South Asia
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 ...Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital
A fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India’s capital on Sunday where handbags and ...Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case
Police on Friday fatally shot four men suspected of raping and killing a woman in southern India, drawing both praise and condemnation ...Bus accident in Nepal leaves 19 dead 18 injured
A bus driver on Wednesday lost control of his vehicle which veered off a mountain road at Arghakhanchi in Nepal, killing 19 ...UN says US strikes cause civilian casualties in Afghanistan
A U.N. report released criticized American airstrikes earlier this year against alleged drug facilities in Afghanistan, saying they were unlawful and caused ...Taliban co-founder heads to Pakistan as US envoy visits
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar was due in Pakistan as US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad also visited, officials said, though it was unclear if ...










