South Asia
Nepal police fire at demonstrators protesting draft constitution, killing 3 and wounding 12
Police in Nepal fired at demonstrators protesting a proposed constitution on Monday, killing at least three and wounding 12 others, an official ...Stampede at Indian temple in India leaves 11 dead
A stampede outside a Hindu temple early on Monday killed at least 11 pilgrims in eastern India with others injured in the ...Bangladesh shoots dead six alleged tiger poachers
Bangladesh police Sunday shot dead six alleged tiger poachers in the world\'s largest mangrove forest as it launched a crackdown following a ...Singapore marks 50 years since independence
Singapore marks its 50th anniversary on Sunday celebrating a remarkable transformation from colonial backwater to regional powerhouse, but analysts say the festivities ...Bangladesh blogger hacked to death
A gang armed with machetes hacked a secular blogger to death at his home in Dhaka Friday, sparking protests in the capital ...Dozens killed as wave of bomb attacks hit Kabul
A suicide bomber killed dozens of cadets at a Kabul police academy on Friday and blasts hit an area near the airport ...Helicopter crash in northwestern Pakistan kills twelve
A Pakistani military helicopter being used as an air ambulance crashed near the northern district of Mansehra on Thursday, and the 12 ...Nepal may be poised for another big earthquake
Large quakes in Nepal this year only partially relieved stress on a major Himalayan fault line, and chances for a big tremor ...UN reports rise in women, children casualties in Afghan war
The United Nations said on Wednesday that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan\'s war ...Nepal villagers recover the remains of 17 people missing after landslide
Nepal villagers have recovered the remains of 17 people who went missing after their village was buried by a landslide triggered by ...