ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ A three-story factory illegally set up in a residential area of an eastern Pakistani city collapsed Monday after several gas cylinders inside exploded, killing at least two people and trapping over 40 others in the rubble, officials said.
Authorities had previously closed th ....
BANGALORE, India _ India allrounder Ravindra Jadeja fetched a fee of more than $2 million in the Indian Premier League player auction on Saturday, with Chennai Super Kings prevailing in fierce bidding.
Chennai and Deccan Chargers both offered $2 million for Jadeja before Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led ....
KABUL, Afghanistan _ An American soldier shot and killed an Afghan guard at a base in the country's north, apparently because the American thought the guard was about to attack him, Afghan police said Sunday.
There have been a growing number of attacks by Afghan soldiers against international ....
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SITAPUR, India _ One of India's most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large portraits flanking the stage. A gated semicircle keeps tens of thousands of supporters 20 ....
NEW DELHI _ India's top court has ordered the government to cancel 122 cellphone licenses granted to companies during an irregular sale of spectrum that auditors say cost the government tens of billions of dollars.
Lawyers involved in the case say the court ordered the government to conduct a ....
NEW DELHI _ India is buying 126 French-made combat aircraft in a massive $11 billion deal that will increase the might of the world's fourth largest air force with the first exported Rafale jets, officials said Tuesday.
India has become the world's biggest arms importer as an economic boo ....
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan _ For decades, archenemies Pakistan and India have engaged in a dangerous nuclear arms race. Now they're also competing in a more cheerful forum. The outcome will be mouthwatering curries and soothing Sufi ballads, not violent conflict.
The fractious neighbours are going h ....
MUMBAI, India _ India will not cut back on oil imports from Iran, its finance minister said, despite stiff new U.S. and European sanctions designed to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program.
``It is not possible for India to take any decision to reduce the import from Iran drastically because, ....
IMPHAL, India _ A suspected Naga rebel opened fire at a police station packed with voters on a tense election day Saturday in northeast India, killing four people before he was shot dead, police said.
The gunman lined up with other voters outside but pulled out a revolver once he entered the buil ....
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka _ The United Nations says Maldives must free a judge from military custody or bring him to court to charge him with a crime.
A spokeswoman at the world body also said Saturday that the Maldives foreign minister requested U.N. help to resolve the dispute between the government a ....
