South Asia
Afghan forces fight to retake northern city from Taliban
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Kunduz on Tuesday as the government launched an operation to retake the center of the ...Taliban captures key northern Afghan city of Kunduz
The Taliban captured the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in a massive assault Monday involving hundreds of fighters, and now control a ...Bangladesh court indicts 13 in beating death of teenager
A court in northeastern Bangladesh indicted 13 people on Tuesday in the beating death of a 13-year-old boy that shocked a nation ...Pakistan postpones hanging of disabled death row convict
Pakistan has postponed the execution of a paraplegic death row convict following appeals by human rights groups, officials said Tuesday.Nepal adopts new democratic constitution
Nepal adopted its first democratic constitution on Sunday in a largely peaceful event, a historic step for a nation that has seen ...Gunmen attack Pakistani air force base in Peshawar
Taliban gunmen stormed a Pakistani Air Force base early on Friday, killing at least 17 people, a military spokesman said, the deadliest ...UN calls for Sri Lanka war crimes court
The United Nations on Wednesday detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka\'s civil conflict, including the disappearance of tens of thousands of ...At least 82 killed in Indian gas explosion
At least 82 people died when a gas cylinder exploded in a packed restaurant in India\'s central Madhya Pradesh state on Saturday ...Indian court convicts 12 in 2006 Mumbai train bombs trial
An Indian court on Friday convicted 12 people over a series of bombings on commuter trains in the business capital Mumbai that ...Bride shortage in north India drives men to look far afield
When Sadhuram Berwal wanted to get married, his family went about it in the traditional Indian way, asking relatives, neighbors and local ...