Myanmar鈥檚 junta announced a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday as the death toll from a devastating earthquake rose and desperate survivors pleaded for more help amid frantic scenes of aid distribution...
An explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in western India left 21 people dead and several others injured on Tuesday, officials said...
India can expect hotter-than-usual temperatures this summer with more heatwave days taking a toll on lives and livelihoods, the weather office warned....
Eighteen people were killed and five others injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory in western India on Tuesday....
Myanmar held a minute鈥檚 silence, while four days after the earthquake, many people still sleep outdoors, either unable to return to ruined homes or afraid of further aftershocks...
Myanmar鈥檚 ruling junta declared a week of national mourning on Monday for the country鈥檚 devastating earthquake, which has killed more than 1,700 people, as hopes faded of finding more survivors in the rubble of ruined buildings....
Rescuers thought they had saved the life of pregnant Mathu Thu Lwin, but they were unable to resuscitate her after extracting her from the wreckage of an apartment complex...
At least 11 people were killed Saturday in northern Pakistan when the army launched a series of drone strikes against the Taliban -- losses which the provincial government called 鈥榙eeply regrettable鈥�....
A powerful earthquake has killed more than 1,600 people in war-torn Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and caused widespread damage....
Myanmar鈥檚 junta has pressed ahead with its campaign of air strikes despite the country鈥檚 devastating earthquake, with a rebel group telling AFP Sunday seven of its fighters were killed in an aerial attack soon after the tremors hit...
Four police officers and two suspected rebels have been killed in Indian-administered Kashmir during a drawn-out firefight that also left several police wounded, security forces said.
Indian security forces killed at least 16 Maoists during a fierce gun battle on Saturday, police told AFP, as New Delhi ramps up efforts to crush the long-running insurgency.
Eleven people were killed in drone strikes in northern Pakistan on Saturday launched by the army against the Taliban, who had killed seven soldiers a day earlier, police told AFP.
Afghanistan鈥檚 Taliban government released nearly 2,500 prisoners ahead of celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, the supreme court said on Saturday, in a country where the UN has warned of a growing prison population.
Nepal has launched investigations into the deadly violence that erupted during pro-monarchy protests, a district official said on Saturday, after two people were killed in the unrest and more than 100 others arrested.