May 27, 2017
1:20 am

The World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (CC BY-SA Thorkild Tylleskar/Wikipedia)

Britain, US oppose UN health body’s resolution singling out Israel

Critics say it is hypocritical of WHO to support motion, which speaks of need to improve services for Palestinians, that was co-authored by Syria

By JTA

May 16, 2017
2:27 pm

An employee from SESAME stands next to the particle accelerator in Allan, Jordan. (Sharing Knowledge Foundation)

Open SESAME: At Middle East’s CERN, regional cooperation at light speed

Israel and its neighbors, including Iran and Pakistan, join forces to build the region’s first particle accelerator

By Dov Lieber

May 7, 2017
6:44 pm

Pakistani border security force personnel prepare to deploy to the Afghan border at a camp on the Chaman border on late May 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / BANARAS KHAN)

Pakistan says heavy losses inflicted on Afghan border forces

More than 50 soldiers and civilians said killed while officials conduct census count, the first in 20 years

By AFP

April 7, 2017
4:08 pm

Pakistani citizens Fischel (Faisal) Benkhald and older brother Mohammad Iqbal at a rare in-person meeting in Jeddah, August 2012. (courtesy)

Denounced by his brothers, Pakistani Jew says he’s being thrown to an ‘apostate lynch mob’

As Faisel Benkhald awaits his new Pakistani ID card officially recognizing him as a Jew, his siblings call his claims their mother was Jewish ‘insane’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

March 31, 2017
2:05 pm

Pakistani security officials and residents gather at the site of a powerful explosion at a market in Parachinar, capital of the Kurram tribal district, on March 31, 2017. (AFP)

At least 22 dead, 57 wounded in Pakistan market blast

Taliban claims responsibility for bombing, which follows wave of attacks that rocked the country in February

By AFP

March 30, 2017
10:13 pm

Once Faisel Benkhald, now Fishel, this Pakistani's Jewishness is unrecognized by his country. (courtesy Fishel Benkhald)

Pakistan allows man to register as country’s first Jew in decades

Fischel Benkhald, born to Jewish mother in Karachi, allowed to record faith on national ID card, after telling Times of Israel in 2014 he would attempt dangerous move

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

March 27, 2017
7:34 pm

Iranian demonstrators hold a portrait of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and a central figure in the violent spread of Iran's revolution. Photo taken in Tehran's Azadi Square, February 11, 2015. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

Pakistani convicted in Germany for staking out Israeli targets for Iran

German intelligence believes Iran’s al-Quds Force is gearing up for possible conflict with the US and Israel

By AFP

March 8, 2017
7:48 pm

Pakistani Syed Mustufa H. (R) stands behind his lawyers Thomas Penneke (L) and Michael de Saavedra-Mai at the start of his trial in Berlin on March 8, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Odd Andersen)

Pakistani accused of compiling Israeli targets for Iran in Germany

Intelligence service suspects Revolutionary Guards were preparing ‘asymmetrical warfare’ for possible conflict with the US, Israel

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

March 7, 2017
12:05 pm

In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Iranian armed forces members march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

2,100 Iranian fighters said killed in Iraq, Syria

Figure doubles earlier death count from November, which only included Syria fighting

By AFP

March 2, 2017
1:41 pm

Illustrative image of a Pakistani woman covering her face in Saudi Arabia (screen capture: YouTube)

2 trans Pakistani women beaten to death by Saudi police

The pair, identified as Amna and Meeno, arrested in a raid with 33 others under law banning cross dressing

By Jacob Magid

February 17, 2017
10:11 am

Pakistani para-military soldiers stand alert after a deadly suicide attack at the shrine of famous Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)

Pakistani raids kill 39 suspects after deadly IS attack

Security forces act a day after Islamic State group killed 75 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine

By ADIL JAWAD and Munir Ahmed

January 21, 2017
12:06 pm

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a bomb explosion at a vegetable market in Parachinar city, the capital of Kurram tribal district on the Afghan border on January 21, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ALI JAN)

Pakistan market bomb kills 20, injures dozens

Blast reportedly caused by an improvised explosive device hidden in a vegetable box

By AFP

January 18, 2017
9:23 am

Illustrative: Pakistani women at a polling station on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, May 2013. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Pakistani mother sentenced to death for daughter’s ‘honor killing’

Using anti-terror laws, judge also sentences brother to life in prison in country reeling from series of high-profile murders

By AFP

December 26, 2016
1:42 am

Truck-mounted Missiles on display at the IDEAS 2008 defense exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. (Wiki Creative Commons/SyedNaqvi90)

Israel assures Pakistan it’s not making nuke threats

Pakistan’s defense chief had issued nuclear warning in response to fake news item; Jerusalem stresses reports are ‘entirely false’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 24, 2016
1:29 pm

Pakistan makes nuclear threat to Israel, in response to fake news

Defense minister in Islamabad reacts to false news item featuring non-existent quote by ex-Israeli defense chief Ya’alon

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Pakistan

Britain, US oppose UN health body’s resolution singling out Israel

Critics say it is hypocritical of WHO to support motion, which speaks of need to improve services for Palestinians, that was co-authored by Syria

Open SESAME: At Middle East’s CERN, regional cooperation at light speed

Israel and its neighbors, including Iran and Pakistan, join forces to build the region’s first particle accelerator

Pakistan says heavy losses inflicted on Afghan border forces

More than 50 soldiers and civilians said killed while officials conduct census count, the first in 20 years

Denounced by his brothers, Pakistani Jew says he’s being thrown to an ‘apostate lynch mob’

As Faisel Benkhald awaits his new Pakistani ID card officially recognizing him as a Jew, his siblings call his claims their mother was Jewish ‘insane’

At least 22 dead, 57 wounded in Pakistan market blast

Taliban claims responsibility for bombing, which follows wave of attacks that rocked the country in February

Pakistan allows man to register as country’s first Jew in decades

Fischel Benkhald, born to Jewish mother in Karachi, allowed to record faith on national ID card, after telling Times of Israel in 2014 he would attempt dangerous move

Pakistani convicted in Germany for staking out Israeli targets for Iran

German intelligence believes Iran’s al-Quds Force is gearing up for possible conflict with the US and Israel

Pakistani accused of compiling Israeli targets for Iran in Germany

Intelligence service suspects Revolutionary Guards were preparing ‘asymmetrical warfare’ for possible conflict with the US, Israel

2,100 Iranian fighters said killed in Iraq, Syria

Figure doubles earlier death count from November, which only included Syria fighting

2 trans Pakistani women beaten to death by Saudi police

The pair, identified as Amna and Meeno, arrested in a raid with 33 others under law banning cross dressing

Pakistani raids kill 39 suspects after deadly IS attack

Security forces act a day after Islamic State group killed 75 worshippers at a famed Sufi shrine

Pakistan market bomb kills 20, injures dozens

Blast reportedly caused by an improvised explosive device hidden in a vegetable box

Pakistani mother sentenced to death for daughter’s ‘honor killing’

Using anti-terror laws, judge also sentences brother to life in prison in country reeling from series of high-profile murders

Israel assures Pakistan it’s not making nuke threats

Pakistan’s defense chief had issued nuclear warning in response to fake news item; Jerusalem stresses reports are ‘entirely false’

Pakistan makes nuclear threat to Israel, in response to fake news

Defense minister in Islamabad reacts to false news item featuring non-existent quote by ex-Israeli defense chief Ya’alon

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