The Paris attackers were known fanatics who evaded police surveillance.
Former child soldier Mira Rai has become a star athlete who is blazing a trail for women in Nepal.
Sudden blanket ban on websites considered a ‘social nuisance’ is met with anger online and triggers debate on censorship and freedom.
Omar rose to become head of the Taliban, before his base in Kandahar fell during the US-led invasion. Since then his whereabouts have been a mystery.
More than half the countries in the world are currently generating Islamist extremist fighters for groups such as Al-qaeda and Isis, the UN has said.
Prime minister Sushil Koirala has said earthquake fatalities could more than double to 10 000, another blow to one of Asia’s poorest countries.
The Taliban is under pressure to prove itself as groups splinter off and the army moves in.
Twelve women died after they were forced into attending a state-run sterilisation camp in India.
Organisers of the Indian Super League are hoping to convert cricket crazy Indians to the joys of football.
News analysis: US interest in the Afghanistan region is now waning, but various extremist factions will remain.