South Asia
Nepal votes in first local election in 20 years
Nepal held local level polls on Sunday, the first since 1997 and a key step in the country\'s rocky transition to democracy ...Bomb kills 25 as it hits convoy of Pakistan Senate deputy
A bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate on Friday in the violence-plagued province of ...Nepal man, 85, dies trying to become oldest Everest climber
An 85-year-old man from Nepal died Saturday while attempting to scale Mount Everest to regain his title as the oldest person to ...Famed Swiss climber killed near Mount Everest in Nepal
A Swiss climber acclaimed for his rapid ascents — including scaling dozens of peaks in the Alps in a little more than ...Maoist rebels kill at least 25 Indian paramilitary soldiers
Maoist rebels killed at least 25 Indian paramilitary soldiers and injured six others in their stronghold in central India on Monday in ...Over 100 killed, wounded in Taliban attack on Afghan military base
More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the defence ...IS death toll hits 90 from huge US bomb in Afghanistan
Afghan authorities Saturday reported a jump in fatalities from the American military\'s largest non-nuclear bomb, declaring some 90 Islamic State fighters dead, ...Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh by 6 wickets in 1st Twenty20
Kusal Perera hit 77 runs off 53 deliveries to propel Sri Lanka to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first of ...Attack on military hospital in Afghan capital kills 30
More than 30 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Wednesday\'s attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, ...Islamic State suicide bombing at Pakistan shrine kills 75
An Islamic State suicide bomber struck inside a famed shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 75 people in the ...




