A Pakistani-American was charged yesterday with plotting a terrorist attack near Washington that would have targeted the capital’s subway system and could have led to mass casualties. The FBI said the man, who lived in Ashburn, Virginia, about 30 miles from Washington, was caught in a sting operation and believed that he was dealing with [...]
During the last few weeks, monsoon rains have caused the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history. About 1,500 people are dead, and 20 million have been affected. The destruction’s massive. The human suffering’s enormous. The pictures from Pakistan are wrenching, but if they’ve tugged at heartstrings around the globe, they’ve hardly opened purse strings. “Although governments [...]
As the disastrous floods recede in Pakistan, something new is rising: suspicions and rumors that powerful officials and landowners used their influence to divert water away from their property and inundate the villages of millions of poor People (Sept. 7)