KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia’s prime minister dissolved Parliament on Wednesday to call for general elections that will be contested between a coalition that has ruled
ISLAMABAD: A survey by a British organization shows a larger number of young Pakistanis believe the country should be governed by Islamic law than democracy. The report issued Wednesday by
BEIRUT (AP) — March was the bloodiest month yet in Syria’s 2-year-old conflict with more than 6,000 documented deaths, a leading anti-regime activist group said Monday, blaming the increase on
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Several dozen militants armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a power grid station in northwestern Pakistan before dawn Tuesday, killing seven people and taking four hostage,
YANGON, Myanmar: A fire engulfed a mosque housing Muslim schoolchildren in Myanmar’s largest city Tuesday, killing at least 13. Authorities, anxious over sectarian violence that has shaken the nation, quickly
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea vowed Tuesday to restart all mothballed facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, adding to tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the
NEW DELHI: The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi in December followed by two attacks on foreign female travelers has altered how tourists view India and
Pakistan: A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country’s deeply conservative tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Badam Zari is pushing
Afghanistan: An Afghan teenager fatally stabbed an American soldier in the neck as he played with children in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, as the U.S. death toll rose sharply
France: Because of her choice to wear a Muslim hijab headscarf, Samia Kaddour has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon some private sector jobs