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- Pilgrims walk at the Hajj terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam's holiest sites. But as climate change heats an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage could prove even more daunting. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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Ambitious Saudi plans to ramp up Hajj could face challenges from climate change
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Thu,06/22/23-1:04AM , 558 Reads
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam's holiest sites. But as climate change heats up an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage — much of which takes place outdoors in the desert — could prove even more daunting.
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- Army troops evacuate people from a flood-hit area in Rajanpur, district of Punjab, Pakistan, Aug. 27, 2022. The flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swathes of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer, File)
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After devastating floods in Pakistan, some have recovered but many are struggling a year later
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Wed,06/21/23-10:11PM , 503 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Last summer’s flooding in Pakistan killed at least 1,700 people, destroyed millions of homes, wiped out swaths of farmland, and caused billions of dollars in economic losses. All in a matter of months. At one point, a third of the country was underwater.
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- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a news conference in Shaukat Khanum hospital, in Lahore, Pakistan, Nov. 4, 2022. Officials from the party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan say he has been arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)
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Why the arrest of Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan could push the country into chaos
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Thu,05/11/23-4:27AM , 503 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is witnessing a wave of violence following the arrest of popular opposition leader and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on corruption charges.
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- Pakistani trans man Aman, who asked not be identifiable in the photo, looks out at his home after an interview with The Associated Press, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Trans people are considered outcasts by many in Pakistan, despite some progress with a law protecting their rights and court rulings that allow them to choose a gender that is neither male nor female. But the struggle for acceptance and inclusion is harder for Pakistan's trans men, who say they lack the same level of support and visibility as trans women, who are in public office, in films, and on TV. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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In Pakistan, trans men search for inclusion, visibility
By RIAZAT BUTT - Associated Press
Thu,01/19/23-1:05AM , 543 Reads
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Aman, a 22-year-old transgender man from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, says he was always close to his father. When he was little and it was cold out, his father held his hands to warm them.
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