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China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the BRICS Business Council prior the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. The BRICS Summit gathers the group of countries formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which will take place in the 13th and 14th of this month. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Under Xi Jinping’s leadership, China is losing friends, alienating allies

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, a migrant walks in the Vucjak refugee camp outside Bihac, northwestern Bosnia. The European Union's top migration official is warning Bosnian authorities of a likely humanitarian crisis this winter due to appalling conditions in overcrowded migrant camps in the country. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Migrants huddle in the cold in makeshift camp in Bosnia

By ELDAR EMRIC and DARKO VOJINOVIC - Associated Press

Sikh pilgrims visit the shrine of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev, at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan has inaugurated a visa-free initiative that allows Sikh pilgrims from India to visit one of their holiest shrines. Khan opened the border corridor on Saturday as thousands of Indian pilgrims waited to visit the Kartarpur shrine. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs

By ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

Afghan official: Kabul to probe Pakistan security complaint

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Supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party listen to their leaders during an anti-government march and gather in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019. Tens of thousands of Islamists remained in a protest camp in the heart of Pakistan's capital on Saturday amid tight security, as authorities deployed additional shipping containers and riot police to block access to key government buildings. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani Islamists await deadline they set for PM to resign

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

Supporters of the Pakistani firebrand cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, leave for Islamabad to participate in an anti government march, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Thousands of supporters of the ultra-religious political party led by Rehman took part in the anti-government procession headed to Pakistan's capital. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Pakistani Islamists stage sit-in, demand PM resign

By ZARAR KHAN - Associated Press

A caravan of supporters of the Pakistani cleric Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, enter Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 31, 2019. Thousands of supporters of the ultra-religious political party led by Rehman, a firebrand cleric, took part in an anti-government procession to Pakistan's capital. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani Islamists camp out in Islamabad, urge PM to quit

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistani railway conductor Sadiue Ahmed Khan told The Associated Press that the train's emergency brake system was in perfect working order and the train stopped within three minutes after the first signs of fire, in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province killing over 70 people, amid contradictory reports about the state of the train’s brakes, with survivors saying it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)

Pakistan to use DNA tests to identify train fire victims

By ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

Pakistani soldiers and officials examine a train damaged by a fire in Liaquatpur, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. A massive fire engulfed three carriages of the train traveling in the country's eastern Punjab province (AP Photo/Siddique Baluch)

The Latest: Fire on moving train kills 74

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Pakistani officials examine a train damaged by a fire in Liaquatpur, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. A massive fire engulfed three carriages of the train traveling in the country's eastern Punjab province (AP Photo/Siddique Baluch)

Fire on moving train kills 71 passengers in central Pakistan

By Asim Tanveer - Associated Press

India, Pakistan to allow visa-free access to Sikh shrine

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Supporters of Pakistani former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shout anti-government slogans outside a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Sharif, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been rushed to hospital from the prison after recent blood tests raised doctors' concerns. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File

Pakistan’s imprisoned former premier rushed to hospital

By ZAHEER BABAR - Associated Press

People carry a five kilometer, or about three mile, long representation of a Kashmiri flag during a rally to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Tensions between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed countries, has increased since Aug. 5, when India downgraded the autonomy of its side of Kashmir and imposed tighter controls on the area. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistanis hoist miles-long Kashmir flag in solidarity march

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UK royal couple returns home after 5-day visit to Pakistan

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) President Xiangmin Liu speaks during a media conference at the OECD headquarters in Paris, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. FATF a international monitoring agency has given Pakistan four months to prove it is fighting terrorism financing and money laundering or it could be put on a damaging global blacklist. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Pakistan avoids terror financing blacklist _ for now

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

In this photo released by Press Information Department, Britain's Prince William, center, and his wife Kate sit with members of Kalash community and watching traditional dance during their visit to Bumburate Valley, an area of Pakistan's northern Chitral district, Wednesday Oct. 16, 2019. (Press Information Department via AP)

UK’s Prince William, Kate tour Pakistani cultural hub Lahore

By B.K. BANGASH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24 2016 file photo, Pakistan's Gulalai Ismail delivers an acceptance speech after being awarded the Prize for Conflict Prevention for the work of her organization 'Aware Girls' promoting women's issues and equality in Pakistan, during the award ceremony of the Jacques Chirac Foundation at the Musee Branly, in Paris, France. On Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, a dozen plainclothes Pakistani security forces attempted to raid the former home of Ismail, a human rights activist who recently fled to the United States seeking asylum. Ismail's elderly parents say they were ordered to come outside &quot;just to talk,&quot; but refused. (Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP, File)

Pakistan silences army’s critics with raids, terror charges

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrive in a traditionally painted motorized rickshaw to attend a reception in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. They kicked off a five-day tour of Pakistan on Tuesday amid much fanfare and tight security. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

UK’s William, Kate visit Pakistan’s climate-change hit north

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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2000 file photo, Masood Azhar, center, wearing glasses and white turban, leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad arrives in Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2019, the United Nations added Azhar to its blacklist after several unsuccessful attempts. Pakistan got a mixed review for its efforts to curb terrorist financing and money laundering as it tries to avoid being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog, when it meets in Paris Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Mian Khursheed, File)

Pakistan faces black list of countries financing terrorism

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate arrived at Nur Khan base in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. They are on a five-day visit, which authorities say will help further improve relations between the two countries. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Prince William, Kate kick off five-day Pakistan tour

By B.K. BANGASH and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press