South and Central Asia
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‘Defeated by conspiracy’: West Bengal chief minister refuses to resign after election loss
Mamata Banerjee says Narendra Modi’s party ‘forcefully captured’ election that ended her party’s 15 years in p…
- Feminism, Global development, India, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, Workers' rights, World news
Can promises on gender equality made in Australia help a 16-year-old Indian cigarette maker with no toilet?
The Melbourne declaration aims to direct funding and power to those most overlooked and affected by injustice.…
- Colonialism, India, King Charles III, Monarchy, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news, Zohran Mamdani
‘Pocket-sized symbol of colonial loot’: how New York’s mayor revived Koh-i-noor diamond debate
Zohran Mamdani’s suggestion King Charles should return diamond to India has reopened old woundsIt may not be t…
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Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time
Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscapeNarend…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Global health, Maternal health, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Mothers won’t die, babies can survive’: new maternal hospital opens in world’s largest refugee camp
As aid cuts strip back food and supplies, the facility offers a rare hope for Rohingya women who previously fa…
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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, m…
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Shock in India after man takes remains of his sister to bank to prove her death
Jitu Munda says he was refused access to money in case highlighting ‘lack of humanity’ in Indian bureaucracyTh…
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Buzkashi horsemen battling for a headless goat: Todd Antony’s best photograph
‘Buzkashi is a brutal sport that dates back to Genghis Khan. These Tajikistan players are trying to grab the b…
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Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of peop…
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Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo
Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to India…
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Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage
Customs officials say group allegedly hid 5kg of ‘kush’ in false walls of bags on return from Bangkok holidayT…
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Afghanistan says Pakistani strikes kill seven and wound 85 in first attack since peace talks
Pakistan officials dismiss Afghan media reports and official statements about strikes on university in Kunar p…
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Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central CanadaWidespread heavy …
- Donald Trump, Iran, Jared Kushner, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US military, US news, US politics, US-Israel war on Iran, World news
Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald …
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Ice block stalls hundreds of Everest climbers at base camp
Officials assessing route after serac between base camp and camp one deemed unstable and too risky for climber…