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An 11-year-old girl was abducted, raped and killed in Baruipur, West Bengal, after leaving home on July 4 to attend a friend's birthday party. Her death has renewed focus on sexual violence in India, a country where more than 80 rapes are reported to police every day, according t...

A fire tore through the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar in Bangkok late Sunday night, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens. Officials, witnesses and video verified by AFP showed patrons fleeing screaming as flames shot from the entrance. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt ...

Flash floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people in Bangladesh in the past week, officials said Sunday. Tens of thousands have been displaced from their homes. Army and border guard personnel have been ferrying food and water by boat to cut-of...

South Korea issued its first-ever emergency heatwave warning on Sunday, under a new rating system launched this year, for two cities in North Gyeongsang Province. The Korea Meteorological Administration ordered residents in Gyeongsan and Pohang to halt outdoor activities and move...

Bangladesh's new government was elected in February on a promise to end political violence, but six months into Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's term, the killings have not stopped. Rahman, who leads the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), pledged to end the state-backed abuses th...

Hundreds of Taiwanese residents evacuated their homes on Friday as Typhoon Bavi advanced rapidly toward the northern and eastern coasts of the island. Authorities closed schools and corporate offices across multiple cities to protect citizens from the largest tropical storm to th...

Australia has a historic chance to supply the uranium that could power India's nuclear energy transformation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday in Melbourne. Modi made the remarks at a business forum ahead of high-level talks with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese,...

Indian police opened an inquiry Wednesday after an officer was linked by U.S. authorities to an alleged extortion scheme run by an India-based transnational organized crime group. The operation involved law enforcement from the United States, Canada and Europe investigating syndi...

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met China's vice minister of public security, Ling Zhifeng, at United Nations headquarters for high-level counterterrorism cooperation talks. The two officials discussed security coordination, border management and their long-standing str...

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's fugitive former prime minister, has vowed to return to Dhaka "this year" despite being sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. The 78-year-old made the pledge in an interview with Indian broadcaster NDTV published on Sunday, months ...