Police say at least 21 people drowned and a dozen others are missing after their overcrowded boat capsized in a river in eastern India

Counterterrorism police in Bangladesh have arrested another suspected mastermind of a July attack on a restaurant in the capital

The U.N. human rights envoy for Myanmar has arrived in tense Rakhine state, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuse of members of the Muslim ethnic Rohingya minority, including torture, rape and killing of civilians

Rights groups urge Pakistan to investigate abductions, disappearances last week of four anti-Taliban activists

Bangladesh police say a militant suspected of being one of the leaders of an attack on a popular cafe in Bangladesh's capital last summer that left 20 people dead has been killed in a shootout with security officials

Newly revealed video of Myanmar police beating Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state has weakened months of government claims that its forces have not committed abuses in the region since a deadly insurgent attack in October

India's top court has ruled that election candidates cannot use religion or caste to seek votes, describing them as corrupt practices under electoral laws

Police say a lawmaker from Bangladesh's ruling party has been shot dead by masked men in northern Bangladesh

One of China's top leaders has told Chinese Catholics that they need to operate "independently" of outside forces and promote socialism and patriotism through religion

China said it is willing to have constructive dialogue with the Vatican but stressed the importance of patriotism to Beijing and adapting Catholicism to Chinese society