South Asia
Five dead, thousands flee as Cyclone Roanu nears Bangladesh
Cyclone Roanu was poised to make landfall in southern Bangladesh Saturday, as strong winds and heavy downpours unleashed by the storm left ...Rain hinders search for missing in Sri Lankan landslides
As soldiers searched Thursday for hundreds of people missing after landslides swallowed three central Sri Lankan villages, family members huddled in crowded ...Over 200 families feared buried by landslides in Sri Lanka
Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit ...Thousands of Afghan Hazaras join power line protest in Kabul
Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan\'s Hazara minority marched in protest through Kabul on Monday saying that they are missing out on a ...Nepal ethnic protesters clash with police for 2nd day
Supporters of ethnic minority groups demanding changes in Nepal\'s new constitution clashed with police Monday and blocked main streets near the prime ...Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader for rape and genocide in 1971 war
Bangladesh hanged Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami on Wednesday for genocide and other crimes committed during the 1971 war of independence ...Earthlings watch as tiny Mercury sails past the sun
Tiny Mercury, the solar system\'s innermost planet, sailed across the face of the sun on Monday, a celestial dance that occurs about ...Afghan road crash inferno leaves at least 73 dead
At least 73 people were killed Sunday when two passenger buses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision ...Pakistani army chief confirms death sentences for 11 Taliban
Pakistan\'s army chief signed off on the death sentences of 11 members of the Taliban convicted of terrorism, kidnappings, attacks on civilians ...Nepali authorities detain Canadian over tweets
Nepal authorities have detained a Canadian software developer working in the country over a series of tweets deemed to "disturb social harmony", ...




