South Asia
Sri Lankan president admits election defeat; challenger sworn in
New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was sworn into office Friday and vowed to curtail the powers amassed by his ...India arrests five for kidnap and rape of Japanese woman
Indian police have arrested two brothers accused of repeatedly raping a 22-year-old Japanese tourist over three weeks near Bodh Gaya, ...New Year celebrations marked across the world
New Year\'s celebrations kicked off in New Zealand and Australia as revelers from around the world gathered Wednesday to say goodbye to ...U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan ends combat role; thousands of foreign troops remain
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission on Sunday, more than 13 years after an international alliance ...Pakistan to appeal bail for Mumbai attacker
A Pakistani prosecutor says the government will try to cancel the bail granted to the main suspect in the Mumbai ...Pakistan mourns after Taliban Peshawar school massacre
It began like any other morning in Pakistan\'s Army Public School in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Students pored over ...Taliban storms Pakistan school, killing scores of children
At least 130 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into a school in ...Deal reached at UN climate talks in Peru
After late-night wrangling at UN talks in Peru, negotiators early Sunday reached a watered-down deal that sets the stage for ...Multiple attacks kill 20 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms
Taliban insurgents killed at least 20 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining ...UN climate talks deadlocked over scope of pledges
U.N. talks on a new global warming pact spilled into the weekend as negotiators quarreled over what kind of information to include ...