South Asia
India sentences three to death, 24 to jail for gang rapes
An Indian judge on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to ...Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf escapes assassination attempt
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb went off shortly ...Afghan provincial polls candidate among nine killed
An Afghan provincial council candidate and eight supporters are believed to have been killed in the country\'s northern province of Sari Pul ...Pakistan court indicts former president Pervez Musharraf for treason
A Pakistani court indicted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf with high treason for suspending the constitution in 2007, a move that threatens ...Militants attack Afghan election office in Kabul
Taliban insurgents attacked the Kabul headquarters of the Afghanistan\'s independent election commission (IEC) headquarters on Saturday, the latest in a spate of ...35 killed in road accident in Pakistan
A collision between two passenger buses and a petrol tanker has killed 35 people in southwest Pakistan, officials said, with many of ...At least 9 civilians killed in Kabul hotel attack
At least 9 civilians including children and foreigners were killed in a Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul, the spokesman ...Taliban suicide attack on Afghanistan police station kills 11
Taliban fighters have killed at least 11 people and wounded 22 in a suicide bomb attack and gun battle at a police ...Indian court convicts four men in gang rape of photojournalist in Mumbai
A court has convicted four men of gang raping a photojournalist in India\'s financial capital of Mumbai last year.British-Swedish journalist shot dead in Afghanistan
A Swedish journalist was shot dead Tuesday in a brazen daytime attack on a street in the Afghan capital.




