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The Dalai Lama arrives in the US ahead of talks with President Barack Obama.

Aid agency MSF accuses Bangladesh of launching a crackdown against thousands of Rohingya refugees from Burma.

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 11 people in an attack on a village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

Sri Lanka hopes sport industry will aid its recovery

The US hails the capture of the Afghan Taliban military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as a “big success” for US-Pakistani cooperation.

The government of the Indian state of West Bengal orders an inquiry into the killings of at least 24 troops by Maoist rebels.

Pakistan confirms a captured Taliban suspect is key leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, but denies US agents were involved.

Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as “human shields” as they fight allied troops, an Afghan general says.

Mobile phone users in Bangladesh have accessed more than one million English lessons using a new BBC service, officials say.

A mini armoured car, designed for use in confined spaces in the wake of the Mumbai attacks of November 2008, goes on display at an Indian arms fair.