Malala Yousafzai

ASCAP hosts creative black tie. Adidas sells tee for Boston.

2013-04-19 07:52:00

Guests at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Hollywood on Wednesday were told that the dress code was "creative black tie." That left a lot of fashion running room, and the musical crowd turned up in�such attire as�evening gowns�and black jeans, Ellen...

Teenage girl shot by Taliban to publish 'I Am Malala'

2013-03-28 09:21:00

Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while riding the bus to school in Pakistan, will publish a book in the fall. "I Am Malala" will be published in English in�the U.S.�in October by Little, Brown and also in England,...

Pakistani girl shot in head by Taliban resumes school

2013-03-19 13:16:00

LONDON – Just five months after she was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, apparently for defying a ban on girls' education, Malala Yousafzai returned to school, this time in the safer confines of central England....

Schwarzenegger, your He-Man days have come and gone

2013-03-17 05:13:00

Girl shot by Taliban is discharged from hospital in Britain

2013-02-08 09:06:00

LONDON -- Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban in October for defying the group's ban on girls' education, was discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Friday after cranial reconstruction and a cochlear implant...

Friend of India rape victim: Passersby stared, police delayed help

2013-01-04 14:30:00

The man who was beaten alongside the New Delhi gang rape victim said the two lay naked and bleeding while people idly passed by and police debated which police station was responsible, with more than two hours elapsing before they arrived at a hospital....

Mass protests against government spread in Iraq

2013-01-04 12:35:00

Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and pressing for detainees to be freed. Protests have raged for weeks and...

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani teen shot by Taliban, leaves hospital

2013-01-04 18:42:00

LONDON -- Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by Taliban gunmen last October, has walked out of a hospital to rejoin her family. Wearing a white patterned headscarf and long gray dress, Malala walked slowly out of Queen Elizabeth...

Five female teachers among seven killed by gunmen in Pakistan

2013-01-01 07:10:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Gunmen ambushed a van in northwest Pakistan Tuesday and shot to death seven aid workers — five of whom were female teachers — in an attack that is likely to rekindle fears among Pakistanis over militant assaults...

Pakistani Taliban now on Facebook

2012-12-07 08:29:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — It’s a world of likes, apps and status updates, so it was bound to happen: The Pakistani Taliban now has its own Facebook page. The Pakistani insurgent group’s spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, confirmed that it had...

Pakistan Taliban say they tried to bomb TV anchor covering Malala

2012-11-27 12:15:00

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday for a failed attempt to bomb the car of television anchor Hamid Mir, whom the militant group had earlier threatened because of his reporting on the shooting of schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. A Taliban...

The Week in Pictures | October 8 – 14, 2012

2012-10-12 15:23:26

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, heads to her first day of school in Birmingham, England.

2013-03-19 00:00:00

A British hospital released this image from a video of an interview with Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai after surgery to repair wounds she received when she was shot by the Taliban.

2013-02-04 00:00:00

Madonna showed support for Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban because of her advocacy for girls' education, while performing at the Staples Center.

2012-10-10 00:00:00