South Asia
Quake-hit Nepal opens Everest for climbing
Nepal Sunday opened Everest for the autumn season, granting its first climbing permit four months after a deadly earthquake triggered an avalanche ...Afghan suicide car bombing targeting NATO convoy kills 12
A car bomb targeting a convoy carrying civilian NATO contractors killed 12 people outside a Kabul hospital on Saturday, part of a ...Minister among 10 killed in Pakistan suicide attack
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the home of an anti-Taliban provincial minister, killing him and 10 others in eastern Pakistan, ...Al-Qaida leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban chief
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a ...New protests after deadly clashes over Nepal constitution
Nepal sent in hundreds of police reinforcements Tuesday to a troubled western region as anger flared over the police killing of two ...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 ...




