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December 05, 2018

US envoy for Afghan peace in Pakistan for talks on Taliban

The U.S. special envoy tasked with finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's bloody 17-year-old war met Tuesday with ...

December 04, 2018

South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer

A worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl ...

December 03, 2018

Pakistan says Trump seeks help on Taliban talks

President Donald Trump has reached out to Pakistan's prime minister, sending Imran Khan a letter seeking cooperation in ...

December 03, 2018

Sri Lanka court orders prime minister to refrain from duties

A Sri Lankan court on Monday ordered disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his ministers to refrain from carrying out ...

December 02, 2018

Airstrike kills 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

At least ten civilians were killed following an airstrike in the eastern Paktia province bordering Pakistan, Afghan officials ...

December 01, 2018

Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra post wedding on social media

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra posted photos of their wedding celebration Saturday amid reports that the couple had wed after ...

December 01, 2018

Pakistan clerics in blasphemy case to face treason charges

A Pakistani minister says the detained Islamic clerics who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the ...

November 30, 2018

Pakistan's currency plunges again as country seeks IMF loan

Pakistan's currency has plunged further as the country is mired in a financial crisis and seeking an $8 billion bailout ...

November 30, 2018

Indian farmers march seeking better prices for produce

Thousands of farmers marched to India's Parliament on Friday demanding higher prices for their produce and a government ...

November 29, 2018

Indian police break up international computer virus scam

Indian police said Thursday they have arrested nearly two dozen people on suspicion of defrauding people around the world by ...

November 28, 2018

Pakistani PM inaugurates pilgrim border crossing with India

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the first visa-free border crossing ...

November 27, 2018

India studying island to see if man's body can be recovered

Indian officials have traveled repeatedly in recent days near the remote island where an American missionary was killed by ...

November 26, 2018

India marks 10 years since Mumbai attacks; US offers reward

As Mumbai marked the 10th anniversary of attacks that killed 166 in India's financial capital on Monday, the United States ...

November 26, 2018

Hard-line Hindus pressure Modi over temple at disputed site

Tens of thousands of hard-line Hindus rallied Sunday to demand a Hindu temple be built on a site in northern India where ...

November 25, 2018

Indian police map area of island where US man was killed

Police said they have mapped the area of a remote Indian island where tribespeople were seen burying the body of an American ...

November 25, 2018

Sri Lankan president: PM-related investigations to continue

Sri Lanka's president on Sunday assured non-interference in ongoing investigations into abductions, killings of journalists ...

November 24, 2018

After attack on Chinese consulate, Pakistan points to India

The suicide bomber that targeted the Chinese consulate in Karachi used a foreign-made C-4 plastic explosive, said Pakistani ...

November 24, 2018

Pakistan arrests 1100 supporters of detained cleric

Police in an ongoing crackdown arrested some 1100 supporters of a detained radical Islamic cleric, who disrupted daily life ...

November 23, 2018

Pakistan arrests top leader of Islamist party in Lahore

The party of a radical Islamic cleric who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the acquittal of a ...