Voters ignore violence, turn out in high numbers in India's Kashmir
India has stepped up security in attempt to prevent disruption of voting in Kashmir, where revolt against Indian rule has simmered for 25 years
Journalists grapple with complexities of covering slavery
Reporters from Mexico to Romania find that modern-day slavery is about more than sex trafficking and simple statistics
The slave children exchanged for a bag of wheat
"It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I realised that my family, and many other middle class, educated Pakistani households, were perpetrators of modern day slavery"
China investigates senior Xinjiang security official for graft
Li Yanming, former Communist Party chief of the Xinjiang Police College, is suspected of abusing his position and taking bribes
Pakistan to fight food insecurity with high-tech crop data
New geospatial system will better calculate crop losses to extreme weather and support efforts to tackle hunger
Ten dead in disputed Kashmir's worst militant attack in more than a year
The incident came as Indian Prime Minister Modi and Pakistani counterpart Sharif met at a summit of South Asian leaders in Nepal
Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan
Taliban militants have said polio immunisation campaigns are a cover for Western spies, or a ploy to sterilise children
Pakistan's women worst prepared in region for natural disasters - NGO
Pakistan needs more women in leading roles to improve their ability to cope with natural disasters
Pakistani man shoots niece for listening to loud music
Women are murdered every day in Pakistan for perceived slights against conservative social traditions