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3 Nations Send Envoys to Iran to Avert Resumption of Strikes

Concern increases about US-Israeli attacks after elections

(Newser) - Envoys from three nations traveled to Tehran on Monday to make made what an analyst described as an "eleventh-hour bid" to head off a new round of US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the country's...

Prosecutors: His Fake $2 Labels Cost the USPS $126M

Faheem Akram of Pakistan is accused of running counterfeit shipping label website

(Newser) - A Pakistani man accused of turning bogus postage into a nine-figure loss for the USPS has been taken into custody. Pakistan's cybercrime unit on Tuesday arrested 33-year-old Faheem Akram, who US authorities allege ran LabelsBank.com, a site that allegedly sold more than 5 million fake shipping labels to...

35 Dead, 50+ Injured After School Roof Collapses

Vast majority of the dead in Pakistan's Peshawar are children

(Newser) - The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 others in the deadliest incident of its kind in the nation, per authorities and a hospital official. The children killed or...

Saudis Call Attempted Attack on Mecca a 'Red Line'

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis deny firing drones toward Islam's holiest city

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia accused Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels of trying to attack Islam's holiest city overnight, prompting condemnation from countries in the region but no sign of military support. The kingdom, a key US ally, declared Mecca a "red line" as it slid deeper into the new front...

Some Afghans Have Never Been to Afghanistan. Now, a Forced Return

Deportees are heading 'home' from Pakistan, Iran, though poverty and Taliban restrictions await

(Newser) - A country many of them have never seen has suddenly become "home" for millions of Afghans pushed back over the border. Writing for the BBC , Lyse Doucet travels to the Torkham crossing—aka the "Zero Point"—between Pakistan and Afghanistan, where a vast tide of returnees is...

World's Cities Best Prepared for Climate Change

AlphaGeo compares cities' climate hazards with adaptation efforts, and Chicago comes out on top

(Newser) - Chicago comes out looking relatively ready for a hotter, wetter future. That's per geospatial AI firm AlphaGeo , which ranked 72 major cities using a Climate Risk & Resilience Index that factors in both exposure to threats like sea-level rise and extreme weather as well as how well each place...

Fire Spread Through Nursery 'Within 2 Minutes'

Nurse to be awarded for saving newborn, as she mourns the 14 she couldn't save

(Newser) - A Pakistani nurse who rescued the sole surviving newborn from a hospital nursery fire that killed 14 other infants will receive one of the country's most prestigious civil awards. Fire engulfed Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, a major government hospital in Islamabad, on Wednesday, per the AP . A 51-second...

Babies as Young as 3 Hours Old Die in Hospital Fire

Blaze in Pakistan was reportedly caused by an explosion in an air-conditioning unit

(Newser) - A pre-dawn fire tore through a hospital nursery at Islamabad's largest public hospital on Wednesday, killing 14 newborns and triggering anguished questions about safety protocols. Officials say the blaze was caused by an explosion in an air-conditioning unit on the third floor of the maternal and child health unit...

US Climber Killed on Pakistan Mountain Is Last of 10 Found

Mallory Geis died in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak

(Newser) - Search teams on Friday found the remains of American climber Mallory Geis, the last missing member of a 10-member international mountaineering team that was killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak last month, a mountaineering official and local authorities said. Geis' remains were found by a team made up...

Bill Clinton Used a Decoy Plane Once, Too

But the Washington Post notes that in that case, the White House informed the press beforehand

(Newser) - President Trump and the Secret Service deployed an elaborate deception involving a decoy plane as Trump departed a NATO summit last month, and the Washington Post reports that Bill Clinton required a similar trick as president because of security concerns. In 2000, a jet with Air Force One markings landed...

New 3-Way Defense Pact Is Like Article 5, Turkey Says

Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is pitched as a deterrent

(Newser) - Turkey's top diplomat says a new Middle East defense deal mirrors the core of NATO's security promise. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday described the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement among Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia as "technically" equivalent to NATO's Article 5, meaning an attack on...

Trump: Hormuz Will Be Open 'Very Soon'

Says talks are going 'very good' and deal could come Wednesday or Thursday

(Newser) - President Trump is signaling that relief may be coming soon to one of the world's most important oil chokepoints. Traveling in California on Tuesday, Trump said talks with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz are going "very good" and that an agreement to fully reopen and secure the...

Killed US Climber Had Just Closed Pilates Studio to Chase Mountains

San Antonio climber Mallory Geis, 39, was among 10 killed in Pakistan avalanche tragedy

(Newser) - A Texas family is mourning a climber who had recently bet her future on the mountains she loved. Relatives of 39-year-old San Antonio resident Mallory Geis confirmed she was among 10 people killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan's Karakoram range, reports KSAT , and said in a...

Bomber Kills 14 at Pakistan Protest

Police officers 'sacrificed their lives' to save others, official says

(Newser) - A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside a police station during a protest in Pakistan's Swat district on Sunday evening, authorities said, killing at least 14 people. The blast struck a busy intersection in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during a civil society demonstration, AFP reports. Eight police officers were...

Famous Mountaineer Dead After Pakistan Avalanche

Confirmation comes that 11 perished on Broad Peak, including Nirmal 'Nims' Purja

(Newser) - A Texas woman who recently refocused her life on mountaineering has been identified as one of 11 climbers killed in an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak. Authorities in the Gilgit-Baltistan region say 39-year-old Sarah Mallory Geis of San Antonio was among the dead recovered Friday, along with Nepalese climber...

American Is Dead, Renowned Climber Missing

Search continues on Pakistani mountain after avalanche

(Newser) - An American climber is dead and a world-renowned climber is among those still missing after an avalanche on one of the world's highest mountains. Ten people were caught in the avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan. Rescuers on Friday recovered three bodies, reports the AP , including that of US...

10 Climbers Are Missing on World's 12th-Highest Mountain

Avalanche hit group led by renowned mountaineer on Pakistan's Broad Peak

(Newser) - Ten international climbers led by a renowned Nepal-born mountaineer are missing after an avalanche struck Broad Peak in northern Pakistan, one of the world's highest mountains. The Alpine Club of Pakistan received initial reports that the avalanche struck the team led by Nirmal Purja and that the climbers have...

18 Miners Killed, 24 Trapped in Pakistan
Blast Kills 18 Miners, Traps 24
Jul 30, 2026 4:00 PM CDT

Blast Kills 18 Miners, Traps 24

Methane gas buildup apparently led to explosion in Pakistan

(Newser) - An explosion in a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed at least 18 miners Thursday and trapped 24 others underground in what officials believed to be life-threatening conditions as rescuers raced to reach them. The blast apparently was triggered by a buildup of methane gas and occurred on the outskirts...

Dow Jumps Amid Report of Renewed US-Iran Talks

With China's backing, Pakistan is pushing to restart stalled negotiations, Reuters reports

(Newser) - Pakistan is tiptoeing into a risky new role: helping revive US-Iran talks at China's urging, three Pakistani sources tell Reuters . Iran's interior minister, Eskandar Momeni—seen as close to the Revolutionary Guard—has made two trips to Islamabad in 10 days, meeting civilian leaders and army chief Asim...

Crews Find Wreckage of Missing Cargo Plane

But search continues for 5 missing crew, main fuselage of plane off Pakistan's coast

(Newser) - Civilian and navy searchers off Pakistan's coast Wednesday located and recovered wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi while the search continues for five missing crew members, reports Reuters . The aircraft operated by the private carrier K2 Airways had departed from Sharjah...

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