New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban鈥檚 oppression of women...
South Asia
Fugitive Lanka police chief surrenders after weeks on the run
Sri Lanka鈥檚 fugitive police chief surrendered to authorities and was remanded in custody Wednesday, weeks after his arrest was ordered over a botched raid that killed a fellow officer...
India's Nagpur sets curfew after sectarian clashes
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of a western Indian city on Tuesday, a day after sectarian clashes were sparked by Hindu nationalist groups who want to demolish the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler.
鈥楽ECURITY CONCERNS鈥�: Pakistan shuts universities in southwest province
Pakistan鈥檚 volatile Balochistan province has ordered the closure of three universities in recent weeks due to 鈥榮ecurity concerns,鈥� an official said on Tuesday, as separatist attacks surge in the region...
80pc of Afghanistan operations risk shutdown by June: WHO
The World Health Organisation said Monday 80 per cent of services that it supports in Afghanistan could shut down by June due to a funding shortage...
Sri Lanka court refuses to stop fugitive police chief鈥檚 arrest
A Sri Lankan court refused on Monday to quash an arrest warrant for the island nation鈥檚 fugitive police chief who is wanted over an officer鈥檚 death in a botched raid.
Thailand assured in Uyghurs鈥� safety after US visa bans
Thailand on Saturday responded to a United States visa ban on officials from the kingdom involved in deporting dozens of Uyghurs back to China, saying it had 鈥榬eceived assurances鈥� of their safety.
Myanmar troops under armed attack flee across border: Thai military
A group of Myanmar soldiers fled across the Thai border on Friday after an assault by an ethnic armed group ousted them from their base, Thailand鈥檚 military said.
Funding shortfall forces food aid cut聽to 1m in Myanmar
The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food聽 aid because of 鈥榗ritical funding shortfalls鈥�, it said on Friday.
25 bodies retrieved from Pakistan train siege
The bodies of at least 25 people, including 21 hostages, killed in a train siege by separatist gunmen in Pakistan were retrieved from the site on Thursday ahead of the first funerals, officials said...
28 soldiers, 30 captors killed as all hostages freed from train under siege in Pakistan
More than 340 train passengers taken hostage by a 鈥榤ilitant鈥� 聽group were freed on Wednesday by security forces after a 30-hour siege, an army official told AFP, confirming that 28 soldiers were killed in the siege....
16 killed as soldiers free over 100 hostages in deadly Pakistan train siege
Three people were killed and around a hundred hostages freed by Pakistani troops on Tuesday after armed militants attacked a train carrying over 450 passengers in the country\'s southwestern Balochistan province.
450 passengers of Pak train held hostage
Armed militants held hundreds of train passengers hostage on Tuesday in an on-going siege claimed by a separatist group behind rising violence in southwestern Pakistan.
Two arrested over gang-rape of Israeli tourist, local woman in India
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of two women including an Israeli tourist and the death of a man near a UNESCO World Heritage site in India, police said Sunday.
Pak Taliban attack kills four troops
At least four Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed when local Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint in a northwestern border region, a police official said on Sunday.