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Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has urged the UK to cut aid to his country, saying it fuels corruption. The former cricketer told BBC Radio 4 that Pakistan was more poverty-stricken than ever but little international aid money reached its intended target. The UK plans to...

At 10am on Wednesday morning, 311 of the inmates of Karachi's Malir district jail squeezed themselves into six crammed coaches and were driven off towards freedom. Nazir Hussain Shah, the superintendent of the jail, was sad to see them go. "They are nice people, we never have any trouble with...

Hundreds of people turned out in Mumbai last weekend to protest against a series of police raids on bars and clubs. Many believe it's a concerted attempt by authorities to restrict dancing and drinking in India's most cosmopolitan city. In a break from the monsoon rains, a group has gathered...

A UK government-backed report has accused Israel's security forces of regularly breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). A delegation of senior lawyers visited Israel and West Bank and analysed the effects of Israel's military judicial system on Palestinian children...

NEW DELHI - Power outages in India, now enduring the peak demand of hot summer months, are running to as long as eight to 10 hours in northern cities, including the capital, and while large parts of the country continue to be off grid rural areas with access to electricity can be without power...

A government operation to drive out militants has seen a gradual return to the classrooms in a district where more than 400 schools were destroyed, 70% of them girls' schools In a rundown building in the mountain village of Sijban, girls sit at their desks, hair loosely covered in white or...

Once upon a time, not too long ago, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was the prime proponent of a foreign policy dubbed "zero problems with our neighbors" - derided by many in the West as "new-Ottomanism". The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meets this Tuesday in Brussels...

Saudi Arabia is to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time. A statement issued by the Saudi Embassy in London says the country's Olympic Committee will "oversee participation of women athletes who can qualify". The decision will end recent speculation as to...

The US policy of using aerial drones to carry out targeted killings presents a major challenge to the system of international law that has endured since the second world war, a United Nations investigator has said. Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, summary...

The US policy of using aerial drones to carry out targeted killings presents a major challenge to the system of international law that has endured since the second world war, a United Nations investigator has said. Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, summary...

Three floors of the headquarters of the Maharashtra state government building in the Indian city of Mumbai have been gutted in a massive fire. Dozens of people have been evacuated from the Mantralaya complex, but there are no immediate reports of casualties. Some people are still reported...

A US father who found his five-year-old daughter being raped, then beat the attacker to death will not be charged, prosecutors have said. The 23-year-old man told police he found the girl being assaulted on Saturday 9 June by Jesus Mora Flores in a rural part of southern Texas. A grand...

The Extermination The Houla massacre was a turning point in the Syrian drama. There was great worldwide outrage when 108 people were killed there on May 25, among them 49 children. Calls for a military intervention to end the bloodshed became louder and the violence in Syria has since...

As diplomats from the world's major powers and Iran gathered in Moscow for the new round of talks over the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear programme, the Iranian man who has the final word on all the state matters signalled that his country would not give in to "illogical" demands. "The...

Popular Pakistani singer Ghazala Javed has been shot dead in the north-western city of Peshawar. Ms Javed was killed along with her father late on Monday, but there are differing accounts of what happened. Police say the murders may be linked to a family dispute. Ms Javed, who sang in her...

At a time when most 11-year-old boys are looking forward to the school holidays, Ali Hasan is preparing for his trial. On Wednesday morning, the primary school pupil from suburban Manama will stand in court and listen as the case against him is spelt out. The prosecution case: that Ali helped...

A French official accused of sexually abusing his daughter has been arrested in the Indian city of Bangalore. The accused, a French consular agent, was arrested on Tuesday morning and faces charges of rape, senior police officer Sunil Kumar told the BBC. The envoy would be produced in...

Russia Send Air, Sea Defenses to Syria: A Warning to US/West’s Contemplation of All-Out But Illegal Military Intervention Russia’s chief arms exporter said Friday, June 15, that his company was shipping advanced defensive missile systems to Syria that could be used to shoot down...

People in Beijing have been flocking to a lottery kiosk to try their luck after tickets sold from the outlet won the biggest jackpot ever in China. The Union Lotto winner, whose identity is unknown, will now pocket 570m yuan ($89.5m; £57.7m) before tax. Lottery officials said the lucky...

World powers and Iran resume their nuclear crisis talks on Monday amid fears that failure on this occasion may lead to a permanent breakdown and push the sides ever closer to the use of force. The two-day meeting follows a bruising May session in Baghdad during which Iran nearly walked out of...