PAKISTAN

More than 350 people have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed due to the worst monsoon flooding in many years.

The new U.N. human rights chief urged world powers on Monday to protect women and minorities targeted by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, saying the fighters were trying to create a "house of blood.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made an aerial survey of the Kashmir valley, called the flooding a "national level disaster."

The organization has said it will now take its jihad to India, Myanmar, Bangladesh and other regions where Muslims are oppressed.

Since the rise of Islamic State, and the emergence of Islamist groups in Africa and elsewhere, al-Qaeda's clout among jihadists has been waning.

Thousands had tried to storm Sharif's house in protests led by a former cricket star and a firebrand cleric, destabilizing the coup-prone nation.

The military offensive in the country's restive northwest has also displaced over 800,000 people from their homes.

Three people were killed and nearly 500 were wounded Sunday when protesters attempted to storm the prime minister’s official residence.

Pakistan has been gripped by unrest for more than two weeks, with protest leaders saying they will not back down unless the Prime Minister resigns.

The attack took place in Jalalabad, which is located near the border with Pakistan,is one of the country’s most troubled regions.

Narendra Modi's comments come a week after India called off peace talks between the two countries.

Imran Khan and Tahir ul-Qadri, leaders of opposition parties, have led massive protests demanding the prime minister's resignation.

India has been pushing for an agreement with Japan on the lines of a 2008 deal with the United States.

Fibers from recycled plastic and other futuristic materials could replace some of the cotton in our clothing as cotton yields suffer from climate change.

Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., says North Korea, Iran and Pakistan are more worrisome existential threats to the U.S. than ISIS is.

A senior Indian army official said that cross-border firing by Pakistan in the last 45 days was "possibly the heaviest" since the 1971 war.

A Chabad House reopened Tuesday, six years after heavily armed terrorists stormed and killed six people inside the building.

ISIS, which took advantage of Western technology to spread the James Foley video, appears to have drone capabilities.

The satellite also found several fields of poppy, used to produce opium, along with cross-border tracks leading across its international borders.

The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan since both countries became independent in 1947.