South Asia
Donors pledge billions to help rebuild earthquake-hit Nepal
Donor nations and agencies announced $4.4 billion in aid for Nepal on Thursday, covering about two-thirds of what the Himalayan nation says ...Hundreds die in Pakistan heat wave
Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday, with medics battling to treat patients as ...Indian police arrest Bollywood director accused of rape
Indian police said Monday they have arrested the Bollywood director Mahmood Farooqui after an American woman accused him of rape.Heatwave kills more than 180 in Pakistan
An intense heat wave killed more than 180 people over the weekend in Pakistan\'s southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, ...Taliban launches suicide attack on Afghan parliament
A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, wounding at least 19 people and sending a plume ...Modi leads International Yoga Day celebrations in India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led tens of thousands of people in a yoga session in the center of the capital on ...Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate: WikiLeaks
A son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden asked the United States for a death certificate after US Navy SEALS killed him, ...White suspect charged with murder in killings at black US church
The white man accused of gunning down nine black worshippers at a US church was ordered to remain in custody on murder ...Nepal farmers need urgent aid to avert threat of hunger facing one million
Farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal urgently need $20 million in emergency aid to plant crops in the summer and winter cropping seasons, protect ...Nepal quake leaves remote villages cut off as rains begin
For the villagers of Sirdibas in Nepal, one of hundreds of isolated mountain communities dotting the vast Himalayan region, a trip to ...