Pakistani authorities prepared for civil unrest after the execution of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, convicted assassin of a liberal governor who advocated secular reform.
The Kashmir-based United Jihad Council claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Indian air force base at Pathankot, near the border with Pakistan.
The Bangladeshi government imposed a social media blackout ahead of the execution of two opposition figures convicted of war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war.
Bangladesh asked Amnesty International to retract its criticism of the country's execution plans for opposition politicians convicted of war crimes at a local tribunal.
ISIS claimed responsibility for blasts that targeted Shi'ites as they gathered in Dhaka for a procession marking the holy day of Ashura.
Over 40 Indian writers have returned their awards to the National Academy of Letters in protest of a wave of deadly attacks on secularist and rationalist writers and activists.
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a former police guard for killing politician Salmaan Taseer over his support for a woman convicted of blasphemy.
Sri Lanka's government rejected a call for UN involvement in its investigation into alleged war crimes during the country's civil war—but Tamils have little faith in the government.
Enactment of Nepal's new constitution sparked angry protests in the southern plains, where the traditionally excluded Madhesi people are demanding greater autonomy.
An Indian anti-terror court convicted 12 members of a Muslim student group in connection with the deadly bombings of seven commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006.
Rival factions of India's longest running ethnic insurgency are divided on whether to accept a peace deal with the government—as Delhi turns up military heat on the hold-outs.
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld the death sentence of Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for crimes committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.
