South Asia
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 ...Landslides kill five in Nepal quake zone
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least five people in central Nepal, four of them in a shelter for survivors of ...Nepal says will not let protests derail constitution
Nepal\'s government has vowed that protests in which 14 people have been killed will not derail a constitutional process that is in ...India deploys army to stop caste-related violence in Gujarat
The Indian army patrolled riot-hit areas of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s home state of Gujarat on Thursday after the death toll rose ...Clashes erupt amid caste protests in India
Clashes erupted overnight between police and members of a farming caste demanding government benefits in western India. Authorities sent paramilitary forces to ...Protests over draft Nepal charter turn violent, nine dead
Demonstrators armed with spears and axes killed eight police officers in western Nepal on Monday during escalating protests against a proposed new ...




