South Asia
Maldives votes for new president
With over half the ballot boxes counted, former president Mohamed Nasheed is in the lead in the much anticipated Maldives presidential elections, ...Pakistan releases seven Afghan Taliban fighters
Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, the ...Suspected US drone strike kills 7 militants in Pakistan
Pakistan intelligence officials say a pair of missiles launched by a U.S. drone hit a militant hideout near the Afghan border and ...Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan
An Indian woman author who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban has been shot dead in Afghanistan\'s Paktika ...IMF approves $6.7 bn loan for Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund\'s board approved a $6.7 billion loan package for Pakistan on Wednesday to help the nation revive its ailing ...One woman per hour killed in India over dowry payments
On average, one Indian woman every hour is killed in a dowry-related dispute, government data indicate.Afghan Taliban attack US base near Pakistan border
A group of suicide bombers attacked a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple ...Indian teenager found guilty in Delhi gang-rape case
An Indian court found a teenager guilty on Saturday over the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, a crime that ...Pakistan retrial for doctor who helped find bin Laden
The Pakistani doctor jailed for 33 years after helping the CIA find Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had his sentence overturned on ...Indian police arrest key terror suspect
Indian intelligence agencies have arrested one of the leaders of a domestic terror group blamed for a series of bombings in the ...