Floodwaters inundated a large town in southern Pakistan today, spreading further destruction in an area where hundreds of thousands of people who fled to higher ground are in dire need of food and water.

A domestic passenger plane that crashed into the hills in Pakistan’s capital today was carrying 152 people, an official said.

Afghanistan’s top Islamic organisation today called for an end to three days of deadly rioting over drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, as police shot four protesters dead to stop hundreds from marching on a US military base.

Afghanistan’s top Islamic organisation today called for an end to four days of rioting against drawings of the Prophet Mohammed, as police shot dead two protesters to stop hundreds from marching on a US military base.