Nepal’s top court orders release of infamous French serial killer, Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj | CNN
CNN — Nepal’s top court on Wednesday ordered the release from jail of Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer...
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First on CNN: 2 Americans held by the Taliban have been released, sources tell CNN | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — Two Americans who had been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and are en...
Nepal president gives parties a week to form new government | CNN
Nepal’s president on Sunday called on the country’s political parties to try to form a new government within a week...
Fuel tanker tunnel fire kills at least 19 in Afghanistan | CNN
CNN — At least 19 people have been killed and 32 others were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire...
How one family’s struggle illustrates problems with the program meant to help Afghans who helped the US | CNN Politics
CNN — For more than a year, I have been trying to help a family leave Afghanistan for safety and...
3 dead and foreign nationals injured after gunmen attack Kabul hotel | CNN
CNN — Three people were killed and many others injured after gunmen attacked a hotel in Kabul, the Afghan capital,...
Indian and Chinese troops clash on disputed border | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Indian and Chinese troops have clashed on their disputed Himalayan border, the first known incident between...
Tens of thousands protest in Bangladesh to demand resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka on Saturday calling for the...
A trash heap 62 meters high shows the scale of India’s climate challenge | CNN
New Delhi CNN — At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash...
Taliban carry out first public execution since returning to power in Afghanistan | CNN
CNN — The Taliban on Wednesday put an alleged murderer to death in the first public execution held in Afghanistan...
India on track for record $100 billion in remittances, says World Bank | CNN Business
New Delhi CNN Business — The extensive Indian diaspora will help the South Asian country reach a special milestone this...
Pakistan names former spy chief as new head of army | CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Pakistan on Thursday named former spy chief Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as chief of the...
9 arrested over Morbi bridge collapse that killed 134 in India | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Nine people have been arrested over the collapse of a suspension bridge in India’s western Gujarat...
Children among at least 60 dead in India bridge collapse | CNN
At least 60 people were killed in India Sunday when a bridge collapsed in the western state of Gujarat, causing...
Imran Khan disqualified from holding office for five years, Pakistan’s election commission rules | CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will be disqualified from holding political office for five years,...
Her rapists were sentenced to life in prison. Now they’re free, and she’s in hiding | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Standing in a row outside the gates of Godhra remand center in Gujarat, western India, the...
‘All That Breathes’: Delhi’s bird saviors become the subject of a hit documentary | CNN
CNN — Every day, birds fall from Delhi’s polluted skies. Nowhere in the world is the black kite, a medium-size...
Most of Bangladesh left without power after national grid failure | CNN
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters — Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity on Tuesday after a partial grid failure, a...
At least 23 dead after suicide bomb blast at educational center in Kabul | CNN
Kabul, Afghanistan CNN — A suicide bomb attack on an education center in Kabul has killed at least 23 people,...
Landmark Indian court ruling says rape includes marital rape and extends abortion rights to 24 weeks | CNN
CNN — Marital rape was defined as rape in a landmark decision by India’s Supreme Court on Thursday. The country’s...
