South Asia

An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale struck the eastern Indonesian islands Sunday morning in North Maluku province, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, meteorologists said. The quake took place at a depth of 56 ...

The Marines in a recent "cultural awareness" class scribbled careful notes as the instructor coached them on do's and don'ts when talking to villagers in Afghanistan: Don't start by firing off questions, do break the ice by playing with the ...

Sri Lanka's top runscorer in one-day international cricket is going to contest the forthcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for 8 April. Sanath Jayasuriya, now retired from Test cricket, told the BBC Tamil service he will stand in the southern district of ...

KUALA LUMPUR — The wife of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said she was not involved in framing sex charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim which he says is an attempt to kill his political career.Anwar, a former deputy premier ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Three Malaysians who became the first women to be caned under the country's Islamic laws said they "deserved" their punishment and that it would help stem sex outside marriage.The three women were caned for having sex out ...