PAKISTAN

Merciless temperatures have claimed the lives of hundreds of Pakistanis over the past few days, many of whom abstained from drinking water in observance of Ramadan.

Temperatures have touched 111 degrees Fahrenheit in the steamy port city of Karachi in recent days.

The high temperatures coincided with the start of the Muslim holy month Ramadan.

Summer temperatures in Karachi, Pakistan, have soared, and officials say it could get worse.

Terror attacks increased 35 percent and the number of total victims rose 81 percent last year, said the U.S. State Department.

More than 1.5 million people visited Saudi Arabia's Mecca and Medina on Thursday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered a moratorium on the death penalty during the holy month of Ramadan.

More than 50 million people throughout the world are currently considered refugees and internally displaced persons.

The number of daily flights will reduce from 65 to 60 by fall of this year, one top official said.

Every country with a nuclear arsenal is working to develop new nuclear weapons systems, or upgrade existing ones, according to a new report.

The detainees' transfer is the latest step by the Obama Administration in its push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba.

Shia-majority Iran is now providing arms and funds to the Taliban, a hard-line Sunni group, according to a report.

A school teacher in Pakistan accidentally discharged a bullet while cleaning his pistol Thursday, killing a 12-year-old student.

The child-rights group, which has been targeted by the Pakistani government in the past, said all its 1,200 employees in the country were locals.

Despite an American-led air campaign to eradicate ISIS, the extremist group is now operational in 10 countries — and its brand of unparalleled brutality is expanding rapidly.

The offensive, whose details are still sketchy, was conducted just days after militants attacked an Indian army convoy in the state of Manipur, killing 20 soldiers.

The country’s army claims that it has cleared 90 percent of the area since an operation was launched against militants last June.

A New York Times investigation suggests the American military relies on special forces far too often with little oversight.

The Islamic fundamentalist group seized the same territory last year, but quickly relinquished it because of a government-led counterattack.

The 10 men were handed down life sentences in April but a Pakistani court reportedly freed eight of them after a secret trial.

The secrecy surrounding the negotiation of the Trade in Services Agreement and other major trade pacts has been condemned by labor groups.