India's lower house of Parliament was set to ratify a bill that would downgrade the governance of India-administered, Muslim-majority Kashmir

The governor of China's far-northwestern region of Xinjiang is defending controversial re-education centers opened across the region as an effective deterrent against terrorism and religious extremism

AP Photos: Indian mother prays to 'bleeding goddess' for son

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over risks of monsoon floods threatening the lives of Rohingya refugees in sprawling camps in Bangladesh

Thousands of Hindu pilgrims have begun the arduous trek to an icy Himalayan cave in disputed Kashmir with tens of thousands Indian government forces guarding roads and mountain passes

Islamic State group expands footprint in northeastern Afghanistan, plotting attacks in US, other Western countries

A global rights group has welcomed Bhutan's move to become the latest South Asian nation to decriminalize homosexuality

Sri Lanka's government will introduce laws to curb hate speech and false news that threaten ethnic reconciliation and national security, in the aftermath of Easter bombings that killed more than 250 people

AP PHOTOS: Hindu festival showers Indian town with turmeric

Pakistani state-run media says British Airways has resumed flights to the south Asian country, over a decade after they were suspending in the wake of a suicide truck bombing of a hotel in the capital that killed dozens