All Asia: South & Central
- India's ruling party 'derecognizes' madrasas in Mahrashtra state
The Bharatiya Janata Party argues that some madrasas provide only religious education and fall short in academics.
- 22 years a slave: Myanmar fisherman goes home
A seafood industry slave, Myint Naing was willing to risk everything to see his mother again.
- Satnam Singh becomes first Indian to be drafted by NBA team
The Dallas Mavericks selected the teenager, who's projected to start his professional career for the team's minor league affiliate.
- Nepal quake: As monsoon hits, foreign donors pledge $4.4 billion in aid
In 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 response
Pakistan's prime minister declared a state of emergency yesterday – 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 Myanmar
India claimed to kill many rebels in Myanmar and said its cross-border raid was facilitated by Myanmar's government. Both claims appear shaky.
- UN report urges more volunteer opportunites for poor and lower-caste women
In 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 pipeline
Prime 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 say
A 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 Myanmar
Separatist 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. Has adversity brought opportunity?
- Eight people linked to Malala attack are freed
A Pakistani police official said the eight were released, due to a lack of evidence.
- Behind exodus of desperate Rohingyas, a push from Myanmar
Legally 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.
- Murder charges filed in 2013 Bangladeshi factory collapse
The 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 wave
More than 1,400 people have died from high heat over the past 30 days in India.
- Militants lay siege to guesthouse in Afghanistan's capital
Afghan 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 killed
Soaring temperatures have gripped parts of southern and northern India in an extreme heat wave which has killed more than 500 people, most of the deaths have been of construction workers, the elderly, or the homeless.
- Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian goes on trial in Iran for spying
An 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 Muslims
The Nobel Peace Prize winner will not be joining a trio of fellow Nobel laureates at Tuesday's meeting in Oslo, Norway.