INDIA

The Swiss-made aircraft will be the first plane to go around the world using only solar power.

Most of the 2,000-plus people who have perished are believed to be either daily wage laborers or older people suffering dehydration or sunstroke.

Few Indians have PCs, but more have smartphones — and they don't mind using the handsets to shop online.

Slowing China is pushing the country's mobile phone makers to flood India with their Android smartphones.

According to a United Nations report, about 795 million people worldwide are going hungry today -- a fall of over 21 percent in the last 25 years.

The millions of Indians living in poverty have been the worst hit, many driven by economic necessity to work in the potentially fatal heat.

The Chinese electronics giant will sell a fitness band for as low as $14.99.

The vast majority of consumers on the subcontinent do not have access to a PC, but millions have smartphones.

The Himalayan nation’s tourism industry has suffered a major blow after two major earthquakes and several aftershocks devastated the region and killed thousands.

India's e-commerce companies are investing heavily in building out their capabilities to offer a diverse set of services to sellers on their sites.

At least 1,118 people have died in the last week in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, with temperatures reaching about 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

Officials are trying to stop antiquities smuggling, but may be digging themselves into a hole.

A visitor in New Zealand receives furniture, pizza and other gifts after aiding a bleeding accident victim.

Narendra Modi, whose party came to power in landslide elections last year, completed a year as India's prime minister on Tuesday.

Online access could change the lives of millions in India, but supporters of an independent Internet there say large companies are seeking to control it.

The magnitude-7.8 quake shook Nepal to its core one month ago, killing more than 8,600 people and destroying wide swathes of the Himalayan nation.

India's firms have seen debt levels nearly triple in the past five years.

Nepali authorities urged thousands of villagers on Sunday to move to safety after a landslide likely triggered by recent earthquakes blocked a river, raising fears of a devastating flash flood.

The militant group took control of the ancient city Wednesday as government forces fled.

Asian countries will own between 72-75 percent of the bank, while European and other nations will own the rest.

Upcoming World Cup host Qatar still hasn't implemented crucial labor reforms, laments Amnesty International.