
Gunmen ambushed a car and killed four family members in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. The men sprayed bullets at the vehicle of the Hazara family travelling to Karachi as they passed through Choto, a town some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta.

An overturned oil tanker has burst into flames in Pakistan after a person tried to light a cigarette nearby, killing at least 157 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, officials say. About 80 people were injured, with many suffering serious burns. ...