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Stigma hinders efforts to combat leprosy in India
At first, Ashok Yadav ignored the patches of pink skin on his arm. But when pale sores erupted on his body and he lost sensation in his fingertips, ...
2 dozen children die in drought-hit south Pakistan
Pakistani officials say authorities are investigating whether malnutrition is responsible for the deaths of nearly two dozen children in the country's ...
AP PHOTOS: Women brick-makers in debt in Pakistan
Amna Bhatti has spent half a century shaping mud into bricks in a huge kiln south of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. She started by paying off her ...
Asia stocks gain on China prospects, US data
Asian stocks mostly rose Friday, buoyed by a third all-time high on a key Wall Street index this week and signs that China will follow up on pledges ...
66 students expelled for cheering Pakistan cricket
Dozens of Muslim students from the disputed Indian territory of Kashmir were expelled from their university and briefly threatened with sedition ...
Pakistani woman on a mission to educate children
Humaira Bachal knows firsthand how lack of education hurts her community. She had a cousin that died because his mother couldn't read the expiration ...
India announces general elections to start April 7
India said Wednesday that it will hold national elections from April 7 to May 12, kicking off a vote that many observers see as the most important ...
Pakistan resumes Taliban talks as 6 soldiers die
The Pakistani government pushed forward with Taliban peace negotiations on Wednesday, despite recent militant attacks that include a roadside bomb in ...
Ink thrown at Indian tycoon accused of fraud
An assailant hurled black ink Tuesday at an Indian tycoon accused of multibillion-dollar fraud, shouting "he has cheated and robbed us" outside the ...
Nepal says litterbugs no longer welcome on Everest
Litterbugs, beware: Nepal is making new rules to persuade trekkers to clean up after themselves on Mount Everest, in the hopes of clearing the tons ...
Gunmen kill 2 in attack on NATO trucks in Pakistan
A Pakistani official says gunmen have opened fire on a NATO supply convoy in the country's northwest, killing two truck drivers and wounding another.
Gunmen, bombers kill 11 in Pakistan capital
Gunmen stormed Pakistan's main court complex in Islamabad on Monday, cutting down fleeing lawyers before blowing themselves up in a rampage that ...
Pakistani court convicts 6 for reporter killing
A Pakistani prosecutor says an anti-terrorism court has convicted six people on charges related to the killing of a local TV reporter, including two ...
Pakistani Taliban announces 1-month cease-fire
The Pakistani Taliban announced Saturday that the group will observe a one-month cease-fire as part of efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the ...
World markets buoyed by S&P push to record high
World stock markets rose Friday, boosted by a strong performance on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 index was on track to close at another record high.
Activists reach Pakistan capital after long march
A group of Baluch activists are finishing a nearly 3,000-kilometer (1,900-mile) protest march across Pakistan, demonstrating in the capital Friday to ...
AP PHOTOS: Portraits from a long march in Pakistan
They carried photographs of their loved ones and signs protesting their disappearance across Pakistan, a march of nearly 3,000 kilometers (1,900 ...
Coal crunch gives impetus to India's solar switch
For six years in a row, India's monopoly coal producer has missed its production targets, leading to chronic electricity shortages and sending power ...
Congress concerned Iran's oil exports may be up
Obama administration officials faced the prospect of contentious questioning Thursday from lawmakers about reports that China and India are ...
Pakistan political party ends NATO supply blockade
The ruling political party of Pakistan's northwest said Thursday it ended a more than three-month blockade of a NATO supply route to Afghanistan over ...
Officials: Strikes kill 25 in Pakistan tribal area
Hundreds of families have fled Pakistani tribal areas near the Afghan border where the air force has been targeting Taliban insurgents and their ...
Slain Afghan soldiers memorialized in Kabul
Afghan officials on Monday mourned the loss of 21 soldiers killed by the Taliban in the single deadliest incident for the Afghan army in at least a ...
Officials: Gunmen kill leader in Pakistani Taliban
Gunmen killed a top leader of the Pakistani Taliban in a tribal region near Afghan border on Monday, intelligence officials and militant commanders ...
Hospital of last resort in Pakistan faces closure
Mohammed Aqeel spent weeks at home in Pakistan waiting for death after suffering a debilitating spinal cord injury in a car crash before friends ...
Bombing kills 14 at northwest Pakistan bus station
A bomb planted at a busy bus terminal near a police station in northwest Pakistan killed 14 people and wounding 15 near the country's lawless tribal ...