South Asia
Pakistan hangs four convicted of Taliban massacre at school
Pakistan executed four men on Wednesday for involvement in the massacre of 134 children at an army-run school in the northwestern city ...World leaders in Paris for climate-rescue summit
World leaders launched a whirlwind day of talks in the French capital on Monday aimed at forging an elusive agreement to stave ...Smog chokes Chinese, Indian capitals as climate talks begin
The capitals of the world\'s two most populous nations, China and India, were blanketed in hazardous, choking smog on Monday as climate ...Human error blamed for deadly US strike on Afghan hospital
A deadly air strike on a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital was "caused primarily by human error", the US commander in Afghanistan ...World leaders seek new path to slow warming of planet
Next week, in the waning days of what is set to be the hottest year on record, world leaders meet on the ...Dozens of Afghan troops defect to Taliban in Helmand fighting
At least 65 Afghan soldiers have defected to the Taliban, taking their weapons and equipment with them and 88 have been killed ...Pakistan factory collapse kills 18, dozens trapped
Survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory pleaded for help on their mobile phones on Thursday even as rescuers ...Maldives declares state of emergency as turmoil deepens
The Maldives declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, as the Indian Ocean island nation\'s political upheaval intensified following a suspected assassination ...35 killed in Nepal bus accident
A bus packed with passengers riding both inside and on its roof veered off a mountain road in northwest Nepal on Tuesday, ...Nepali police kill Indian protester at border blockade
Nepali police shot and killed an Indian citizen at a border checkpoint on Monday as they tried to clear protesters whose blockade ...