At least 21 people were killed when an overcrowded bus plunged into a river in the Indian part of Kashmir, police said today.

Police in Pakistan have found a letter from the purported chief of a Sunni Muslim militant group claiming responsibility for this week’s bombing at a Shiite mosque and a shootout in Karachi that left five people dead.

Six people were killed when a KFC restaurant was set on fire by a mob angry about a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in Karachi, bringing the overall death toll to 11, police said today.