In landmark general elections held on Saturday, millions voted amid reports of violence marring the democratic process.
Shortly before Pakistan's historic election, authorities kicked out a prominent journalist for the New York Times, sparking outrage.
Saturday will mark the first time in Pakistan's history that a civilian government has completed a full term in office.
Ahead of crucial Pakistan general elections, gunmen on Thursday abducted the son of former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
A Pakistani prisoner, who was critically injured at a high-security prison in Indian-administered Kashmir, died in a hospital on Thursday.
Pakistani politician Imran Khan was advised to rest for a week after sustaining injuries in a fall while campaigning.
South Asia, which accounts for about one-fourth of the global population, records 40 percent of all first-day deaths on the planet.
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s party on Saturday said it would boycott the upcoming general elections.
China is denying reports that it has soldiers camped out in Indian territory. Why is the land so important?
With 1,000 films produced annually (about double Hollywood’s output), Bollywood is the world’s most prolific cinema factory.
The company, a large licenser, stopped branded production in Bangladesh after a series of fatal workplace safety disasters.
Hundreds of other Bangladeshi garment workers have died in other fires over the past decade.
A prosecutor investigating the 2007 assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto was shot dead on Friday by gunmen on a motorcycle.
Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man convicted of spying by a Pakistani court who died on Thursday will be buried at a state funeral in his home village.
In 2012 the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty rose to 97 – up from 80 in 2003.
After weather delays canceled the delivery of the final pieces of One World Trade center, the final two pieces are scheduled to be delivered today, weather permitting.
An Indian man sentenced to death 22 years ago on espionage charges by a Pakistan court died on Thursday, after being brutally attacked in a Lahore jail.
Dr. Shakil Afridi was sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason.
Canada is demanding that Sri Lanka not be allowed to hold a Commonwealth summit on human rights issues.
Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, believes the Boston bombing suspects were trained prior to the April 15 attack.
More violence plagues the upcoming May 11 general elections in Pakistan, bringing the death toll to more than 50.
A bomb attack on an election meeting in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday killed at least 10 people and injured several more.