All Asia: South & Central
- After Rana Plaza, efforts on Bangladesh worker safety
The Rana Plaza factory collapse that claimed 1,100 lives six months ago led to promises of change.
- In Pakistan, who controls the narrative on drones?
The view that Pakistanis are uniformly opposed to US drone strikes is being questioned by some experts, NGO workers, and locals from Pakistan's tribal belt, where most drone attacks occur.
- Pakistan PM brings an economic message to the White House
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants to build a post-2014 relationship with the US that is based on economic ties, rather than the Afghanistan war legacy.
- India and China to ink a border deal: Will it ease strained ties?
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - under fire at home for being weak on China - will sign a cooperation pact with Beijing. He's trying to tackle a growing trade deficit with China as well.
- In India, Cyclone Phailin's devastation tempered by planning
Cyclone Phailin has cost many lives and left a trail of destruction in India. But a rare coordinated emergency response before the storm hit saved many more lives.
- Cyclone Phailin: Did India learn the lessons of 1999?
Cyclone Phailin has made landfall in India, bringing 130 m.p.h. winds, flooding, and a major storm surge. It's one of the worst storms to hit India's east coast since 1999. Is India ready?
- Malala Yousafzai: Why the global hero is scorned in Pakistan
Malala's Western connections are increasingly being viewed through a conspiratorial lens.
- New life for old ties: Are India and the US about to improve relations?
US-India ties have been on a downswing for the past few years. But eyes are on India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he meets with US President Obama in Washington today.
- Pakistan earthquake relief efforts face serious security risks
Two missiles were launched at a military aid helicopter on its way to survey a remote region in Pakistan where a massive earthquake killed more than 350 people.
- How the Taliban sent more girls to school in Pakistan
The NGO set up by Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl who survived a Taliban attack, is paying for the education of 40 girls across the Swat Valley.
- Why did militants attack Pakistani Christians?
More than 80 people were killed yesterday leaving a Christian church in Pakistan, potentially derailing the new government's plan to hold talks with the Pakistani Taliban.
- Will anyone heed an Indian fatwa against photography?
A renowned Indian Deobandi seminary issued an Islamic ruling last week declaring photography 'sinful.' But the derisive reaction of many Indian Muslim point to waning influence.
- New Delhi gang rape verdict: 'death to all'
A New Delhi court caps one of India's highest profile trials, sentencing four men to death for the murder and gang rape of a medical student.
- India court finds four men guilty in bus gang rape
The men were convicted on all counts against them, including rape and murder. They are expected to receive the death penalty.
- 31 killed in Indian religious violence
Hindus and Muslims in India rioted over the weekend, killing at least 31, and sparking fear of a return to communal violence.
- Afghan female military pilot gives wing to young girls' dreams
2 Lt. Niloofar Rhmani recently became Afghanistan's first female pilot in three decades. But even as she and other women break barriers, many are concerned about life after the 2014 drawdown of Western forces.
- FocusSecrets of Semipalatinsk: How nuclear theft was averted in Central Asia
More nuclear material remains at the former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, but collaboration between the US and Russia has locked down most of it.
- FocusThe cost of being the world's No.1 uranium producer
Kazakhstan's industry has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. But what could that mean for the environment?
- Pakistani madrasa denies US terror label, shrugs at sanctions
For the first time ever, the Treasury Department puts sanctions on a madrasa. Its administrator denies the charges, but says it won't hurt the school financially.
- Indian state outlaws profiting on miracles, summoning 'ghosts'
The law was hurriedly passed after rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, who advocated for the legislation, was assassinated. Some Hindus claim it violates religious freedom.