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  • A man consoles a grieving father as his child's coffin is carried after a fire outside the Mother and Child Health (MCH) ward at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Islamabad, on August 26.
    Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images
    8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns
  • Police officers move past an ambulance outside an intensive care unit after a fire broke out at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 26, 2026.
    Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
    ‘No one can understand the pain:’ Fire in maternity ward kills at least 14 newborn babies in Pakistan’s capital
  • US reasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference to outline further sanctions against Iran, at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, on Monday, August 24.
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    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    Live Updates August 24, 2026 — US threatens sanctions on countries that don’t cut economic ties to Tehran
  • Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan gives a press conference at his home, in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 18, 2023.
    K.M. Chaudary/AP/File
    Pakistan’s former leader Imran Khan taken back to prison after hospital check-up
  • BANDAR ABBAS, IRAN - AUGUST 10: Two youths sit on the shoreline as ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026 off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran. In a recent statement, Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the vital waterway would not reopen until the United States corrects its behavior, demanding that the U.S. end its war on Iran and compensate the country for war damage, among other conditions. Iran has largely halted vessel traffic through the strait with the threat of strikes; meanwhile, the U.S. has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports. (Photo by Ali Saeedi/Getty Images)
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    Ali Saeedi/Getty Images
    Live Updates August 12, 2026 — Trump insists US controls Hormuz, Iran says it could ‘prolong’ war with US
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026.
    Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout/Reuters
    Saudi Arabia turns to Muslim military heavyweights in landmark defense pact as Iran war closes in
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  • Sons of jailed Pakistani leader Imran Khan fear for his health
  • World-renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja among 10 killed in Pakistan avalanche
  • Suicide bomber strikes antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14
  • She closed her Pilates studio to chase a mountaineering dream, then tragedy struck
  • Avalanche kills four, search continues for others including famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja
  • Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children, police say
  • Pakistan moves to slash period tax, after legal challenge by two young lawyers
  • Bomb attack near railway station in southwest Pakistan kills at least 23
  • Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’ and Strait of Hormuz will be opened
  • US and Iran closing in on agreement aimed at ending war, source says

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  • <p>After Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a NATO-style defense pact this week, Fareed asks Harvard's Tarek Masoud and Israeli intelligence expert Danny Cintrinowicz if the Gulf could be moving toward a new, post-American order.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Are the Gulf countries turning away from the US? 3:41
  • A boat sails past a tanker anchored on the Strait of Hormuz off the coast Qeshm island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)
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    Video Iranian gunboats fire on tanker; second ship hit by projectile 2:37
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    Video ‘Very precarious situation which could go any way,’ says fmr. Pakistan general on US-Iran blockade 15:15
  • ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - APRIL 12: U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks as Jared Kushner (C) and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, listen during a news conference after a meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran on April 12, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The proposed meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)
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    Video Source: Trump officials discussing another potential in-person meeting with Iranians 4:09
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    Video Trump: Iran will give us ‘Everything we want’ 1:01
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    Video VP Vance is in Pakistan this weekend for ceasefire talks with Iran. An ex-Trump Iran negotiator shares his best-case scenario 3:49
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    Video Pro-Iranian protesters killed in Karachi after storming US consulate 1:30
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    Video Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border attacks 1:32

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  • President Donald Trump listens to speeches before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Washington.
    Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
    Why President Trump extended his ceasefire with Iran
  • President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on April 17.
    Win McNamee/Getty Images
    Even Trump’s most basic claims about the Iran war can’t be trusted
  • President Donald Trump is seen through a window into the Oval Office, on Monday.
    Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
    US eyes potential second round of in-person talks with Iran as blockade takes hold
  • A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026.
    Stringer/Reuters
    Deadlock on Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear stockpile led to impasse, officials say
  • A woman walks past buildings left in ruins from US-Israeli airstrikes in southern Tehran, Iran, on April 4.
    Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
    Trump’s Pakistan gamble: Can talks produce peace?

Sports

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  • Spectators queue to enter the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakaistan on February 19, 2025, ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy one-day international cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand.
    Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images
    This cricket-mad country spent years convincing international teams it was safe to come play. Now the party is in full swing
  • Arshad Nadeem of Team Pakistan celebrates after winning gold in the men's javelin throw final in Paris, France, August 8, 2024.
    Brendan Moran/Sportsfile/Getty Images
    Pakistan celebrates its first Olympic medal in decades as javelin hero breaks Games record
  • DALLAS, TEXAS - JUNE 06: Saurabh Netravalkar of USA celebrates with teammate Harmeet Singh after USA defeat Pakistan in a super over during the ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 match between USA and Pakistan at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium on June 06, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Matt Roberts-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)
    Matt Roberts/ICC/Getty Images
    Against the odds, the USA cricket team has captured hearts and minds with historic run at Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup
  • India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates after dismissing Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan.
    Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
    Pakistan succumbs to heartbreaking defeat against archrival India in T20 Cricket World Cup
  • United States' Muhammad Ali-Khan, second right, celebrates with teammates after the dismissal of Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup cricket match between United States and Pakistan at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    Tony Gutierrez/AP
    How the USA’s shock cricket triumph reflects a global sporting and geopolitical transformation

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