South Asia
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 ...India and Pakistan to resume peace process
India and Pakistan agreed to resume high-level peace talks on Wednesday, according to a joint statement that signalled a thaw in tense ...Strong 7.2 quake strikes in Tajikistan, felt in New Delhi
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi and ...More rains forecast for flood-hit southern India
The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced ...Many victims in California shooting
At least 20 victims were reported Wednesday in a shooting in San Bernardino in California, with a gunman still at the scene, ...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 ...




