Pakistani authorities were Sunday trying to protect another town from floodwaters in southern Sindh province, as the nation continues to grapple with its worst natural disaster in living memory.

A month after monsoons caused...

NATO on Sunday announced the death of two foreign soldiers, one of them American, in Afghanistan's insurgent heartland as the Taliban was blamed for attacks that wounded civilians across the country.

One soldier whose nationality...

Queues formed at branches of Afghanistan's biggest bank on Sunday as customers clamoured to withdraw their savings, though lines were shorter days after corruption allegations appeared in US newspapers.

Security appeared to have...

Nepal's parliament failed for the sixth time to elect a prime minister on Sunday, as the house speaker warned of a "serious crisis" if a new government is not in place soon.

The country has been without a government since June 30,...

A Japanese journalist believed to have been kidnapped by the Afghan Taliban has been released after five months, a report said on Sunday.

Kosuke Tsuneoka, a freelance journalist who had been missing in northern Afghanistan since...

Bangladesh has put livestock and health officials on high alert after an outbreak of anthrax spread to more districts, infecting 327 people since mid-August, officials said Sunday.

The livestock minister suspended all leave and...

Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday.

The government has approved the ambitious project under which dams...

Japan's top minicar maker Suzuki Motor Corp. is to build a new auto assembly plant near the Indian capital New Delhi in a bid to meet growing demand in the country, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., a local...

A fourth Pakistan cricketer was reportedly being investigated over alleged match-fixing Sunday, with fresh betting scam claims casting a shadow over the country's one-day match against England.

Britain's News of the World tabloid...

The Indian government is looking at proposals to legalise the country's multi-million-dollar underground gambling market to tackle corruption in cricket, according to a newspaper report Sunday.

India is regarded as the hotbed of...