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The United States has denounced the killing inside a courtroom of a naturalized U.S. citizen on trial for blasphemy in Pakistan. Tahir Ahmed Naseem, a 47-year-old resident from Illinois, was shot ... ( read original story ...)

Anger over the closing of the border because of coronavirus fears triggers demonstrations, and then artillery barrages. ( read original story ...)

The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to overhaul the country’s harsh blasphemy laws a day after a U.S. citizen accused of violating them was fatally shot in a courtroom. The brazen killing has ... ( read original story ...)

A spokesman says Pakistan's counterterrorism police have raided a militant hideout in a remote town in eastern Pakistan, triggering a shootout that killed five members of a separatist group ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities say they are investigating the deaths of a pair of lions that died two days apart during their transfer from an Islamabad zoo to an animal sanctuary in eastern Pakistan ... ( read original story ...)

Hinduism was the first religion to arrive in Indonesia, followed by Mahayana Buddhism. Prior to the coming of these two religions Indonesians practiced animism. ( read original story ...)

In the absence of a unified message from the national government, local officials and opportunists have filled the gap with misinformation and quack remedies. ( read original story ...)

Monsoon floods have swamped large parts of India’s densely populated Bihar state and displaced more than 300,000 people by Friday, officials said, exacerbating the risk of the coronavirus and ... ( read original story ...)