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Ex-Yoga Missionary Unleashes Rage On Philippine Miners

After two decades as a yoga missionary, Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on...

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Nepal To Hold First Local Elections In 20 Years

Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the...

Headlines

The Man Who Turned the Lights On In Energy-Starved Nepal

The continuous whirl of hair dryers is a novel sound at the Blush Beauty Point parlour in Nepal's capital Kathmandu,...

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Seven Killed In Indian Kashmir Gunbattles

Three soldiers and four suspected militants were killed in separate gunbattles in Indian-administered Kashmir on...

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Army Kills Four Militants In Indian Kashmir

Four suspected rebels and two Indian army soldiers were killed in a gun battle in a village in Indian-administered...

International

Indian Shelling Kills Nine In Kashmir, Pakistan Says

Indian army soldiers run to take their positions near the site of a gun battle. At least nine civilians were killed and...

International

India Shells Kill Three Children In Kashmir

An official in the Pakistani-administered area of Kashmir has accused Indian forces of firing mortar shells that...

International

Pakistan Says Seven Troops Have Been Killed In Cross-Border Fire

The Pakistani military has accused India of killing seven soldiers in cross-border fire in the disputed Kashmir border,...

International

Pakistan Accuses Eight Indian Diplomats of Espionage, Terrorism

Pakistan on Thursday named eight Indian diplomats it accuses of espionage and terrorism, as tensions mounted between...

International

Illegal Child Marriages Flourish In Nepal, Stealing Youths’ Futures

Kopila Wosti was just 14 when her father married her off to a stranger who was five years older. A year later, she gave...

Africa & World

South Africa denies Dalai Lama visa again

South Africa has denied a visa to his Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, for the third time in five...