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Cloudbursts Spurred by Climate Change Leave 300+ Dead

Flash floods triggered by sudden, intense downpours hit India, Pakistan hard

(Newser) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 300 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries. Flooding began a day earlier in Indian-controlled Kashmir...

Chinese Climber Dies on K2 After Reaching Summit

Teams are now on foot after weather halts helicopter recovery efforts

(Newser) - A recovery team set out on Thursday to retrieve the body of Guan Jing, a Chinese climber who died just a day after summiting K2, the world's second-highest mountain. According to a local official, Guan was killed by falling rocks on Tuesday while descending the perilous slopes of...

Glacier Melt Uncovers Man Missing for 28 Years

Shepherd finds preserved remains in Pakistan

(Newser) - A 28-year-old mystery in Pakistan's Kohistan region has ended with the discovery of a missing man's body, preserved in ice. A shepherd recently came across the remains while traversing the Lady Valley. Not only was the body and its clothing seemingly unchanged, but a well-preserved ID card...

Mom Says Daughter's Honor Killing Was to 'Cleanse' Family

Weeks after viral video, a shooter is still on the loose, though more than 15 have been arrested

(Newser) - A brutal killing in rural Pakistan continues to draw national outrage, not just for its violence , but for the silence that followed. In early June, 35-year-old Bano Bibi and Ehsanullah Samalani, 50, were executed near Quetta after being accused of having an affair. Bibi, a mother of five, and...

Olympic Gold Medalist Dies in Climbing Accident

German athlete Laura Dahlmeier, 31, was caught in a rockfall on Pakistan's Laila Peak

(Newser) - German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain peak in northern Pakistan following a climbing accident , and efforts are underway to retrieve her body, a local government spokesman said Wednesday. Dahlmeier, an Olympic gold medalist, was climbing Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range on Monday when she...

India Says It's Avenged April Attack in Kashmir

3 militants were killed in a shootout, government announces

(Newser) - Three months after a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir sparked military tensions with Pakistan, India's security forces say they have killed the three men responsible. According to Home Minister Amit Shah, the militants—all identified as Pakistani nationals—were killed in a shootout near Srinagar following a...

Olympic Gold Medalist Is Injured, Stranded on Mountain

Laura Dahlmeier was caught in a rockfall at nearly 19K feet on Monday

(Newser) - An Olympic gold medalist from Germany who was injured while attempting to scale a peak in northern Pakistan is stranded on the mountain and search teams were forced to abort efforts to reach her after sunset on Tuesday, officials said. Laura Dahlmeier, a biathlete (a winter sport that pairs cross-country...

They Married—and Were Shot Dead in Broad Daylight

11 arrested in Pakistan honor killing

(Newser) - Pakistani authorities have detained at least 11 suspects following the public killing of a couple in a case that has once again put the country's ongoing struggle with so-called honor killings in the spotlight. The victims, accused by a local tribal leader of maintaining an "illicit" relationship,...

Rubio Vowed Food Would Be Sent. Now, 500 Tons to Be Destroyed

Emergency aid meant for Afghan, Pakistani children will be disposed of instead of distributed

(Newser) - About 500 tons of emergency food rations are set to be destroyed after months of bureaucratic gridlock under the Trump administration, according to multiple current and former government sources. The high-energy biscuits, bought by USAID near the end of President Biden's term for roughly $800,000, were stored...

Cops: Pakistani Father Kills Daughter Over TikTok Account

It's being investigated as an 'honor' killing

(Newser) - Police in Pakistan say a father shot and killed his 16-year-old daughter—because she refused to delete her TikTok account. The teen's death in the city of Rawalpindi is being investigated as a so-called "honor" killing, reports CBS News . Authorities said the girl's family initially tried...

After Decades of Agreement, There's Tension Over Water

India says it has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty it shares with Pakistan

(Newser) - India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan has put the region's water security—and its delicate peace—at greater risk. The treaty, which had divided the crucial Indus river system between India and Pakistan since 1960, is now in limbo after India accused Pakistan of...

Pet Lion Escapes, Goes on the Attack
Pet Lion
Escapes,
Attacks
VIDEO
Jul 7, 2025 8:54 AM CDT

Pet Lion Escapes, Attacks

Injuries in Lahore, Pakistan, prompt a crackdown on illegal wildlife possession

(Newser) - A lion kept as a pet in Pakistan escaped its confines last week before a terrifying jaunt through the streets of Lahore, where it attacked a woman and her two young children. A clip from CCTV footage shows the lion leaping over a concrete wall, landing in an alleyway just...

Rescue Effort Ends With 27 Killed in Building Collapse

Resident who heard cracking warned neighbors to get out

(Newser) - The death toll from a collapsed multistory residential building in Karachi, Pakistan, rose to 27 on Sunday as a three-day rescue operation ended, officials said. Rescuers pulled 11 more bodies from the rubble of the building that collapsed on Friday, according to Dr. Summayya Tariq, the Karachi police surgeon. Ten...

Pakistan Minister: India Strikes Again, 'Our Response Will Follow'
Trump: Ceasefire
Reached for India,
Pakistan
UPDATED
May 10, 2025 7:13 AM CDT

Trump: Ceasefire Reached for India, Pakistan

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirms, as does Pakistan; no word yet from India

(Newser) - After a barrage of airstrikes in Kashmir, and hours after both India and Pakistan said they wouldn't escalate the conflict between them (as long as the other also cooperated), US President Trump said the detente is now official. "After a long night of talks mediated by the United...

Vance on India-Pakistan Clash: 'None of Our Business'

VP says US won't be intervening in conflict between 2 nuclear-armed nations

(Newser) - The India-Pakistan conflict continues to bubble, amid fears of an eventual military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed nations. Don't expect the United States to get involved, however, according to Vice President JD Vance. "Fundamentally none of our business," Vance said in a Fox News interview on Thursday,...

Pakistan 'Prepared for an All-Out War'
What India's
Operation Sindoor Signifies
the rundown
May 7, 2025 11:24 AM CDT

What India's Operation Sindoor Signifies

It's a nod to the women who lost their husbands in Kashmir in April

(Newser) - India and Pakistan have so far managed "to avoid a descent into full-blown conflict," but the nuclear-armed countries who both lay claim to the region of Kashmir were tip-toeing around it Wednesday, per the Wall Street Journal , following what Pakistan's president said was "an act of...

At Least 8 Killed in India's Attack on Pakistan

Pakistan says it's shot down 5 Indian fighter jets

(Newser) - At least eight people were killed and dozens more injured Wednesday amid India's missile attack in the disputed region of Kashmir , though details are still developing. India fired missiles over the border into Pakistani-controlled territory, and Indian and Pakistani forces reportedly exchanged heavy artillery fire after that. The Guardian...

India Fires Missiles Across Pakistan Border

Country says Operation Sindoor is targeting infrastructure used by militants

(Newser) - India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants. The strikes came amid soaring tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over last month'...

Pakistan: 'Credible Intelligence' Suggests India Will Attack Us

Diplomatic expulsions, border closures, and military alerts follow Kashmir attack

(Newser) - Pakistan warned Wednesday it had "credible intelligence" that India plans military action against it before the week is out in response to a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan's intelligence indicated the attack would occur in the "next 24-36 hours on the pretext of...

'Major Security Lapse' Raises Tension in India, Pakistan
In a Meadow Cars Can't
Access, a Bloody Massacre
the rundown
Apr 23, 2025 10:10 AM CDT

In a Meadow Cars Can't Access, a Bloody Massacre

Unpacking the aftermath of Tuesday's attack in Kashmir

(Newser) - The New York Times calls it a "major security lapse in what is one of the world's most militarized zones": Gunmen burst out of forests and murdered 26 people —24 of them Indian tourists, reports the AP —at a picnic spot in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It's...

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