South Asia
- Donors pledge billions to help rebuild earthquake-hit NepalDonor 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 waveNearly 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 rapeIndian 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 PakistanAn 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 parliamentA 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 IndiaIndian 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: WikiLeaksA 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 churchThe 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 millionFarmers 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 beginFor the villagers of Sirdibas in Nepal, one of hundreds of isolated mountain communities dotting the vast Himalayan region, a trip to ...
 
                			
                                        			












