All Asia: South & Central
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Earthquakes turn trekking paradise Nepal into a nation of campersExtensive damage to homes - and fears of future earthquakes - has left hundreds of thousands living outside and created a tent shortage.
Rohingya migrants fleeing from Myanmar land in Indonesia, Thailand in escalated crisisMost of the 1,000 migrants fleeing persecution in Myanmar were crammed onto three boats that Indonesian fisherman towed ashore, while another 106 people were found on a Thai island Thursday and brought to the mainland, authorities said.
Search continues for US military helicopter in Nepal while quake death toll risesAfter two full days of searching, no sign had been found of the helicopter, which was on an aid mission in Dolakha district near Tibet when it lost contact on Tuesday.
Taliban attack on Kabul hotel a reminder of a fragile AfghanistanThe US has spent $110 billion on development in Afghanistan since 2002. But the country's future is far from assured.
Taliban claims responsibility for deadly Kabul guest house attackAn American is among 14 people who were killed in the attack in the Afghan capital.
Gunmen kill at least 45 Shiite Muslims in Pakistani bus attackThe bus was in a relatively deserted area on the outskirts of Karachi en route to an Ismaili Shiite community center Wednesday.
For Nepal's kids, earthquakes break school rhythmsApril's deadly tremor left around 1 million Nepali students without classrooms. And today's magnitude-7.4 temblor has further shaken efforts to restore the country's education system.- Latest Nepal earthquake: Death toll rises to 36A magnitude 7.3 quake hit hardest in remote mountain districts northeast of the capital of Nepal. At least 1,100 have been reported injured.
