カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Anti-establishment AAP on course to win 62 seats after BJP played up anti-Muslim rhetoric India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party has suffered a major defeat in another key state election, after failing to win over voters in Delhi with a campaign that wa…
At least 15 dead and many missing after overloaded vessel allegedly trafficking refugees to Malaysia sankAn overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps has sunk in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at least 15 confirmed dead a…
Shooter had argued with US forces before opening fire and then being killed, says Afghan officialTwo US soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province when an Afghan soldier in uniform ope…
Exclusive: As they prepare for their final hearing, the only asylum seekers on the island hope they, too, will be soon be able to return homeTime, for all, passes slowly in detention on Christmas Island.But for the family of Tamil asylum seekers Nadesa…
Newsweek says 57-year-old taken last week in eastern Khost province, reportedly by Taliban-linked Haqqani networkA US citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, according to media reports. Related: Taliban warns of more US dead…
Assault allegedly took place at living quarters for local housekeeping staff, say policeA man has been charged after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped on the premises of the US embassy in Delhi.The 25-year-old was arrested at the high-security m…
Even for a party known for its openly Hindu nationalist agenda, the campaign has been one of their most brazenly anti-MuslimStanding before a political rally in Delhi, Yogi Adityanath, the firebrand Hindu nationalist chief minister of Uttar Pradesh kno…
Officials claim there are no tigers in Goa. But the poisoning of a mother and three cubs has forced the issue into the openAs a child living in the Vagheri hills at the foot of the Western Ghats, Rajendra Kerkar would often hear the majestic roar of ti…
Low-lying country is prone to tropical cyclones and heavy rainfall that often bring floodingOf all the countries at risk from the consequences of the climate emergency, the largest and most populous is Bangladesh. Home to more than 160 million people i…
Refugees in Cox’s Bazar complain the international aid community does not utilise their experience and say the lack of education risks creating a ‘lost generation’In a tea room just outside Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, a group of young activist…
Refugees in Cox’s Bazar complain the international aid community does not utilise their experience and say the lack of education risks creating a ‘lost generation’In a tea room just outside Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, a group of young activist…
Trial resets traffic lights to red when the noise from car horns goes beyond 85 decibels There is a truth universally acknowledged by drivers in India: honk your horn loud enough and the traffic lights will surely change to green.But, fed up of impatie…
Planes have been chartered and quarantines set up – but some countries have been slow to reactCoronavirus – latest updatesHow to protect yourselfOn Tuesday night, at least 144 people who have been trapped in Wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, are expec…
Many US immigration lawyers say the rise in undocumented Indian migration is linked to the rise of the Hindu nationalist ruling party – and the sectarian violence it has inspiredKumar, 24, and his wife were eating dinner at their home in the north Indi…
Women who were forced into sex work are helped to seek justice by a unique scheme that trains them as lawyersSaira* wants to become a lawyer so she can put her rapists in jail. “I want to fight my own case and put those monsters behind bars,” says the …