China assumes operational control of a deep-water Pakistani seaport that could serve as a vital economic hub for Beijing and perhaps a key military outpost.
Indian troops fired across the disputed Kashmir border and killed a Pakistani soldier on Thursday, marking the third deadly incident in Kashmir in recent days.
When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha, it fell to an intrepid archaeologist to come to the rescue.