4 Pakistani paramilitary troops killed in blast
Four paramilitary troops were killed in a blast in western Pakistan on Friday, the interior minister said, as security forces battle a surge in separatist violence.
South Asia
Detained Pak rights activist launches hunger strike
Detained activist Mahrang Baloch, one of the leading campaigners for Pakistan鈥檚 Baloch minority, has launched a hunger strike along with other detainees, her sister said on Friday.
Six Thai cops killed in plane crash
Six Thai police officers were killed when a small plane crashed into the sea during a parachute training drill near a resort town on Friday, police said.
India blows up homes of two attack suspects in Kashmir
Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir on Friday blew up the family homes of two men who the police allege were among a gang that carried out the region鈥檚 deadliest attack against civilians for decades.
Indian, Pakistani troops exchange fire in Kashmir
Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show 鈥榤aximum restraint鈥� following a deadly shooting in the region.
India and Pakistan: A history of division and war
Nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan have long accused each other of backing forces to destabilise them, especially in the contested Himalayan region of Kashmir that each controls parts of.
India, Pakistan exchange聽tit-for-tat measures
India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures on Thursday after New Delhi blamed its arch-rival for backing a deadly shooting attack in contested Kashmir.
China repatriates 900 from Myanmar scam centres
China has repatriated more than 900 citizens it suspects of working in internet scam centres in Myanmar鈥檚 borderlands, a Beijing ministry said.
Tourists flee Kashmir after deadly attack
Indian tourist brochures dub the Himalayan region of Kashmir 鈥楲ittle Switzerland鈥�, and its mountain meadows are usually packed with visitors escaping the sweltering summer heat in the lowland plains of India.
India PM vows to pursue Kashmir attackers to 鈥榚nds of the Earth鈥�
India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures on Thursday after New Delhi blamed its arch-rival for backing a deadly shooting attack in contested Kashmir.
Islamabad says any India threat to be met with 鈥榝irm reciprocal measures鈥�
Pakistan鈥檚 government hit back on Thursday with a string of tit-for-tat measures against its neighbour India, who accused Islamabad of supporting 鈥榗ross-border terrorism鈥� following a brutal attack on Indian tourists.
India orders all Pakistani citizens to leave by April 29
India has hit Pakistan with a raft of mostly symbolic diplomatic measures after a deadly attack it blames on its arch-rival, but analysts warn a military response may yet come.
India vows 鈥榣oud and clear鈥� response to Kashmir attack
India鈥檚 defence minister vowed on Wednesday a swift response to those who carried out and planned the Kashmir region鈥檚 worst attack on civilians in years...
Pakistan gunmen kill two聽 cops guarding polio vaccinators
Gunmen killed two Pakistani police officers guarding polio vaccinators in the turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said on Wednesday, the second attack since the launch of a nationwide inoculation drive this week...
Myanmar rebels prepare to hand key city back to junta: China
A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group is preparing to hand a captured city back to the military in a Beijing-brokered deal, China鈥檚 foreign ministry said Tuesday, as residents reported junta troops already returning.