South Asia
Death toll from powerful earthquake in Tibet rises to 95
By Isabel Kua and Sam Davies AFP A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 95 people and collapsed ...World welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows
South Korea holds muted New Year events after plane crashpublished New Year celebrations in South Korea have been cancelled or scaled back ...Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan kill 16 security personnel
Sixteen security personnel were killed in northwest Pakistan in an attack by Islamist militants early on Saturday, a senior police official in ...Fighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people
By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and injured ...Gunmen kill 21 coal miners in troubled southwestern Pakistan
By Saleem Ahmed Reuters Dozens of attackers armed with guns, rockets and hand grenades stormed a cluster of small private coal mines ...Seven labourers killed by gunmen in Pakistan’s southern Balochistan
By Saleem Ahmad Reuters Gunmen killed seven workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan late on Saturday, police said. Armed men stormed ...Nepal closes schools as deaths from heavy rains hit 129
By Gopal Sharma Reuters Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain ...Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar
By Ruma Paul Reuters Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over ...More than 60 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan
By Saleem Ahmad and Saud Mehsud Reuters More than 60 people were killed in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked ...18 dead after Nepal plane crashes during takeoff
BY BINAJ GURUBACHARYA AP A domestic plane crashed Wednesday while taking off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and ...