The highest court in the land ruled that a local imam had an "ulterior motive" for accusing a girl of desecrating the Quran: drumming up anger against Christians.
Honor killings are widespread in India, among all ethnic groups and religions, but especially so in rural Bihar.
CIA Chief David Petraeus' downfall over an extramarital affair has made him the butt of jokes within the Taliban.
Despite its image as a violent and repressive country, executions are quite rare in Pakistan.
Thousands are recommending Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for next year's Nobel Peace Prize, but not everyone will sign the petition.
An attacker in an Afghan army uniform killed a member of the International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan Sunday.
Honoring Malala Yousufzai, the teen Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban for advocating girls’ education, the United Nations will observe Nov 10 -- that that marks 30-days after the attack on her -- as the “Malala Day.”
Malala Yousufzai, a 15-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, has thanked her sympathizers for their support and prayers while thousands of campaigners from the UK and elsewhere called on the government to nominate the teen activist for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A vehicle filled with explosives rammed into the headquarters of Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary force, in the southern city of Karachi Thursday morning, killing at least two officers and injuring 14 others, the Express Tribune reported.
High taxes, poor weather and a weak economy have prompted a mass exodus of Britain's middle-class professionals.
Australian officials are calling for a probe of the inhumane mass slaughter of thousands of exported sheep in Pakistan.
The sister of a man suspected of shooting Malala Yousufzai, a 15-year-old Pakistani girl who rose to fame for speaking up against the Taliban, apologized to the victim Sunday in an interview with CNN in Pakistan.
Obama and Romney appear to evince rather similar foreign policy views.
Pakistan is believed to already possess between 90 and 110 nuclear warheads.
China proposed joint agreements with India to collaborate on space solar power projects.
Pakistan's decision to rename Lahore’s Shadman Chowk after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has been put on hold following protests from hardliners like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and a section of local residents.
Bhola is widely regarded as the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.
Pakistan’s cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was briefly taken off a flight to New York Friday and questioned by the U.S. immigration officials about his views on drones and Islamic jihad, prompting his party to demand an apology from Washington.
Four years ago, Indians were fired up about Barack Obama. This time, they don't care as much who wins -- but that's a good thing.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on the Muslims to kidnap westerners as a means to free the imprisoned jihadists and to restart the Egyptian revolution, the SITE Intelligence Group has reported.
Malala Yousafzai, 15, is able to walk and talk after being shot by Taliban operatives in Pakistan on Oct. 9.
The father of the Pakistani teenage activist blogger Malala Yousufzai, shot by the Taliban, said she is recovering and vowed to return home.
