PAKISTAN

A death sentence handed to Bangladesh’s Islamist leader over war crimes sparked violent riots that left at least 42 people dead.

Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal Thursday sentenced Islamist leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to death for crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence.

A new report has been presented to the U.N. outlining the persecution of atheists around the world.

Hijras trace their history in South Asia at least back to the 16th century, when they served as guards and entertainment for the courts of the Mogul princes.

Family connections, while frequently dangerous, are of crucial importance to attaining power across Asia.

The spy accusations came the same week a pair of bombs exploded in a congested area of Hyderabad in what were the deadliest attacks on Indian soil since 2011.

A court in Milan has convicted Italian intelligence officials of CIA-instigated torture and rendition during the war on terror. Will American participants pay as well?

China's Five-Year Plan shows a push toward increasing the nation's use of nuclear power, but that's not all China has planned for its rapidly developing nuclear reactors.

Under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, anyone convicted of having insulted Islam or the Prophet Muhammad could face execution.

The Indian government says it had prior information about impending terror attacks in the country several days ahead of the Friday’s twin bomb blast that ripped the Hyderabad city, raising questions about the ability of the nation in thwarting such attacks.

"Zero Dark Thirty" is being boycotted by theater owners in Pakistan. It joins "Argo," banned in Iran, in courting international controversy.

Pakistan’s ethnic minority Hazaras continued to stage a sit-in Tuesday, refusing to bury the bodies of people killed in a bomb blast in Quetta.

The Pakistani government came under fire Sunday for security lapses after a bomb blast in Quetta Saturday killed at least 81.

A bomb in a market in Quetta, Pakistan, killed at least 60 on Saturday, police officials said, with more than 200 wounded.

The Indian army said that its troops killed a Pakistani soldier who strayed across the de facto border in Kashmir into the Indian-administered territory on Thursday.

Brave couples still celebrate in countries, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia, that have outlawed the holiday.

India has already taken similar steps to erase the influence of British colonialism.

Obama is expected to propose a reduction in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. How many nuclear weapons would this leave America?

Guru was found guilty of conspiring with the five suicide bombers who carried out the attack on Dec. 13, 2001.

Hosni Mubarak and his cronies are gone, but two years after their fall, Egypt is beset by political unrest and economic problems.

The end of polio could be close at hand -- unless militants like the ones in Nigeria continue to derail efforts.