カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracyMyanmar is preparing to go to the polls for the first time since its military seized power in a coup in 2021, but with its former lead…
Tashkent Supermarket’s new West Village location offers staples like plov and samsas hot and fresh – a taste of Central Asia for everyoneWhen I first stepped into the Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach, I could barely get around. The store was bus…
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s overthrow has dimmedThe sounds of a mob were already audible when Zyma Islam hit send on her article for Friday’s edition of Bangladesh’s Daily S…
The ruling junta says the heavily restricted polls are a return to democracy but critics are waryFive years after Myanmar’s junta ousted the country’s last elected government, triggering a civil war, voting is set to begin this week in national electio…
Guardian investigation reveals at least 119 direct attacks on hospitals and delivery wards since start of wars in Ukraine, Gaza and SudanThirty women were sheltering in the Saudi maternity hospital in El Fasher, Sudan, on 28 October when the massacre b…
Group of 120 experts including Joseph Stiglitz urge fresh debt restructuring plan given scale of destructionA group of the world’s top economists – including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz – have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspe…
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles to cure migraines, or Indian yogis practising meditati…
Country is facing epidemic of diabetes and obesity, but experts say widespread and unregulated use of weight loss drugs could put patients at riskIndia’s leading doctors have warned of the dangers of an unregulated boom in weight loss injections, and e…
Youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked assailants on 12 December as he left a mosqueViolence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died…
A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall Continue reading…
Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humansA group of endangered “galaxy frogs” are missing, presumed dead, after trespassing photographers reportedly destroyed their microhabitats for phot…
British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAppeal court judges have backed a decision that dozens of asylum seekers were unlawfully detained on one of the world’s most remote islands, rej…
Opposition claims SIR process being used to disenfranchise minority groups to benefit Narendra Modi’s governmentIndia’s political opposition has warned that democracy is under threat amid a controversial exercise to revise the voter register across the…
Argentinian makes 20-minute appearance in KolkataSupporters climb fence and hurl objects from standsLionel Messi’s tour of India kicked off on a chaotic note on Saturday as fans ripped up seats and threw them towards the pitch after the Argentina and I…
Lawyers say people ‘don’t feel safe to leave their home’ as officials target recent arrivals and those awaiting hearingsImmigration agents appear to be increasingly arresting and detaining Afghan asylum seekers, especially men, who have arrived in the …