カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Australian photographer Brian Cassey visits Hasdeo Arand, one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense forest in central India. The area is rich in biodiversity, containing many threatened species including elephants, leopards and sloth bears. A ra…
Four found guilty of attack that shocked the world were hanged in capital on Friday morningIndia has hanged four men who were convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in 2012, in a case that shocked the world and shamed the …
The mountain’s closure is devastating for many in a Himalayan nation that relies heavily on trekkers and climbersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe tiny airport at Lukla, perched on the edge of a mountain high in Nepal’s Hi…
A duo in India have been spurred into action to fix pipes to conserve the water supply in KolkataThere is light drizzle as Vijay Aggarwal and Ajay Mittal manoeuvre their two-wheelers through the labyrinthine alleyways of Kolkata’s Tiljala road slum. Ea…
Experts cast doubt on officials’ assertion in country that has 1,400-mile border with China The porous Myanmar-China border stretches more than 1,400 miles but coronavirus cases have only been reported on one side.In China, more than 80,800 people have…
South-east Asian countries impose restrictions as doubt cast on warm weather theory Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMillions of people in the Philippines were left confined after the introduction of surprise quarantine measu…
Allegations mount that police in Indian capital incited and aided recent mob violence and failed to help Muslim victims On one side of the marketplace, it was carnage. As the Hindu mob descended, Muslim-owned stalls selling car parts were slowly reduce…
Europe now centre of pandemic, says WHO, as Spain prepares for state of emergency Coronavirus latest – live updatesThe World Health Organization has stepped up its calls for intensified action to fight the coronavirus pandemic, imploring countries “not…
Bringing skateboards to children in Madhya Pradesh gives them enthusiasm to go to school and gives girls a confidence in themselvesThe children skid into the dusty courtyard at breakfast time, grabbing skateboards from a stack near a tethered brown cow…
The rape and murder of the seven-year-old shocked the nation in 2018, spurring new legislation Pakistan’s parliament passed a new law against child abuse, two years after the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl that shocked the country.The nation’…
National Crime Agency investigating how ex-president’s grandson bought London mansionBritain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has asked a grandson of the former president of Kazakhstan to explain where he got the money from to buy a multimillion-pound man…
Villagers are downing their weapons and protecting swathes of ancient forest and its wildlife in Nagaland stateIt is Sunday in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland, and like many Naga, Gwasinlo Thong has spent the morning in church. A tall, elegant man in a…
Police say local MP and news service face lawsuit over report that army’s artillery fire killed two Rohingya womenMyanmar’s police said the army had filed a lawsuit against Reuters news agency and a local lawmaker for criminal defamation, weeks after t…
Assault highlights insecurity in Afghan capital in run-up to scheduled US withdrawalAt least 27 people have been killed in an attack on a political rally in Kabul in the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Ta…
One week after the Indian capital’s worst religious violence in years, displaced Muslims describe losing everythingAs Mohammad Arshad’s body was brought into the courtyard, his lifeless face covered in a white shroud, the wailing began. The 22-year-old…