South Asia
Indian bride walks out of wedding after groom gets math problem wrong
An Indian bride has walked out of her wedding ceremony after her groom-to-be failed to solve a simple math problem, police said ...Indian court summons ex-PM over multi-billion coal scam
An Indian court summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday over accusations of criminal conspiracy and corruption in the illegal award ...Pakistani province cracks down on child marriage
Parents and clerics in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province who allow the marriage of underage children will face greater penalties than before ...Thousands of passengers stranded at Nepal airport
Nepal\'s only international airport remained closed for the fourth day Saturday, forcing the cancellation of all flights to and from foreign destinations and stranding ...Nepal court jails Canadian tourist for seven years for child sex abuse
A Canadian tourist with several previous child sex convictions has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Nepal for sexually abusing ...US-Bangladeshi blogger hacked to death in Dhaka
A prominent Bangladeshi-American blogger known for speaking out against religious extremism was hacked to death as he walked through Bangladesh\'s capital with ...Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Taliban massacre
Almost every Pakistani citizen has a cellphone, but from now on, Big Brother is checking to make sure their name, number and ...Afghanistan gets historic first win at Cricket World Cup
Shapoor Zadran hit the winning runs to give Afghanistan its first victory at its inaugural Cricket World Cup and followed it up ...Afghan capital rocked by suicide attack on Turkish embassy car
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a Turkish embassy car in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at ...Afghan avalanches kill at least 124 people
Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 124 people in northeastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said Wednesday, as rescuers ...




