KARACHI / AP Tens of thousands of people attended the state funeral for Pakistan’s legendary philanthropist, Abdul Sattar Edhi, in Karachi on Saturday, officials said. Thousands more couldn’t get to the stadium where the funeral was held with a military honor guard, said local government official Nasir Habib. The 88-year-old charity worker died on Friday after a prolonged illness. Pakistan’s ...

  DURBAN / AP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was marking a historic train journey by Indian independence leader Mohandas K. Gandhi during the final day of his South African visit. Modi’s ride commemorated the incident in which a young Gandhi in 1893 was ejected from a South African train when he refused an order to move from a ...

  WASHINGTON In the global revulsion at the past week’s terror attacks in four Muslim countries, the United States and its allies have a new opportunity to build a unified command against the IS and other extremists. But as the US seeks to broaden this counterterrorism alliance, it should be careful about partnering with Russia — unless Moscow distances itself ...