Tag Archives: South Asia

LAHORE, Pakistan – Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was in custody on Saturday, a day after the deadliest attacks in Pakistan's turbulent election campaign killed more than 130 people, including one candidate. …

Police officers are deployed at the Lahore airport in Pakistan on Friday, July 13, 2018. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be flown by helicopter to the federal capital of Islamabad when …

Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who heads Pakistan's Muslim League, delivers a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Shahbaz Sharif condemned the arrest …

by Aijaz Hussain | AP July 1 at 8:31 a.m. NEW DELHI – Police in the Indian capital said Sunday they found 11 bodies in a home in mysterious circumstances, including 10 …

by Associated Press June 30 at 8:55 PM NEW DELHI – Hundreds of people blocked streets on Saturday and closed businesses in parts of central India to protest the violation of A …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, accompanies Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President Donald Trump, during an event to announce the 2018 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ceremony at the State …

by Associated Press June 28 at 4:37 a.m. MUMBAI, India – Indian police say a chartered plane owned by a state government crashed in a busy district of Mumbai, the financial country …

ARCHIVE – On May 22, 2018, archive photo, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. Ardern arrived on Thursday, June 21, 2018, to the largest public …

PARIS – Lined up before dawn, dozens of immigrants in front of a government office in Italy rubbed shoulders to be one of the few insiders who applied for asylum on Wednesday. …

by Associated Press June 6 at 3:01 AM LAHORE, Pakistan – A rights activist known for her criticism of the Pakistan Army was kidnapped and held for several hours in the city …