South Asia
At least 32 killed in suicide attack on Afghan protesters
A suicide attack on protesters in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed at least 32 people, officials said, as an uptick in violence ...Afghan Taliban announces death of Haqqani network leader
The founder of the Haqqani network, one of Afghanistan\'s most effective and feared militant groups, has died after a long illness, their ...Counting ongoing in suspenseful Pakistan election
Vote-counting was ongoing Wednesday in a knife-edge Pakistan general election as former cricket hero Imran Khan sought power on a day marred ...U.S., Afghan forces clear Islamic State from eastern district
U.S. and Afghan Special Forces are completing an operation to clear Islamic State fighters from a remote district in Nangarhar, the eastern ...Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban until June 20
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced for the first time an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban, coinciding with the end of ...Militants attack Afghan government building, 10 dead
Militants attacked a provincial government building in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least ten people, officials said.Bangladesh plane carrying 71 people crashes in Nepal
Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames near Kathmandu airport on Monday, in the worst aviation ...Bollywood icon Sridevi dies aged 54
Sridevi, Bollywood\'s leading lady of the 1980s and \'90s who redefined stardom for actresses in India, has died at age 54.Maldives president back in control as court reverses ruling
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen appeared Wednesday to have gained the upper hand in a bitter power struggle after a diminished Supreme Court ...Several dead, dozens wounded in Kabul blast
A suicide bomber driving an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 more in an attack claimed by the Taliban ...




