A suspected kidnapper was killed in an encounter with Pakistani Rangers in Sohrab Goth area of the city late on Thursday night. According to a Rangers spokesman, the...read more

At least four people, including a police officer, have lost their lives in Bangladesh following the intensification of violence by anti-government protesters demanding the overthrow of...read more

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has pledged national reconciliation and the resolution of foreign policy problems. Sirisena vowed on Wednesday in Sri Lanka's 67th...read more

An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for five key witnesses in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. Arrest warrants have been issued for SSP...read more

Scores of women’s rights activists held a demonstration in Kabul on Tuesday to protest against the reduction of quota for women in government. The activists, carrying banners...read more

Pakistan on Monday test-fired a cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, just over a week after its arch-rival India reached a new civilian nuclear accord with the United...read more

When Pakistani Taliban militants stormed a Peshawar school and massacred 150 children and teachers, nobody could fight back. Shabnam Tabinda and some of her fellow teachers want to change that --...read more

The US sees the “real solution” to the Rohingya refugee issue lies in their going back to Myanmar when the situation changes in the Rakhine State, said US Assistant Secretary of State...read more

Shia Muslims in Pakistan have started a three-day mourning period and staged sit-ins and strikes to commemorate the victims of a deadly bomb attack on a mosque in the southern province of...read more

Bangladesh authorities on Saturday cut the power to opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s home in an apparent bid to force her to call off a crippling anti-government transport...read more