カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
Four men arrested over murder of veterinary doctor, which has left country in shockThe gang rape of a veterinary doctor whose body was set on fire and dumped under a bridge has sent shockwaves through India, with hundreds of women taking to the streets…
Record numbers across Asia and Americas infected as rising temperatures extend disease to places once seen as safeRising temperatures across Asia and the Americas have contributed to multiple severe outbreaks of dengue fever globally over the past six …
Australian teacher thanks those who helped free him and says he formed tight bonds with some of his captorsFreed Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks says he never gave up hope he would be rescued during three “long and tortuous” years in captivity in Afghani…
Trump claims US-Taliban talks are back on but it is unclear if key disputes have been settledDonald Trump says talks with the Taliban are back on but it is unclear if the disputes that hobbled the last attempt to reach a peace deal – cancelled by a pre…
President makes Thanksgiving visit to airbase near KabulConfirms talks with extremists have resumedDonald Trump made an unannounced visit to US troops in Afghanistan on Thursday, his first visit to the country where the US has been at war since late 20…
Islamist militants found guilty of planning attack on cafe in July 2016 that killed 22 peopleA Bangladesh court has handed death sentences to seven members of an Islamist militant group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mo…
Police ‘looked on and watched’ during assault as activists tried to enforce right to visit shrineFemale activists in India were violently attacked by protesters and stopped by police as they attempted to make a pilgrimage to a Hindu temple which was co…
Organ nearly 45cm-long was cut from 56-year-old suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseIndian surgeons have cut a kidney weighing the same as a bowling ball out of a man with a life-threatening genetic condition, a surgeon has said….
Organ nearly 45cm-long was cut from 56-year-old suffering from autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseIndian surgeons have cut a kidney weighing the same as a bowling ball out of a man with a life-threatening genetic condition, a surgeon has said….
Judges give state governments six weeks to explain why they should not be held accountable for pollution failuresThe Indian supreme court has declared that state governments will have to pay their citizens compensation if they fail to provide clean air…
Judges give state governments six weeks to explain why they should not be held accountable for pollution failuresThe Indian supreme court has declared that state governments will have to pay their citizens compensation if they fail to provide clean air…
Human rights defenders alleged that teachers and social workers were involved in abuse of more than 500 boysTwo people have been detained by Afghanistan’s intelligence services after they exposed a paedophile ring operating in some of the country’s sch…
A widow claiming to be descended from royalty was believed, and even given a dilapidated palace to live inFor 40 years, stories about India’s most mysterious and reclusive royal family persisted among foreign correspondents in New Delhi. Few were grant…
Stall owners fear for livelihoods, saying burning dung essential to flavour of Bihari favouritesThe tantalising scent of freshly cooked dough rises from Brij Bihari Rai’s food stall outside Patna zoo. Sitting on top of the grill is Rai’s specialty, lit…