Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.

A court in Pakistan sentences four men to life for the murder of two women buried alive in western Balochistan in 2008.

India's upper house sees a second day of uproar as it backs a bill to reserve a third of all parliamentary seats for women.

A court in India bails two people after rare sea cucumbers were found at a restaurant in a five-star hotel in the capital, Delhi.

Indians on historic vote for women in parliament

AP - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.

AP - NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.

AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.