Benazir Bhutto

The AP Interview: New Pakistani FM seeks better ties with US

By EDITH M. LEDERERMay 20, 2022 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Pakistan’s new foreign minister says the United States and his country must move beyond past tensions over Afghanistan and are entering a new engagement after years of strained relations under former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Official: 4 Pakistani soldiers die in road accident

July 25, 2021 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Four Pakistani soldiers died on Sunday when their vehicle plunged down a ravine off a curvy mountain road in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, the military said in a statement.

The soldiers were in the semi-autonomous region to police its local parliamentary polls, it added.

New Zealand leader welcomes newborn girl ‘to our village’

By NICK PERRYJune 21, 2018 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave birth to a daughter Thursday and posted a message welcoming the healthy newborn "to our village...

Nobel winner shot for promoting education to study at Oxford

By DANICA KIRKAAugust 17, 2017 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman for speaking out for girls' rights to an education, has been accepted by the University of Oxford...

2 women unite to take ‘honor’ out of killing in Pakistan

By KATHY GANNONOctober 31, 2016 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — So much divides two women who fought in the battle to take the "honor" out of killing in Pakistan...