All Asia: South & Central
Nepal quake: As monsoon hits, foreign donors pledge $4.4 billion in aidIn Nepal's worst affected district, the displaced are starting to move from tents to temporary corrugated steel structures. At a donor conference, Nepal's prime minister vowed today that aid would be handled responsibly.
As Pakistan heat wave starts to ease, criticism mounts of slow responsePakistan's prime minister declared a state of emergency yesterday 鈥� four days after temperatures in the southern city of Karachi rose above 110 degrees F. More than 800 people have died.
Doubts emerge over Indian Army 'hot pursuit' into MyanmarIndia claimed to kill many rebels in Myanmar and said its cross-border raid was facilitated by Myanmar's government. Both claims appear shaky.聽
UN report urges more volunteer opportunites for poor and lower-caste womenIn many developing countries, only more privileged women are able to influence decisions made in local government or community groups that affect the lives of women across social classes, says a recent UN report.
Great game: Polls in Pakistani Kashmir smooth way for epic China pipelinePrime Minister Nawaz Sharif's Party of Pakistan won a majority of seats in disputed territory crucial to a $46 billion China-built corridor from Xinjiang to the Indian Ocean.
In Kashmir, unexplained killings mount. A repeat of dark times?Many Kashmiris worry the Indian Army's explanation that militants are to blame is masking a revival of its old and hated counterinsurgency campaign.- At least 21 dead after Nepalese landslide, officials sayA number of people were injured, and dozens are missing with the number going possibly higher, as time goes by.
Why Indian troops are in 'hot pursuit' of rebels inside MyanmarSeparatist groups in northeast India have used Myanmar as a rear base of operations for hit-and-run attacks on Indian troops. Tuesday's cross-border raid may mark an escalation in India's counterinsurgency campaign.
Will terrible earthquake bring a fuller democracy in Nepal?Amid the rubble and homeless in Nepal, the country's political parties appear poised to finally enact a constitution.聽Has adversity brought opportunity?
Eight people linked to Malala attack are freedA Pakistani police official said the eight were released, due to a lack of evidence.
Behind exodus of desperate Rohingyas, a push from MyanmarLegally stateless in Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims have been driven into camps by violence. Tens of thousands have left their homes in Rakhine state for the open ocean in the hands of human traffickers.聽
Murder charges filed in 2013 Bangladeshi factory collapseThe investigation found the workers were forced to enter the building to work despite major cracks discovered a day before it collapsed, an official said.
Those who must work in deadly India heat waveMore than 1,400 people have died from high heat over the past 30 days in India.
Militants lay siege to guesthouse in Afghanistan's capitalAfghan security forces have been struggling to fend off Taliban attacks since US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat mission at the end of last year.
India heat wave grips parts of nation, more than 500 people killedSoaring temperatures have gripped parts of southern and northern India in an extreme heat wave which has killed more than 500 people, most of the聽deaths have been of construction workers, the elderly, or the homeless.
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian goes on trial in Iran for spyingAn Iranian security court on Tuesday held the first hearing in the closed trial of the Iranian-American reporter for The Washington Post who has been detained for more than 10 months, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Suu Kyi not invited to meeting on persecuted Rohingya MuslimsThe Nobel Peace Prize winner will not be joining a trio of fellow Nobel laureates at Tuesday's meeting in Oslo, Norway.
Was Farkhunda verdict just? Many Afghans think not.Lenient sentences for police who ignored a mob murder shows little regard for women's rights or real justice in Afghanistan.聽
Car bombing in Kabul latest in string of attacks on Afghan justice systemTaliban militants detonated a car bomb at the Afghanistan Ministry of Justice earlier today, the third institution related to the nation's justice system to be attacked in just over two weeks.聽
Afghan policemen sentenced to jail in connection with Farkhunda deathThe attack sparked protests in Afghanistan and reverberated around the world, highlighting the brutality women face in the country's conservative society.
