Asia

There was a time when Maksud’s heart raced with each telephone ring. He recalls gripping the receiver and working up his courage to simply say

NEW DELHI — A high court in India has ruled that a Muslim couple’s divorce is invalid if the husband pronounces “talaq,” or divorce, in

SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan —­ Islamic militants threatened to bomb a Christian family for refusing to convert to Islam as fighting between militants and government troops

GOWINDH, Pakistan — Muslims who attacked a Pakistani church and declared religious war against Christians from mosque minarets have apologized for their actions, human rights