At least four Pakistani soldiers and 14 militants have been killed in a new military offensive in the northwest.
Pakistan's top court has accepted a treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf.
A fund set up by Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai plans to send 40 girls to school in her home region with the support of U.S. actress Angelina Jolie.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says hundreds of women were killed in so-called honor killings in the country last year.
Actress Angelina Jolie introduced 15-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai at a high-profile women's conference in New York. Malala became famous blogging about education rights. She has been recovering since a Taliban gunman shot her in the head last year. (AP) COURTESY: Tina Brown's Women in the World Summit
Police in France are questioning three suspected Islamic extremists deported from Pakistan this week.
News that several detainees at Guantanamo have gone on hunger strike has refocused attention on the U.S.-run detention facility. RFE/RL looks at the issues surounding the prisoners' actions.
Pakistan's Army says two of its soldiers sustained light injuries when Afghan militants attacked a border post.
A 40-year-old housewife, Badam Zari, has become the first woman in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas to run for parliament. Zari says she is set to change the role of women in the tribal regions if she is elected.
Grandmothers have taken to the streets in New York to protest the United States government's use of drones.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has sworn in a caretaker cabinet to run the administration until elections in early May.
Pakistani police say dozens of militants have attacked a power station in the country's volatile northwest.
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