Asia
Hundreds of Thousands Evacuated As Cyclone Hits Bangladesh
Cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh Tuesday packing winds of up to 117 kilometres per hour (73mph) after authorities evacuated...
Cambodia Wielding ‘court of Injustice’ Ahead of Polls
Cambodia's government has ramped up use of the courts to harass political activists and rights defenders ahead of...
Sri Lanka Deploys More Troops As Flood Toll Climbs To 180
At least 180 people have now been confirmed dead in the worst flooding to hit Sri Lanka for 14 years. More than half a...
Nearly 300,000 Evacuated As Cyclone Approaches Bangladesh
Bangladesh has evacuated nearly 300,000 people as Cyclone Mora barrelled towards its southeastern coast at speeds of...
Saudi Activist ‘deported’ From Qatar
Qatar has deported a Saudi human rights activist who was on his way to Norway where he hoped to seek asylum, a watchdog...
Taiwan Steel Plant Opens In Vietnam After Fish Deaths
A Taiwanese steel firm behind a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in Vietnam last year started operations on...
Nepal Announces $12 Bn Budget Targeting High Growth
Nepal's government unveiled it's annual budget on Monday focused on allocating funds to newly elected local units and...
India Needs More Jobs For Women To Boost Growth
India must reverse a trend of falling women's participation in the job market if it is to achieve its ambition of...
Pakistan Protesters Demand Electricity As Temperatures Soar
Violent protests erupted in Pakistan Monday as crippling electricity cuts left hundreds of thousands of people without...
India Rejects Pakistan Cricket Series
India on Monday ruled out any cricket series against Pakistan until "cross-border terrorism" stops. The Indian and...
Israel Approves Controversial Jerusalem Cable Car Project
Israel's government on Sunday approved plans to install a cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, a project likely to anger...
US Weighs Banning Laptop Computers On International Flights
US Homeland Security John Kelly said Sunday that he was considering banning laptop computers on international flights...
Afghan Takes On Waves, and Cliches, At Surfing Fest
Afridun Amu, the first competitor to represent Afghanistan at the World Surfing Games, had no illusions about his...
Sri Lanka Steps Up Relief As Monsoon Toll Exceeds 150
Emergency teams rushed food and water Sunday to half a million Sri Lankans displaced by the island's worst flooding for...
Indian Kashmir Under Ramadan Curfew After Rebel Leader’s Killing
Authorities clamped a curfew across most of Indian-administered Kashmir for the first day of the Muslim Ramadan...
Bangladesh Reinstalls Controversial Statue After Outcry
Bangladesh on Sunday reinstalled a controversial statue deemed un-Islamic by religious hardliners on the grounds of the...
China Says Fighter Jets’ Intercept of US Plane ‘safe’
China on Sunday denied the Pentagon's charge that an encounter between Chinese fighters and a US surveillance plane...
Iran Leader Slams Saudis As America’s ‘milking Cow’
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it...
The Restoration Journey of Mma Fulera
After she lost the courage to trade in vegetables – her source of livelihood at the Aboabo market in Tamale –...