South Asia
Afghan girl kills two Taliban fighters after parents murdered
An Afghan girl shot dead two Taliban fighters and wounded several more after they dragged her parents from their home and killed ...Nepal to resume flights in boost for virus-hit tourism sector
Nepal said Tuesday it will resume international commercial flights in mid-August, in a boost for its coronavirus-hit tourism sector. The Himalayan nation ...Buildings collapse in heavy rain in India’s Mumbai, killing eight
Heavy rains lashing India’s financial capital of Mumbai have caused the collapse of a multi-storey building, killing six people and injuring several, ...India passes 1 million virus cases as global crisis worsens
India on Friday became the third country in the world to record one million coronavirus cases, following Brazil and the United States ...India locks down more than 125 million as virus surges across globe
More than 125 million people in India began a new lockdown Thursday as authorities worldwide scramble to get a handle on a ...India surges to 3rd-highest in cases as virus slams US hospitals
India on Monday became the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warned hospitals in the United States were in danger ...TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with China
TikTok on Tuesday denied sharing users’ data with the Chinese government, after India banned the wildly popular app as ties with Beijing ...Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi
Gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi Monday, with four of the assailants killed, police said. Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi ...Virus cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic ‘accelerating’
Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia ...India holds funerals for soldiers killed in China border clash as tensions stay high
India prepared to hold funerals on Thursday for some of the 20 soldiers killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in ...














