Karak District (Pashto: کرک ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کرک) is a district of Kohat Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main...
Karak (Pashto: کرك, Urdu: کرک ) is the headquarters of Karak District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is 123 km from Peshawar on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi. It is located at 33°7'12N 71°5'41E. Karak is...
On 23 October 2026, three gunmen opened fire on the Greek Orthodox St George's Church during a funeral procession in the Jordanian village of Hmood near al-Karak, killing nine people and wounding between 34 and 40 others, according to differing...
Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك), in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval Kerak Castle, which is one of the three largest in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak...
Karak (Arabic: الكرك) is one of the governorates of Jordan, located south-west of Amman, Jordan's capital. Its capital is Al-Karak. It is bordered by Madaba and the Capital governorates to the north, Ma'an Governorate to the east, Tafilah...
Hmood (Arabic: حمود) is a village in Al-Qasr, Karak Governorate, Jordan. According to the 2015 Jordanian census, it had a population of 284, comprising 137 males and 147 females living in 72 households.
Since February 2026, Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in the most sustained cross-border conflict between the two countries since the Taliban's 2021 return to power in Afghanistan. The conflict began with Pakistani airstrikes on alleged...
The major Hindu temples in Pakistan are Shri Hinglaj Mata temple (whose annual Hinglaj Yatra is the largest Hindu pilgrimage in Pakistan, which is participated by more than 250,000 pilgrims), Shri Ramdev Pir temple (whose annual Ramdevpir Mela in...
Operation Azm-e-Istehkam (Urdu: آپریشن عزم استحکام) is a counter-insurgency operation launched by the government of Pakistan in June 2024. The operation was approved by prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, and planned to include not only military action,...