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Pakistan has promised to retaliate after India launched military strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, fueling fears of a broader confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Pakistan’s government on May 7 pledged to respond “at a time, place and manner of its choosing to...

Seven Pakistani army soldiers were killed when their vehicle was targeted by an improvised explosive device in the southwestern province of Balochistan, Pakistan’s military says, blaming India for the attack amid rising tensions. Pakistan’s military said members of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)...

Representatives from various organizations submitted a letter to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, urging the government to ensure credibility and transparency in the process of appointing officials of the two transitional justice commissions. During a meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence in...

Amnesty International criticized Indonesia’s government, saying it suppresses free speech with crackdowns on public protests, targets journalists and rights activists, and uses spyware against dissidents. The rights group said in its annual report on Indonesia that public protests “were met with...

The committee formed to nominate office bearers to the two transitional justice commissions has received 110 applications from former judges, diplomats, professors, government secretaries, human rights activists, and conflict victims. Of them, 80 have applied individually while 16 organizations...

The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported, and an independent watchdog said they included at least 22 political detainees. At least 19 buses with prisoners aboard left Yangon’s Insein...

Foreign ministry officials from Bangladesh’s interim government and Pakistan resumed talks on Thursday after a 15-year gap, as the two South Asian Muslim-majority nations attempted to ease strained relations. Under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted in August in a students-led mass...

Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region said they have killed more than 17 people since the weekend, claiming that they were soldiers disguised as gold miners, and police said the insurgents were holding two hostages. A low-level but increasingly deadly battle for independence has simmered between...

South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to choose Yoon Suk Yeol’s successor after the conservative was ousted over his imposition of martial law late last year. The announcement from acting President Han Duck-soo came four days after the Constitutional Court unanimously removed...

Myanmar has confirmed that 180,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh since fleeing their homeland are eligible to return, the Bangladeshi government has said. The announcement, following talks in Bangkok, offered a possible breakthrough in the long-stalled repatriation process, although many...