Family of doctor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan say police killed him in fake...
Shah Nawaz was arrested last week and later killed in an encounter, with his body burnt by a mob
Police suspend officers who killed Nawaz, who were...
China police believe stabbing of Japanese boy isolated incident
Local Chinese police believe the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy in the southern city of Shenzhen earlier this week was an isolated incident, with the perpetrator acting alone, local media...
Japanese boy dies after being stabbed by man in China’s Shenzhen
SHENZHEN - China - A Japanese boy stabbed by a man while on his way to school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen died of his wounds early Thursday morning,...
Pakistanis in Houston rally to support badly wounded student
NEW YORK - The Pakistani-American community in Houston, Texas, has rallied around a Pakistani female student who was severely injured by a hit-and-run driver and lying in pain in intensive treatment at...
Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods
Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi
In Myanmar, more than 235,000 people have...
Kenya school fire kills at least 17 children
The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight
The primary school caters to some 800 pupils, aged between roughly five and 12
India searches for coast guard crew after helicopter crash
AHMEDABAD - India on Tuesday deployed four ships and two aircraft to trace three missing coast guard members after their helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea during a rescue operation. The coast...
Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis in emergency shelters after floods
The floods were triggered by heavy monsoon rains and have killed at least 42 people in Bangladesh and India since the start of the week
Pakistan flies home the injured and the bodies of 28 Shiite pilgrims killed in...
Iran has one of the world’s worst traffic safety records with some 17,000 deaths annually
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan brought home Friday the bodies of 28 Shiite...
Death toll rises to 17 in blast at Indian pharmaceutical factory
Nearly 40 people were injured and rescue operations had been completed
HYDERABAD: India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at...