South Asia
Shot fired at Indian protest against citizenship law, one hurt
An unidentified man fired at a protest against India’s new citizenship law near a university in Delhi on Thursday, wounding a student, ...Taliban says has brought down U.S. military plane in Afghanistan
The Taliban said it had shot down a U.S. military plane in the central Afghan province of Ghazni on Monday, killing all ...Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
The UN’s top court told Myanmar on Thursday to take urgent steps to prevent the alleged genocide of the Buddhist nation’s minority ...Afghan war caused 100,000 civilian casualties in last decade: UN
More than 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade, the United Nations reported Thursday, as it renewed ...‘Ring of fire’ eclipse enthrals skywatchers in Middle East, Asia
Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to India and Singapore were treated to a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse Thursday. Annular ...Afghan president wins 2nd term in preliminary vote count
Afghanistan’s election commission said the president has won a second term, earning 50.64% of a preliminary vote count announced Sunday, but his ...Fresh clashes in India as death toll hits nine
Fresh clashes between Indian police and demonstrators erupted on Friday after more than a week of deadly unrest triggered by a citizenship ...Pakistan court sentences former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death for treason
Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court sentenced on Tuesday former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, ...India protests spread over ‘anti-Muslim’ law
Fresh protests were expected across India on Monday over a new citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim, after clashes overnight in the capital ...Decades on, Soviet bombs still killing people in Afghanistan
Gholam Mahaiuddin sighs softly as he thinks of his 14-year-old son, who was killed in the spring by a bomb dropped last ...














