka choked Pakistan through its spinners then opening batter Pathum Nissanka hit an unbeaten half-century to set up a five-wicket win in the Asia Cup on Friday. Sri Lanka finished it unbeaten and will go into the final as slight favourite. Sri Lanka followed its template of successfully chasing in the tournament for the fourth successive time.

After weeks of off-the-charts monsoon rains, Pakistan's largest freshwater lake started overflowing in early September, new satellite images reveal.

Pakistan is to protest to the International Cricket Council over the fan violence that tarnished the intense last-over victory against Afghanistan at the Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan qualified for the final and ended Afghanistan's chances at Sharjah on Wednesday by one wicket. Spectators at Sharjah Cricket Stadium ripped out chairs and flung them at each other, and there was TV footage of punches being thrown.

Pakistan teenager Naseem Shah smashed back-to-back sixes in the last over against Afghanistan on Wednesday for a one-wicket victory that sets up the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka. Needing 11 off the last over and only one wicket in hand, the 19-year-old Shah clobbered consecutive sixes off fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi’s two low full tosses to take Pakistan to 131-9. In Super 4 game dominated by bowlers, Pakistan also did well to restrict Afghanistan to 129-6 through its pacers and spinners.

Photos show a snapshot of extreme weather impact in summer 2022, from wildfires in California to floods in Pakistan.

Mohammad Rizwan smashed his second successive half century and Mohammad Nawaz made 42 off just 20 balls to set up Pakistan’s highest successful run-chase in a Twenty20 against archrival India in their Asia Cup Super 4 match on Sunday. Rizwan scored 71 runs off 51 deliveries while Nawaz hit six fours and two sixes to dominate the middle overs as Pakistan reached 182-5 with a ball to spare in the five-wicket win. India’s top three batters helped to fire the side to 181-7 after Pakistan had won the toss and elected to field.

Officials in Pakistan are warning that more flooding is expected as Lake Manchar in southern Pakistan swells from unprecedented monsoon rains.

Officials in Pakistan are warning that more flooding is expected as Lake Manchar in southern Pakistan swells from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June and have killed nearly 1,300 people

Already reeling from an economic crisis, flood waters have submerged over one third of the country in water, killing over 1,000 and impacting 33 million people.

As the country reels from devastating floods, here are ways you can help.

British Pakistanis are trying to help loved ones affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan.

The Indus River and Hamal Lake are usually separated by dozens of miles of land. Devastating amounts of rainfall and flooding have meshed them together as a massive body of water.

Decades of corruption and underinvestment have led to this moment. Only significant expenditure can avoid another disaster.

Satellite images and graphics reveal the scale of floods that have left millions homeless in Pakistan.

Satellites have been helping the world keep tabs on the catastrophic Pakistan floods, which have killed more than 1,100 people and damaged over a million homes.

Calling the deadly rainfall and flash floods “apocalyptic,” Pakistan’s climate minister called on global partners to scale up their emissions efforts.

Separately on Monday, the country received a $1.1bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

What's behind the flooding in Pakistan are all hallmarks of manmade climate change: Warmer temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture then dumping unrelenting rain, and melting glaciers.

The deadly floods Pakistan is suffering raise a difficult question: Who should pay for the damage climate change is causing in the developing world?

More than 1,000 people have died and millions have been displaced since June, government officials say.

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The drought triggering power cuts along the Yangtze heralds a far bigger problem that may doom hydro projects across much of Asia.

Grandchildren of partition survivors on how stories about the traumatic event have affected them.

Officials say flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains have killed 777 people across Pakistan since mid-June

Imran Khan was elected on promises to fix corruption and the economy but struggled to deliver.

Supporters of Imran Khan, who had alleged that his chief of staff was tortured while in custody, rallied outside his residence to prevent his arrest.

As India marks 75 years of independence this month, many in Jammu and Kashmir may feel there's little to celebrate. Kashmir, claimed by India and Pakistan, has seen decades of separatist violence.

Local officials in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan say heavy flooding from seasonal rains has left dozens of people dead overnight.

Since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, there have been a surge of attacks by the local branch of the Islamic State.

Officials say rescuers backed by troops are using boats and helicopters to evacuate hundreds of marooned people from Pakistan's southwest, where floods triggered by rains have killed 104 people since last month.

Business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh say more cooperation is needed among them to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions.

Pakistani authorities say the death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across the country has reached 304.

Authorities say the death toll from five weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods has jumped to 282 in Pakistan, as the latest downpours continued lashing the impoverished country.

The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement on a $6 billion bailout package for Pakistan.

An official says a passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell 200 feet (61 meters) into a ravine in heavy rain in southwest Pakistan.

The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and is a sign of things to come.

Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan.

Pakistani police say gunmen have shot and killed a female polio worker during a vaccination campaign in the country's northwest.

Pakistan's police say gunmen shot and killed a police officer providing security for polio vaccination workers.

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases globally rose by 20% last week to more than 18 million, marking a slowdown in the surge caused by the omicron variant.

Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm.

Islamic countries are scrambling to find ways to help Afghanistan avert an imminent economic collapse they say would have a “horrendous” global impact.

Officials say a powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, has killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others.

Pakistan is rallying Muslim countries to help Afghanistan stave off an economic and humanitarian disaster.

A Pakistani official says the country has freed 20 Indian fishermen who spent four years in a prison in the port city of Karachi for violating the country’s territorial waters.

Envoys from the United States, Russia and China have met in Pakistan to discuss the path forward in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover.

Pakistan's police say violent clashes have erupted between security forces and Islamists in the eastern city of Lahore, killing at least two policemen and two demonstrators.

U.N. agencies say Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have agreed to a nationwide polio vaccination campaign for the first time in three years.

A powerful earthquake has collapsed at least one coal mine and as many as 100 mud houses in a remote, mountainous part of southwest Pakistan.

Pakistan’s planning minister says the government will begin a drive to vaccinate children aged 12 or above to protect them from coronavirus.

The speeches may be scripted, but the United Nations General Assembly can sometimes be the only direct window into the regional challenges that command global concern.

Only five women addressed the United Nations General Assembly in the first half of its session this year.

Members of Afghanistan’s women soccer team have arrived in Pakistan.

A government spokesman says a massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, killing at least 10 workers and injuring several others.

Social media users shared a video showing a group of men dancing with guns that was edited to feature rapper Drake’s track “In My Feelings.”

A top official at the European Medicines Agency says a decision on whether to recommend that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be authorized for children is expected late next week.

American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders as they work to secure a spot to respond to any resurgence of outside militants in Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdraws.

Afghan officials say that gunmen targeted members of polio vaccination teams in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least five staffers.

Pakistani officials say the death toll from a collision of two trains in the country's south has risen to 65 after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from crumpled cars a day after the crash.

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A lawyer for the oldest prisoner at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says authorities have approved his release after more than 16 years in custody.

A committee of journalists in Pakistan says the media is increasingly facing censorship, attacks and harassment.

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A lawmaker from Pakistan’s ruling party has kicked off a debate in Parliament on whether the French ambassador should be expelled over the publication of controversial cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

Prosecutors have charged a Minnesota man with felony assault and allege that he attacked a home improvement store employee and a police officer after the store worker told him to wear a mask.

Pakistan briefly blocked access to all social media after days of anti-French protests by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous.

The French embassy in Pakistan is advising all of its nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country amid violent anti-France protests by supporters of a radical Islamist political party.

Pakistani security forces swinging batons and firing teargas have moved to clear sit-ins by protesting Islamists in the garrison city of Rawalpindi and elsewhere.

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