California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no imminent threat to the state from Iran. ABC News says the FBI warned California that Iran had aspired to send drones to the West Coast in retaliation for war. The FBI later released text of the alert, which noted that the information was based on "unverified information." The White House now says, "No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists." Newsom says California and various agencies plan for worst-case scenarios. Police in Los Angeles and San Francisco say they are monitoring world events for any risks.
Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others. It was a rare attack in the capital of Pakistan as its Western-allied government struggles to rein in a surge in militant attacks across the country. Some of the wounded in the attack on the sprawling mosque of Khadija Al-Kubra were reported to be in critical condition. Television footage and social media images showed police and residents transporting the wounded to nearby hospitals. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Militant groups across Pakistan often target security forces and civilians.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have announced a ceasefire following days of the deadliest clashes in years that killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. The pause came after appeals from major regional powers, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The violence has threatened to further destabilize a region where groups including the Islamic State and al-Qaida are trying to resurface. Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring armed groups. The country's Taliban rulers deny it. Pakistan has seen a growing number of militant attacks since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan. Key border crossings remain closed.
Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar's devastating March 28 earthquake are winding down, as rescue efforts get supplanted by increasing relief and recovery activity. The death toll has now reached 3,600 and is still climbing. People in the capital of Naypyitaw cleared debris and collected wood from their damaged houses under drizzling rain on Monday, and soldiers removed wreckage at some Buddhist monasteries. The U.N. said more than 17 million affected people need food, drinking water, health care, cash assistance and emergency shelter. Myanmar's military government and its battlefield opponents, meanwhile, have been trading accusations over alleged violations of ceasefire declarations that each had declared to ease earthquake relief efforts.
Officials in Pakistan say gunmen in the restive southwest have killed at least 38 people in three separate attacks in one of the deadliest days of violence in Baluchistan province. Twenty-three people were fatally shot on Monday morning after being taken from buses, vehicles and trucks in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan. Police say the attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing. In a separate attack, gunmen killed at least nine people, including four police officers and five passersby, in Qalat district. Six people were killed elsewhere. Insurgents also blew up a railway track. The military said security forces killed 21 insurgents in response to the attacks that also left 14 security forces dead.
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