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One dead in train bomb attack: officials
A bomb planted on the railway tracks in India’s restive northeast killed 1 and injured 7 on Thursday.
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Indian govt warns youths over violent Kashmir protests
The Indian government on Thursday appealed for parents in Kashmir to keep their teenage sons indoors.
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Gang of website hackers busted
Authorities said they had traced a gang of hackers and arrested five suspects involved in defacing thousands of websites.
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CNN sacks Mid-East editor after tweet about Hezbollah leader
Octavia Nasr is leaving CNN after sending a message on Twitter praising the late Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
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Fashionable dreams in turbulent Balochistan
Mehtab Kanwal embroiders a women’s tunic, dreaming of a prosperous future as a fashion designer with a boutique.
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Truce between Ambanis opens door to expansion
India’s billionaire Ambani brothers are signing deals and drawing up expansion plans.
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Britain to hand over violent Afghan area to US troops
British troops will hand over control of the Sangin area of southern Afghanistan to US forces by the end of this year.
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Not easy being a child in Bangladesh, reveals study
Half of all disabled children in impoverished Bangladesh have been sexually abused, often by close family relatives.