South Asia

Sri Lanka: Anti-govt Protesters Break into President’s House, PM Calls Emergency Meeting

With no fuel country's transportation have been stopped completely for two weeks and Indian ocean island is virtually under lockdown. COLOMBO -- As thousands of protesters...

Pakistan rejects reports linking Udaipur murder

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has rejected Indian media reports insinuating that the murder of a Hindu tailor in Udaipur city was somewhow linked to Islamabad. The Foreign...

Afghanistan Earthquake Kills At Least 1,000, Toll Expected to Further Rise

Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Jibran Ahmad KABUL -- The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than...

Strong Quake Kills At Least 280, Injures 595 in Afghanistan

KABUL -- At least 280 people were killed and 595 injured after an earthquake struck Afghansitan's Paktika province early on Wednesday, the state-run media reported. Some...

Explosions Hit Kabul Gurdwara, Two Killed

On Friday, one person was killed and seven others were wounded after a blast hit a mosque in the northern province of Kunduz. KABUL -- At...

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