South Asia
Sri Lanka government declares curfew, shuts down access to major social media sites
The Sri Lankan government declared a curfew with immediate effect, junior defense minister Ruwan WijewardeneBombs kill 138, wound hundreds in Easter attacks on Sri Lanka churches, hotels
Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and four hotels killed 138 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and ...Peace hopes suffer setback as Taliban-Afghan talks derailed
Hopes for a breakthrough in a push to end Afghanistan\'s gruelling conflict suffered a major setback after a key summit between the ...Separatist gunmen kill 14 bus passengers in Pakistan
Gunmen killed at least 14 people after forcing them to disembark from buses in Pakistan\'s Balochistan, officials said, in the latest attack ...4 killed in Indian election violence as voting kicks off
At least four people were killed in clashes Thursday on the first day of polling in India\'s general elections, a six-week process ...U.S., Taliban talks end for now with no Afghan peace deal
U.S. and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their longest round of peace talks with progress made but no agreement on when foreign troops ...At least 16 killed in bomb, gun attack in eastern Afghanistan
Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a construction company office in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday killing 16 employees of the ...Pakistan, India trade fire in Kashmir; villagers flee homes
India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire through the night into Thursday morning in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, a day after Islamabad ...Nepal tourism minister among seven killed in helicopter crash
A helicopter crashed in bad weather in eastern Nepal on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, including the tourism minister, a ...Pakistan says it shot down Indian jets, carried out airstrikes in Kashmir
Pakistan carried out airstrikes and shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, Pakistani officials said, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside ...




