Pakistan is bracing for more turbulence in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. This Backgrounder looks at how state support for Islamist militants has led to growing religious intolerance in socie…

While spiraling economic growth in India and China has lifted millions out of poverty, it has also fueled inequalities within their societies.

Taliban fighters have stepped up their attacks along the Afghan-Pakistani border as the United States hands over control of southern Afghanistan to NATO forces, freeing up American troops to try, onc…

A profile of Jamaat al-Islamiyya.