South Asia
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 ...Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world ...Bangladesh suspends mobile internet, police fire tear gas at protesters
By Ruma Paul Reuters Police fired tear gas to scatter protesters in Bangladesh on Thursday, while authorities cut some mobile internet services ...Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins
By Gloria Dickie Reuters Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, ...














