South Asia
India In Appeal To UN Court To Halt Execution of ‘spy’
India was to appeal to the UN's top court on Monday to order Pakistan to suspend its planned execution of an Indian...
Nepal Votes In First Local Election In 20 Years
Voting began in Nepal on Sunday in its first local elections in two decades, a landmark moment in the country's fraught...
Nepal’s High Hopes For First Local Polls In 20 Years
Nepal holds its first local elections in two decades on Sunday hoping to cement a fraught transition to democracy and...
Nepal Signs Up To China’s New Silk Road Plan
Nepal on Friday signed up to China's new Silk Road drive, a massive infrastructure project spanning some 65 countries...
India Urges UN Court To Stop Pakistan Executing ‘spy’
The UN's top court will hold an emergency hearing on Monday as India seeks to stop Pakistan from executing an Indian...
India Urges UN Court To Stop Pakistan Executing ‘spy’
The UN's top court will hold an emergency hearing on Monday as India seeks to stop Pakistan from executing an Indian...
Sri Lanka Evicts Thousands of Wasps Ahead of Modi Visit
Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime...
Kashmir’s Brutal Stories Get Cartoon Treatment
Through sombre black and white drawings, graphic novelist Malik Sajad tells the brutal story of his native Kashmir in...
Sri Lanka’s Airline Sell Off Fails, Seeks New Partner
A US equity firm that bid to buy a stake in Sri Lanka's loss-making national airline has pulled its offer, officials...
Bangladesh Uses Tough Laws To Crack Down On Dissent
Bangladesh is using "draconian" internet laws to crack down on dissent, curb public debate and criticism and harass and...
Islamic Romance Novels Set Hearts Aflutter In Bangladesh
Kasem bin Abubakar was told nobody would buy his chaste romance novels about devout young Muslims finding love within...
Maldives Blogger Stabbed To Death In Restive Capital
A liberal blogger, Yameen Rasheed, was stabbed to death in the politically restive Maldivian capital Male, his family...
China and Nepal Begin Joint Military Exercise As India Is Watches On
China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...
Amazon Aims For India As Flipkart Holds On To Market Top Spot For Now
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown...
Nepal, China Begin First-Ever Joint Military Exercises
China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...
Amazon, Flipkart Battle In India For E-Commerce’s ‘last Frontier’
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown...
Eight Charged Over Pakistani Liberal Student’s Lynching
Eight Pakistanis involved in the mob lynching of a fellow university student over his liberal views were charged with...
Sri Lanka Garbage Mountain Buries 40 Homes, Kills Six
At least six people were killed and 10 others injured in Sri Lanka's capital Friday after a massive rubbish dump buried...
Bangladesh Buries Islamist Extremists After Hanging
Bangladeshi villagers buried the leader of a banned Islamist extremist outfit and two of his aides early Thursday,...