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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...

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,...

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 ...

The defense ministers of South Korea and Japan reaffirmed Sunday their commitment to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, even as Pyongyang repeatedly pledges to expand its nuclear arsenal. South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back met Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi in Se...

A light aircraft crash into Beijing's tallest building on Friday killed the pilot and injured 13 people who were not on board, Reuters reported citing local government as saying.The incident is unusual for the Chinese capital, where airspace is heavily restricted. How many people...

Iran on Saturday accused the United States of violating the peace deal agreed to end the Middle East war, after Washington launched strikes on Iranian territory and Tehran responded with attacks on US targets in the Gulf. The exchange came days after Washington accused Tehran of ...

The United States and Iran traded military strikes on Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, straining a fragile Mideast ceasefire. US Central Command said its strikes hit Iranian missile and drone sites after what it called a vi...