South Asia
Fresh gunfire at Indian air force base in Punjab
A fresh gunbattle erupted Sunday at the Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamic militants a day earlier with the loss ...Gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border, six dead
Indian troops killed four suspected militants who entered an air force base near the border with Pakistan and exchanged fire with security ...Afghan forces free 59 prisoners from Taliban jail in south
Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts ...World welcomes New Year despite terror fears
New Year\'s Eve kicked off in Sydney, but tightened security muted revelries in Europe with Brussels scrapping celebrations and fireworks cancelled in ...Nepal appoints quake reconstruction chief
Nepal has appointed a new chief for its reconstruction authority which will allow the body to finally start rebuilding and disbursing aid ...US air strikes in Afghan district under Taliban siege
The US launched air strikes to bolster Afghan forces scrambling Thursday to beat back Taliban insurgents who seized large swathes of a ...Indian paramilitary plane crashes, killing all 10 aboard
A small Indian paramilitary plane crashed just outside New Delhi\'s main airport on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, officials said.Pakistan market bombing kills at least 12, wounds dozens
A bomb blast ripped through a crowded bazaar in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan\'s northwestern tribal region Sunday, killing at least ...World climate accord hailed as turning point from fossil fuels
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented a landmark global climate accord on Saturday, a "historic" measure for transforming the world\'s fossil fuel-driven ...Fifty Afghan security forces, civilians killed in airport siege
The last of 11 Taliban insurgents who infiltrated Kandahar airport was killed late on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after the attack ...




