Several killed, dozens wounded in blast at Pakistan religious school

Britain's opposition Labour Party won a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday and control of several councils, inflicting heavy losses on the governing Conservatives to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The bus was traveling from a city near the capital, Islamabad, to the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan, near the Chinese border. Road accidents are common in Pakistan due to poor roads and driver training.

According to a UNESCO report, a whopping 70 percent of environmental reporters regularly face threats, attacks and intimidation. Meanwhile, UNESCO awards its World Press Freedom Prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza, who are paying a heavy price for their reporting.