South Asia
Bangladesh war crimes convict dies in prison
A former Bangladeshi Islamist party leader, Ghulam Azam, who was imprisoned for war crimes last year, died of a heart attack in a prison hospital.
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South Asia
Pakistan court upholds death for blasphemy
Pakistan's Lahore High Court upheld the death sentence for Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of "blasphemy" in a case emerging from an argument among farm workers.
South Asia
Climate change exacerbating Kashmir crisis?
Renewed fighting between India and Pakistan across the Line of Control in Kashmir follows devastating floods in the divided region, which have deepend local anger.
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India PM facing human rights suit in US
Survivors of the 2002 Gujarat pogroms filed a class action lawsuit against India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a US district court under the Alien Tort Claims Act.
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Coup for Delhi in Sino-Indian space race
India's Mars orbiter arrives at the red planet just days after NASA's latest probe. These missions are less about "science" than geopolitics on Earth—the New Cold War with China.
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Pakistan: probe of PM over protester deaths
A Pakistani court ordered police to open an investigation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and cabinet members for killings of protesters in Islamabad's Red Zone.
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India: Qaeda sees fertile ground for sectarian war
Ayman al-Zawahri's announcement of "al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" comes amid growing attacks on Muslims in Northeast India as well as Burma and Bangladesh.
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India: high court rules coal mining licenses illegal
India's Supreme Court ruled that all coal mining licenses awarded between 1993 and 2010 are illegal, citing corruption in the approval process. Over 200 licenses may be cancelled.
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Pakistan: Sufi leader killed in Taliban blast
Faqir Jamshed Ahmad Gesu Daraz, spiritual leader of Pakistan's Seraiki people, was killed in a bomb blast while driving to a celebration at a Sufi shrine in Pakhtunkhwa province.
South Asia
Pakistan passes strict anti-terrorism bill
Pakistan's parliament passed a new anti-terrorism bill that allows warrantless searches and detention of suspects at secret facilities for up to 60 days without charge.
South Asia
Sri Lanka: fear in wake of anti-Muslim riots
Police declared a curfew in Sri Lanka's coastal town of Aluthgama after simmering tensions between Buddhist militants and local Muslims escalated into deadly clashes.
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UN rights experts warn Pakistan on persecution
UN human rights experts urged Pakistan to take urgent measures against faith-based killings and protect the country's Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is now outlawed.