PAKISTAN

An unnamed Navy SEAL from SEAL Team Six was reportedly killed during the rescue operation that recovered kidnapped American doctor Dilip Joseph in Afghanistan.

At least eight people were killed and eight others injured when Taliban militants attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan, Monday, authorities said.

An American doctor was rescued during a raid Saturday just days after Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan took him captive.

A U.S. drone attack reportedly killed a top al-Qaeda commander in Pakistan Thursday.

A report published Thursday by two rights groups accused the members of India’s armed forces, including several high-ranking officials, of human rights abuses in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The culture of smoking is deeply rooted in Bangladesh, particularly among men, regardless of social class or income.

For Pakistan’s Hindus, the larger issue is the threats posed to its very existence by a state founded as an Islamic republic.

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) will eliminate more than 11,000 jobs globally, about 4 percent of its total workforce.

India has relaxed its cumbersome 60-day gap rule, making it easier for foreigners on tourist visas to travel in and out of the country.

There has been a sharp increase in the number of terrorist attacks since September 2011.

As Congress considers immigration reform, the undocumented in the U.S. worry that by the time this issue is resolved, it may be too late.

A bomb was found underneath a Pakistani journalist’s car Monday after he received a threat from the Taliban for his coverage of the shooting of Malala Yousafzai.

At least, 16 people were killed in Pakistan’s Lahore city after they took a toxic cough syrup, authorities said. Police have shut three pharmacies that stocked the deadly syrup and a drug company that reportedly manufactured the decoction.

A bomb blast killed at least five people and wounded dozens Sunday near a Shiite procession in northwestern Pakistan, the latest among the recent sectarian violence targeting the Shias by Sunni militants.

China has once again gotten under the skin of its neighbors -- this time with a few offending strokes on a map, printed on its revised passports, that show Beijing staking its claim on the entire South China Sea, Taiwan and regions of contention between India and China.

Internal emails among the U.S. military officers, released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Defense, indicated that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea followed traditional Islamic procedures.

Pakistan Taliban will attack Indian targets to avenge the execution of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving member of a militant squad that attacked multiple targets in Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, Nov. 26, 2008.

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people Wednesday night at Shi'ite processions in Rawalpindi, where Pakistan's army is headquartered. The attack took place a day before the Muslim leaders, including the Iranian and Egyptian presidents, gather for a rare summit in the capital city of Islamabad.

Sarkozy allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of euros from Bettencourt during his 2007 presidential campaign.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, was hanged to death Wednesday, two weeks after his mercy plea was rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist among the 10 gunmen who attacked Mumbai Nov 26, 2008, was executed after President of India Pranab Mukherjee rejected his mercy petition.