Conquering fear of Islamist bombs and kidnapping, Rubecca Pervez Bhatti races through Pakistan’s city of Peshawar on a motorbike, heading for another shift at a Christian mission hospital.

She is a 55-year-old Protestant mother of four. Yet she never goes anywhere without wearing the loose, baggy outfit of shalwar kamiz and covering her hair in the conservative Muslim tradition.

“I am really worried about the situation in Pakistan and everyday I pray to God to bring mercy…

Business is booming at North Korea’s first fast food restaurant, which specialises in burgers, chips and other fried delights, official media in the communist state reported Friday.

The Samtaesong restaurant in the capital Pyongyang, which also serves waffles and crispy fried chicken, “is crowded with Korean and foreign customers”, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

The venture opened in June in cooperation with a Singaporean firm, Choson Sinbo, a Japan-based new…

Up to 15,000 people in Mexico are expected to take part Saturday in a potentially record breaking mass performance of Michael Jackson’s famed “Thriller” dance on the day he would have turned 51.

Dancers were gearing up for the attempt as news broke in Los Angeles Friday that coroners had ruled Jackson’s sudden death on June 25 a homicide.

“We’re expecting between 12,000 and 15,000 participants,” said Javier Hidalgo, director of youth services in Mexico City, during a pres…