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• Pakistan school bus fire kills 16 children and their teacher near Gujrat

  At least 16 children and their teacher have been killed when their school bus caught fire near Gujrat in eastern Pakistan, police say. At least seven more children were…

• Kim Jong-un sends Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to Beijing

  Kim Jong-un has sent Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to Beijing, North Korean state media has announced, amid cooling relations between the two neighbors. Choe Ryong-hae, a…

• North Korea releases Chinese fishing crew

  The Chinese fishing crew seized by North Koreans two weeks ago has been freed along with their boat, reports say. The 16-man crew was taken captive by unidentified North…

• China urges North Korea to release Yu Xuejun's fishing boat captured for $100,000 ransom

  China has called on North Korea to secure the release of a fishing boat and its crew seized earlier this month. Owner Yu Xuejun said the vessel had been in Chinese waters…

• Zahra Shahid Hussain funeral: Murdered PTI's vice-president buried in Karachi

  The funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, has been held at a mosque in the country’s capital, Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain…

• Imran Khan blames MQM's Altaf Hussain for Zahra Shahid Hussain's killing in Karachi

  Former cricketer Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, has blamed one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI vice-president Zahra Shahid Hussain. Zahra…