A security guard in the Pakistani city of Karachi has shot dead an 11-year-old boy wearing a monster mask, police say. The boy had sneaked up on the guard

Authorities in western India have banned groups of people from gathering near water sources in a drought-ridden city following violent skirmishes between increasingly desperate residents, officials said yesterday.

Foreign Ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) member countries arrive in Pokhara to attend the 37th Saarc Council of Ministers meeting to be held tomorrow.

Businesses and industries, already reeling from a financially challenging environment, say they are being hit hard by the freeze on new foreign workers.

Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program on beat South Korean professional Lee Sedol in the ancient board game Go, recovering from Sunday's loss to win its fourth match in a five-game series.

The death toll from torrential rain in Pakistan rose to 28 yesterday after more homes collapsed in the southwest and northwest, officials said. They said 17

A hardline Indian Hindu movement yesterday announced it was abandoning its trademark khaki shorts to try to modernise the dress code, 91 years after adopting the austere military-style uniform.

Underprivileged Indian children now can dream of making it big in cricket as a former Indian government employee, is helping them turn that dream into reality.

Bangladesh is going to be the part of a joint initiative to establish a regional body in South Asia to enhance skills and capacity development of public sector officials and bankers.

Sri Lanka yesterday announced plans to compensate journalists and media organisations that suffered violence and intimidation during

Qatar has sought Bangladesh's support for its nominee and Qatar Emir's Cultural Adviser Dr Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari who will contest for the next director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

Aung San Suu Kyi's party nominates her former driver and close aide to be Myanmar's next president, as the Nobel laureate looks to rule her former junta-run homeland through a trusted proxy.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says his country has successfully miniaturised a thermo-nuclear warhead, as Pyongyang continues to talk up its nuclear strike capabilities amid rising military tensions on the Korean peninsula.

At least 14 people are killed in a Pakistan bombing which militants say was in revenge for the execution of a policeman turned assassin.

An Indian student leader facing sedition charges has called for "freedom in India" in a rousing speech to students at Jawaharlal Nehru

A Shia Pakistani man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Thursday for allegedly posting religiously offensive material on his Facebook page, lawyers in the

Pakistan hangs the former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab's governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws, officials say.

A 32-year-old man allegedly kills 14 members of his family at their house near Thane in Maharashtra and then commits suicide.

Two people are feared dead after a small plane crashed in western Nepal today, an army official says, just days after 23 people are killed in a similar accident in the Himalayan nation.

Classical Indian dance could be an effective form of therapy for victims of human trafficking and sexual violence, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences and gain confidence, a pilot study has shown.