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Pakistan accuses Afghans of killing civilians
Pakistan on Monday accused Afghan forces of killing at least four civilians in a cross-border shelling attack, increasing tension just as a senior ...
27 inmates killed in Sri Lanka prison shootout
A shootout between rioting prisoners and security forces at a prison in Sri Lanka's capital killed at least 27 inmates, while police said Saturday ...
Diageo takes stake in India's United Spirits
Diageo PLC, the world's largest distiller, says it will buy a 53.4 percent stake in Indian drinks manufacturer United Spirits Ltd. in a deal worth $2 ...
Transgender Pakistanis face society's scorn
Dressed up in elaborate, feminine outfits and artfully applied makeup, they are showered with money while dancing at all-male wedding parties. But the ...
UK to end aid spending in India by 2015
Britain will halt all aid spending in India in 2015 in a significant shift in relations between the emerging economic giant and its former colonial ...
Sri Lankan move to fire top judge stirs fears
When Shirani Bandaranayake was appointed Sri Lanka's chief justice, rights campaigners assailed her as a puppet of a government that was steamrolling ...
Suicide bomber kills 3 Pakistani troops in Karachi
A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a truck packed with explosives into a compound housing a paramilitary force in Pakistan's largest city on Thursday, ...
Naomi Campbell hosts boyfriend's birthday in India
Naomi Campbell is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the birthday of her boyfriend, Russian billionaire Vladimir Doronin, in the palaces of ...
Pakistan's minority Hindus feel under attack
They came after dusk and chanted into the night sky "Kill the Hindus, kill the children of the Hindus," as they smashed religious icons, ripped golden ...
Suicide bombing kills 5 in northwest Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying a senior Pakistani police officer on Wednesday, killing him and four other people in the country's ...
UN imposes sanctions on Haqqani Network
The U.N. committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions Monday on the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, a fierce ...
Pakistan parents killed daughter for eyeing boy
A Pakistani couple accused of killing their 15-year-old daughter by pouring acid on her carried out the attack because she sullied the family's honor ...
Pakistan army chief issues warning in rare message
Pakistan's army chief warned against efforts to undermine the military in a rare public statement Monday that analysts interpreted as a response to ...
Iraq signs gas deal with Pakistani company
Iraq has inked a final deal with a Pakistani company to explore for natural gas in the country's east in the latest move by Baghdad to develop its ...
Diplomat says Malala recovery 'very satisfactory'
A Pakistani ambassador says the 15-year-old girl activist shot in the head by a Taliban gunman last month is making a steady recovery and is starting ...
Suicide bomber kills 6 people in NW Pakistan
A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a vehicle carrying the regional head of a government-allied militia in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, ...
Gunmen kill 18 in bus attack in southwest Pakistan
Gunmen riding on two motorcycles opened fire on a bus at a small fuel station in southwest Pakistan on Friday, igniting a massive blaze and leaving ...
Families await bodies after Pakistan factory fire
At the only morgue in Pakistan's largest city lie the blackened remains of 32 people killed in one of the worst industrial accidents in the country's ...
Internet rolls into Bangladesh villages on a bike
Amina Begum had never seen a computer until a few years ago, but now she's on Skype regularly with her husband. A woman on a bicycle brings the ...
Asia stocks mixed after China PMI improves
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday, with investors buoyed by solid manufacturing data out of China but wary of weak global demand for electronics ...
Cyclone weakens after displacing 150K in India
A tropical storm weakened Thursday after slamming into southern India, bringing heavy rain and a storm surge and displacing 150,000 people. Six deaths ...
Population bulge tests India's growth aspirations
Vijay Kumar clutched a worn plastic folder containing his high school diploma and his nursing aide certificate as he joined a long queue at an ...
Top UK court rejects bid to free US-held detainee
Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a bid by a Pakistani man held by the U.S. in Afghanistan to force U.K. authorities to secure his release, ...
India's Cabinet rejigged, but no place for Rahul
A major reshuffle of India's Cabinet left one question dangling: Where is Rahul Gandhi? The scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is not among the new ...