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Fresh flooding in southern Pakistan has displaced almost a million people in the past 48 hours, the UN says.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says US plans to begin withdrawing troops in 2011 have given the Taliban a "morale boost".

Senior military figures express concern about the security arrangements for a recent trip by Prime Minister David Cameron to Afghanistan.

Demand for spy technology is soaring in India.

Doctors remove 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan housemaid who said her employer in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body.

Fresh doubt is cast on the record of a Korean climber, hailed as the first woman to climb the world's 14 highest peaks.

Police in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh say they are investigating the disappearance of several hundred tonnes of explosives.

India cancels defence exchanges with China after China refused a visa for a Kashmir-based general.

Police in India say they have killed a top Maoist guerrilla, wanted in connection with a deadly train crash in May.

The UN reviews security measures for its aid workers in Pakistan, after the US says the Taliban has threatened foreign staff.

Flying with Pakistan's air force over the latest flood zone

Hundreds of Catholic nuns and slum dwellers in the Indian city of Calcutta have marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa.

Blackberry-maker Research in Motion offers to work with India to support the country's need for "lawful access" to encrypted services

Thousands of farmers hold a protest in the Indian capital, Delhi, against the forced acquisition of their land for a new motorway.

Pakistan's army trumps government in flood relief effort

British military personnel are now stationed in militant hotspots Yemen and Pakistan, official figures show.

A Sri Lankan housemaid who accused her former employers in Saudi Arabia of implanting nails in her body is to undergo surgery, her doctors say.

South Africa will play a second Twenty20 against Pakistan to raise funds for the victims of Pakistan's worst floods in history.

South Africa will play a second Twenty20 against Pakistan to raise funds for the victims of Pakistan's worst floods in history.

The Pakistani Taliban are planning to attack foreigners helping with flood relief efforts in the country, a senior US official warns.