South Asia
More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave
More than 100 people are feared dead in India in an early-summer heat wave which forced schools to close and halted outdoor ...Seven Pakistani policemen killed during anti-polio drive
Taliban gunmen attacked policemen guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing seven of them.Deadly suicide bomb attack hits Afghan capital Kabul
At least seven people were killed and 327 others wounded in an ongoing Taliban attack in central Kabul Tuesday, the Afghan health ...24 killed in Nepal road accident
At least 24 people were killed and another 32 hurt when a bus slipped off a mountain gravel road and rolled down ...Taliban announces start of spring offensive in Afghanistan
The Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive on Tuesday, pledging to launch large-scale offensives against government strongholds backed by suicide ...Prince William and wife Kate begin royal tour of India
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge paid their respects at one of the sites of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks Sunday as ...Massive fire kills more than 100 in south India temple fire
A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India on Sunday, killing more than 100 people and injuring scores more after ...Pakistan hangs brothers for murdering six people
Pakistan on Saturday hanged two brothers convicted of murdering six people from the same family, just days after Amnesty International criticised the ...Worldwide executions highest since 1989: Amnesty
The number of known executions worldwide went up by more than 50 percent last year to at least 1,634, the highest figure ...47 Indian policemen get life sentences for 1991 Sikh killings
A special court in India has sentenced 47 policemen to life in prison for killing a group of Sikh pilgrims in 1991 ...




