Frances Mao
Journalist and Senior Editor at BBC World
BBC Asia reporter covering everywhere from Afghanistan to China to Tonga for @BBCWorld. frances.mao(@)https://t.co/402SAPN6CY
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5 days ago |
yahoo.com | Frances Mao
The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first Mass at the Vatican. Speaking the day after he was elected as the 267th Pope and first US leader of the Church, he warned that people were turning away from faith and instead to "technology, money, success, power, or pleasure". Leo said he had been elected to be a "faithful administrator" of a Church that would act as a "beacon that illuminates the dark nights of this world".
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Frances Mao
India has accused Pakistan of attacking three of its military bases with drones and missiles, a claim which has been denied by Islamabad. The Indian Army said it had foiled Pakistan's attempts to attack its bases in Jammu and Udhampur, in Indian-administered Kashmir, and Pathankot, in India's Punjab state. Blasts were reported on Thursday evening in Jammu city in Indian-administered Kashmir as the region went into a blackout.
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6 days ago |
bbc.com | Frances Mao
Pakistan and India trade accusations over drone strikesEPAPakistani security officials inspect the site of an alleged Indian drone strike in KarachiIndia has accused Pakistan of attacking three of its military bases with drones and missiles, a claim which has been denied by Islamabad. The Indian Army said it had foiled Pakistan's attempts to attack its bases in Jammu and Udhampur, in Indian-administered Kashmir, and Pathankot, in India's Punjab state.
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6 days ago |
flipboard.com | Frances Mao
1 hour agoPakistan: Pakistan, India give diverging statements about attack on hydropower damMUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTAN - MAY 8, 2025: Pakistan and India on Thursday issued diverging statements about the attack on a hydropower project in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. According to Islamabad, India "deliberately targeted" the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during its airstrikes on Wednesday, which also hit several areas in Pakistan.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Frances Mao
Militant group chief says relatives killed in India strikeFrances MaoUmer Draz NangianaReutersCoffins laid out at a funeral for those killed in a strike on a madrasa in BahawalpurThe Pakistan-based leader of a militant group has said 10 of his relatives have been killed in a missile strike by India.
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