Police in southern Pakistan shot a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men on Wednesday.

Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralyzing disease has never been stopped.

There were 51 people on board at the time of the crash outside of the city of Taft, some 310 miles southeast of the Iranian capital, Tehran.

One climber has been confirmed dead after a days long search discovered a body. His colleague is still missing.

Thousands of police officers are tasked with protecting health workers who are administering vaccines to children under age 5.

Zookeepers at a Pakistani zoo made a grisly discovery one morning, hanging from a tiger's mouth. There were three other tigers in the den.

The multi-story RJ Mall in Karachi, Pakistan, is in a commercial high-rise that also houses call centers and software firms.

Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government representative said Sunday.

Videos and photos posted on social media show an angry mob descending upon a church, throwing pieces of bricks and burning it.

After falling near the peak of K2, a Pakistan man died, and now authorities say he would had lived had other hikers stopped to help.