Sunday, 05 May 2013 08:34
Tens of thousands of protesters demanding a new blasphemy law have blocked major highways to cut off the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka from the rest of the country, police said.
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 09:30
At least three people have died and 34 others wounded in twin explosions targeting a local political party office in Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi, ahead of May 11 general elections.
Saturday, 04 May 2013 07:21
At least US five soldiers serving as part of the NATO forces have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the US-led International Security Assistance Force has said.
Friday, 03 May 2013 08:31
A candidate running for Pakistan's national assembly at historic polls next week has been shot dead, police have said.
Friday, 03 May 2013 08:06
A US military refuelling plane has caught fire in mid air and crashed near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan's Emergencies Ministry said.
Friday, 03 May 2013 08:00
A blast in Pakistan's commercial hub, Karachi, has injured at least seven people in the run-up to the May 11 parliamentary elections.
Friday, 03 May 2013 07:28
Pakistan's main government prosecutor on the Benazir Bhutto murder case has been shot dead in Islamabad, police said.
Friday, 03 May 2013 07:21
More than 500 bodies have been recovered from the Bangladesh garment-factory building that collapsed last week, authorities said after arresting an engineer who said the building was unsafe but is accused of helping the owner add three illegal floors to the structure.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:08
An Indian national on death row in Pakistan who was attacked last week by fellow inmates has died from his injuries, his lawyer and a doctor said.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 08:00
Bangladesh's war crimes court has indicted a Bangladesh-born British Muslim leader for his alleged role in the murder of top intellectuals during the country's 1971 liberation war.
Thursday, 02 May 2013 06:34
![Authorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan regularly trade blame in initiating cross-border attacks [EPA]](/images/stories/asia/afghan/2/border-guard.jpg)
An Afghan border policeman has been killed and two Pakistani soldiers wounded in an exchange of fire along the border, officials from both countries have said.
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