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England's Chris Woakes celebrates their win on the fourth day of the first cricket Test match between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (Dan Mullan/Pool via AP)

Buttler, Woakes lead England to 3-wicket win over Pakistan

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A Kashmiri cycles past a barricade set up as road blockade as a paramilitary soldier stands guard on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the disputed region’s semi-autonomy, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Last year on Aug. 5, India’s Hindu-nationalist-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped Jammu-Kashmir of its statehood and divided it into two federally governed territories. Late Tuesday, authorities lifted a curfew in Srinagar but said restrictions on public movement, transport and commercial activities would continue because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

UN discusses Kashmir for 3rd time since India ends statehood

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Paramilitary soldiers stands guard at an temporary check point on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the disputed region’s semi-autonomy, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Last year on Aug. 5, India’s Hindu-nationalist-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped Jammu-Kashmir of its statehood and divided it into two federally governed territories. Late Tuesday, authorities lifted a curfew in Srinagar but said restrictions on public movement, transport and commercial activities would continue because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

Virus lockdown shuts Kashmir year after India lifts autonomy

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo, an Indian paramilitary soldier patrols during a security lockdown after the Indian government stripped the Himalayan state’s semi-autonomous powers in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. A year after India ended disputed Kashmir's semi-autonomous status and downgraded it to a federally governed territory, authorities have begun issuing residency and land ownership rights to outsiders for the first time in almost a century. Many Kashmiris view the move as the beginning of settler colonialism aimed at engineering a demographic change in India’s only Muslim-majority region. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)

India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

A deserted house boat is seen parked at Nigeen lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, July 27,2020. Indian-controlled Kashmir's economy is yet to recover from a colossal loss a year after New Delhi scrapped the disputed region's autonomous status and divided it into two federally governed territories. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Curfew in parts of Kashmir ahead of revocation anniversary

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Supporters of a religious group chant slogan during a rally favoring the Khalid Khan, who gunned down Tahir Naseem in courtroom, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, July 31, 2020. Naseem, a U.S. citizen, according to a U.S. State Department statement, was gunned down this week in a Pakistani courtroom while standing trial on a charge of blasphemy. The placard on right is read as 'we can die for honor of Prophet'. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Thousands rally in Pakistan in support of killer of American

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistan launches probe into death of lions during transport

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Family creates nonprofit honoring child killed in shooting

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This photograph shared by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Twitter shows Rafale fighter jets escorted by Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 MKI fighter jets as they enter the Indian airspace Wednesday, July 29, 2020. A first batch of five French-made Rafale fighter jets arrived at an Indian air force base on Wednesday, Indian officials said.(Twitter via AP)

5 French fighter jets delivered to India in military upgrade

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Pakistani military says soldier killed in cross-border raid

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Police: 5 Pakistani commandos killed in early morning raid

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Senior UN official skips Pakistan visit, citing flight issue

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A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Pakistan resumed vaccinations against polio, months after the drive against this crippling children's disease was halted because the novel coronavirus had overwhelmed the country's health system. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan wraps up anti-polio drive amid surge in cases

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Members of the Sikh community take part in worship at the Gurudawara Sri Guru Singh Sabha temple in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, July 23, 2020. The 200-year-old Sikh temple that served as a school for Muslim girls for seven decades was returned to the Sikh community in the city of Quetta, enabling them to worship there for the first time in 73 years, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan returns 200-year-old temple to Sikhs in southwest

By ABDUL SATTAR - Associated Press

Kaneez Sughra, wife of kidnaped prominent Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan, shows a picture her husband to journalists at a family's home, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Jan, known for his hard hitting criticism of the country's powerful institutions, including its military, is missing, human rights groups and a family member said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani journalist abducted by armed men in uniform freed

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Abdul Aziz, who was injured when shrapnel from an Indian mortar wounded his arm, talks to journalists in Chiri Kot sector near the Line of Control, that divides Kashmir between Pakistan and India, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Villagers living along a highly militarized frontier in the disputed region of Kashmir have accused India of “intentionally targeting” civilians, but they are vowing that they would never leave their areas. Villagers say the fear of death is no longer present in their hearts after spending so many years in a state of shock and uncertainty. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Villagers say India targets civilians in Pakistan Kashmir

By MUHAMMAD YOUSAF - Associated Press

A man opens social media app "TikTok" on his cellphone, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistan warns TikTok video service, blocks Bigo Live app

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Pakistani police arrest 4 men who destroyed statue of Buddha

By RIAZ KHAN - Associated Press

Pakistan validates most licenses of pilots working abroad

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Elizabeth Lal, a Christian woman who was injured and her son-in-law Nadeem Jordon killed by gunmen because he rented in a Muslim neighborhood, shows a picture of Jordon on her mobile during an interview with the Associated Press, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Analysts and activists say minorities in Pakistan are increasingly vulnerable to Islamic extremists as Prime Minister Imran Khan vacillates between trying to forge a pluralistic nation and his conservative Islamic beliefs. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Minorities under attack as PM pushes ‘tolerant’ Pakistan

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press