Asia

3 dead in Indian Kashmir protests after man hanged
Three young people have died in violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite a curfew that continued for a third day Monday following the execution ...
US ships military equipment out of Afghanistan
The United States began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in earnest, officials said Monday, sending the first of what will be tens of thousands of ...
Pakistani Taliban warn shops not to sell Viagra
The head of a trade association for a large market in northwestern Pakistan says the Taliban have warned shopkeepers not to sell sex-related drugs ...
37 dead in stampede at Hindu festival in India
Anxious relatives searched for missing family members in northern India on Monday during one of the world's largest religious gatherings, unsure if ...
36 dead in stampede at Hindu festival in India
Anxious relatives were searching for missing family members Monday in a northern India city that is home to one of the world's largest religious ...
New US commander takes the helm in Afghanistan
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford took charge of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday as the coalition enters its final stretch of the more than ...
Official says Swiss won't try Pakistani President
The spokesman of Pakistan's president says Swiss authorities have decided not to open a graft case against Pakistan's president. Farhatullah Babar ...
1 dead in Indian Kashmir protests after man hanged
One person was killed as protests broke out in at least two parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday despite a strict curfew to prevent violence ...
India hangs man for 2001 attack on Parliament
A Kashmiri man convicted in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that left 14 people dead was hanged Saturday after a final mercy plea was rejected, ...
Pakistan: Toll from suspected US strike now 9
Pakistani officials say the death toll from a suspected U.S. drone strike in a restive tribal region has risen to 9, all of whom were militants.
Bomb kills 16, missiles hit militants in Pakistan
A bomb exploded near a marketplace in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 16 people, and suspected U.S. missiles hit a militant compound — the ...
Girl shot by Taliban discharged from UK hospital
Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani education activist shot in the head by the Taliban, was discharged from a British hospital Friday after ...
South Africans called to action on raped teenager
The chime sounds every four minutes on the radio station, reminding listeners that statistically yet another child or woman in South Africa is being ...
China jails 1, detains 70 to quell Tibet protests
A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan man to 13 years in prison Friday for goading a monk to self-immolate, as Beijing steps up a crackdown on ...
CAS aims for Pakistan fixing verdicts within month
The Court of Arbitration for Sport expects to give verdicts within a month in two cases of Pakistan cricketers banned for spot-fixing against England.
Eye-catching rickshaws promote peace in Pakistan
Pakistani youth leader Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi has a plan to counter the relentless message of violence spewed forth by radical Islamic groups in his ...
China detains 70 in crackdown on Tibet protests
China's government says it has detained 70 people in ethnic Tibetan areas as it steps up a crackdown on self-immolations aimed at protesting communist ...
Police arrest 3 for threatening Kashmir girl band
Three people have been arrested in Indian-controlled Kashmir for allegedly threatening the first Kashmiri all-girl rock band, which disbanded after ...
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban receives OKC award
The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum plans to present its 2013 Reflections of Hope Award to a 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot by a ...
Pakistan cricketers begin fixing appeals at CAS
Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif began his appeal at world sport's highest court on Thursday to overturn his ban for a betting scam fix in a test ...
India forecasts weakest growth in a decade
India forecast economic growth to slow to 5 percent for the fiscal year ending in March, the worst performance in a decade for Asia's third-largest ...
India faulted for failing to curb child sex abuse
India's government has failed to curb rampant sexual abuse of children, especially in schools and state-run child care facilities, a rights group said ...
US: 18 charged in $200M global credit card fraud
Eighteen people have been charged in what may be one of the largest U.S. credit card fraud rings, a sprawling international scam that duped credit ...