Pakistan rights group issues warning ahead of polls
Jul 16, 2018
Independent human rights commission issues dire warning ahead of polls as jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeals his 10-year prison sentence He was sentenced over purchases of luxury apartments in London
EU, embassies write to Sri Lankan leader on executions
Jul 16, 2018
The European Union and other diplomatic missions have sought verification from the Sri Lankan government on its stand to resume executions after a rise in crime
The Latest: Death toll leaps to 128 in Pakistan bombing
Jul 13, 2018
A Pakistani government official says the death toll from a suicide bombing at an election rally in the country's southwest has risen to 128
Radicals, extremists campaign ahead of Pakistan elections
Jul 13, 2018
Ahead of Pakistan elections, many extremists, militant and sectarian figures join campaign bandwagon
Police arrest 1 church priest in rape case in southern India
Jul 12, 2018
Police have arrested one of the four church priests accused of raping a woman in southern India
Chinese professor suspended following misconduct complaints
Jul 12, 2018
A leading Chinese university has suspended a prominent primatologist in a victory for China's slow-building #MeToo movement
India asks top court to decide on law criminalizing gay sex
Jul 11, 2018
India's government is asking the country's top court to repeal or keep a controversial law that criminalizes homosexual acts
China sentences veteran rights activist to 13 years' prison
Jul 11, 2018
One day after releasing the widow of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, China has sentenced a veteran pro-democracy campaigner to 13 years in prison on the vague charge of seeking to subvert state power
Pakistan officer accused of extrajudicial killings gets bail
Jul 11, 2018
A Pakistani police officer accused of scores of extrajudicial killings has been released on bail
The Latest: Chinese Nobel widow Liu arrives in Germany
Jul 10, 2018
Liu Xia, the widow of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has arrived in Germany following being freed from house arrest after eight years
