Nawaz Sharif (2nd L), leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), cheers his supporters during an election campaign rally in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province May 4, 2013. LAHORE, Pakistan | Tue May 14, 2013 12:27am IST LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Nawaz Sharif, poised to become prime minister for a third time after [...]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) arrives at his party headquarters after polls closed in Kuala Lumpur May 5, 2013. KUALA LUMPUR | Sun May 5, 2013 10:56pm IST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s governing coalition won a tight national election on Sunday to extend its 56-year rule, fending off an opposition alliance that pledged [...]

1 of 5. Rescue workers attempt to rescue garment workers from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka April 28, 2013. DHAKA | Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:03pm IST DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladeshi lawyers and protesters chanted “hang him, hang him” on Monday as the owner [...]

A breeder, whose business has been affected by the H7N9 bird flu virus, walks his ducks along a road in Changzhou county, Shandong province, April 24, 2013. BEIJING | Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:55pm IST BEIJING (Reuters) – Several governments in Asia have ordered tougher screening of air travelers from China in an effort to [...]

DHAKA | Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:21pm IST DHAKA (Reuters) – An eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping centre collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 500, the Ntv television news channel reported. Fire fighters and army personnel were working at [...]

Twenty-two-year-old Yesmin stands inside a house as she hides with other relatives at a village in Teknaf October 29, 2012. BANGKOK | Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:24pm IST BANGKOK (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch on Monday accused authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State of crimes against humanity in the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims last [...]

1 of 4. Supporters of Pakistan’s former president and head of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) political party Pervez Musharraf, chant slogans while holding a poster of him (bottom L) and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (top L), founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, as they gather outside the press club in Quetta April 19, 2013. [...]

1 of 2. Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf (C) leaves after his appearance before the High Court in Rawalpindi April 17, 2013. ISLAMABAD | Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:00pm IST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom on Thursday moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing a fresh [...]

KATHMANDU | Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:32pm IST KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Nepali television host has earned the Guinness world record for the longest television talk show in a marathon discussion about the founder of Buddhism which lasted more than two days. Rabi Lamichhane, a former TV journalist from Nepal turned manager of a fast [...]

1 of 4. Veero Kolhi (L), a freed bonded labourer turned election candidate, talks to her supporter during an election campaign at a camp for freed bonded labourers,on the outskirts of the city of Hyderabad in Pakistan’s Sindh province April 4, 2013. HYDERABAD, Pakistan | Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:42pm IST HYDERABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – [...]

Stock brokers monitor share prices from their booth during a trading session at the Karachi Stock Exchange January 15. 2013. KARACHI, April 10 | Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:08pm IST KARACHI, April 10 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s chaotic financial heart is home to 18 million people, Taliban bombers, contract killers – and one of the world’s [...]

YANGON | Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:19am IST YANGON (Reuters) – For almost two decades in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison, Win Tin wore the blue shirt issued to all inmates. He kept it after his release in 2008 out of solidarity with other political prisoners who remained in jail. Now the police want it back, [...]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak (C) holds his National Front coalition’s manifesto during its launch ahead of the elections in Kuala Lumpur April 6, 2013. KUALA LUMPUR | Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:18pm IST KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia will hold general elections on May 5, the government said on Wednesday, in what could be [...]

1 of 3. Ashraf Tiwana, a British-educated Pakistani lawyer, leaves the Supreme Court building in Islamabad February 28, 2013. Picture taken on February 28, 2013. KARACHI | Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:12am IST KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s chaotic financial heart is home to 18 million people, Taliban bombers, contract killers – and one of the [...]

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf (L) salutes his supporters as he leaves after his appearance before the district High Court in Karachi March 29, 2013. ISLAMABAD | Mon Apr 8, 2013 4:50pm IST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Pervez Musharraf to respond to an accusation of treason, a move that [...]

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf (L) salutes his supporters as he leaves after his appearance before the district High Court in Karachi March 29, 2013. ISLAMABAD | Fri Apr 5, 2013 6:38pm IST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s election board barred on Friday former President Pervez Musharraf from contesting polls in one constituency and the Supreme [...]

1 of 2. Saud Baloach, 28, a fine art artist, stands near his sculpture called ”No Fear” during an interview with Reuters at Government College University in Lahore March 22, 2013. LAHORE, Pakistan | Fri Apr 5, 2013 2:46am IST LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A gold bullet on top of Islamic stencilling, open sores and [...]

GHAZNI, Afghanistan | Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:24pm IST GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A NATO helicopter supporting Afghan security forces killed two children and nine suspected Taliban fighters on Saturday, officials said, a month after President Hamid Karzai forbade troops to call for foreign air support. The deaths reopen an often heated debate between those [...]

Soldiers of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) take part in the landing and anti-landing drills of KPA Large Combined Units 324 and 287 and KPA Navy Combined Unit 597, as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (not pictured) watches, in the eastern sector of the front and the east coastal area on March 25, 2013, in [...]

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dubai March 23, 2013. KARACHI | Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:11pm IST KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former President, Pervez Musharraf, returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest elections despite the possibility of arrest and death threats from [...]