For all the shrill rhetoric immediately following Sunday's attack on an Indian army camp in Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan, the threat of a sudden escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals has receded for now.

At a hostel for dozens of pregnant women, impoverished widow Sharmila Mackwan weighs up her decision to carry twins for another couple -- her only ticket out of poverty -- as the government moves to close India's multi-million dollar surrogacy industry.

A Pakistani court trying former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over a deadly raid on Islamabad's radical Red Mosque yesterday

A massive leak of secret technical data on Scorpene-class submarines did not originate in India but in France, Delhi's naval

The 66th birthday of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be celebrated in Navsari district will be a momentous event as the government of India is eyeing three Guinness world records and one national record targeted by organisers.

A suicide bomber shouts "Allahu akbar" and blows himself up in a packed mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 during Friday prayers, according to a local official.

A Pakistani express train crashed into a freight train yesterday killing at least four people and injuring 93, an emergency rescue service said.

India offered Afghanistan a fresh $1 billion in economic assistance after their leaders met in New Delhi on Wednesday to

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president, who repeatedly threw him in jail, to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon islands.

At least six passengers were killed and more than 100 others were injured Thursday when a passenger train collided with a freight train near the central Pakistani city of Multan, rescuers and railway officials say.

An Indian court sentenced a man to death yesterday for murdering a woman by throwing acid on her face after she rejected his

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday met US President Barack Obama here and discussed the immediate priorities in

Nepal is not doing enough to end child marriage, with more than one in three girls married before they reach the age of 18,

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday pledged to formally join the Paris climate change agreement this year, a potentially major step toward the pact entering into force.

The Delhi women's minister has been sacked after a 'sex video' showing him kissing two women was leaked to the media, in the latest

Pakistan's military yesterday admitted for the first time that the Islamic State group had a presence in the country but said it had apprehended hundreds of its militants and prevented them from carrying out major attacks.

Delegates from one of Myanmar's most heavily armed ethnic groups stormed out of peace talks yesterday in an early blow to a landmark gathering aimed at ushering in a new era of peace.

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday called on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision

The Maldives said yesterday an arrest warrant has been issued for ex-president Mohamed Nasheed for failing to return to the

Six US senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritise cyber crime at this weekend's Group of 20 summit in China,