South & Central Asia

The meet aimed to explore common ground between different identities of society nearly a year and a half after a law banning homosexuality was scrapped in India

Critics say legislation would marginalize India's minority Muslim community, and weaken the secular foundations of India’s democracy

The bill will grant citizenship to Religious Minorities, such as Hindus who have fled persecution in neighboring countries

The assault set off scuffles with the facility's staff and guards that caused three deaths and left heart patients unattended for several hours, police said

Hafiz Saeed has also been designated as a global terrorist by the United States 

Five Afghans wounded, medical facility badly damaged

A look at the history, facts and timeline of the war in Afghanistan.