South Asia
Landslides kill five in Nepal quake zone
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least five people in central Nepal, four of them in a shelter for survivors of ...Nepal says will not let protests derail constitution
Nepal\'s government has vowed that protests in which 14 people have been killed will not derail a constitutional process that is in ...India deploys army to stop caste-related violence in Gujarat
The Indian army patrolled riot-hit areas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s home state of Gujarat on Thursday after the death toll rose ...Clashes erupt amid caste protests in India
Clashes erupted overnight between police and members of a farming caste demanding government benefits in western India. Authorities sent paramilitary forces to ...Protests over draft Nepal charter turn violent, nine dead
Demonstrators armed with spears and axes killed eight police officers in western Nepal on Monday during escalating protests against a proposed new ...Quake-hit Nepal opens Everest for climbing
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche ...Afghan suicide car bombing targeting NATO convoy kills 12
A car bomb targeting a convoy carrying civilian NATO contractors killed 12 people outside a Kabul hospital on Saturday, part of a ...Minister among 10 killed in Pakistan suicide attack
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the home of an anti-Taliban provincial minister, killing him and 10 others in eastern Pakistan, ...Al-Qaida leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban chief
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a ...New protests after deadly clashes over Nepal constitution
Nepal sent in hundreds of police reinforcements Tuesday to a troubled western region as anger flared over the police killing of two ...