South Asia
India police say village elders ordered gang-rape
A 22-year-old woman is critical after being allegedly gang-raped by 13 men on the orders of village elders in India’s eastern state ...20 Pakistan soldiers killed as bomb hits military convoy
At least 20 soldiers have been killed in north-western Pakistan in a bomb blast that struck an army convoy, sources in the ...India stampede kills 18 in Mumbai
Indian officials say a stampede in a crowd gathered to mourn the death of a religious leader has killed 18 people.Taliban attack on restaurant in Afghan capital kills at least 21
An attack on a restaurant in Kabul apparently carried out by the Afghan Taliban has killed at least 21 people, including four ...Hariri assassination trial opens at The Hague
A U.N.-backed tribunal has opened the trial against four men accused in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.India marks 3 years since last polio case reported
India is marking three years since its last reported polio case, a landmark in the global battle against the disease.Pakistan court orders Pervez Musharraf to attend future court hearings
A Pakistani court has ordered ex-President Pervez Musharraf to appear in court next week to face treason charges, despite an illness that ...Afghan war most unpopular in US history: Poll
A new poll shows that the war in Afghanistan is even more unpopular among Americans than the war in Vietnam was more ...At least 23 reported killed in huge India train fire
Railways officials in southern India say a fire on a train has killed at least 23 people.Ukrainian riot police withdraw after overnight move on demonstrators
Ukrainian police and protesters clashed again outside Kiev\'s city hall after security forces attempted to re-take the building occupied by hundreds of ...




