South Asia
Bangladesh ramps up border vigilance as thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar
By Ruma Paul Reuters Bangladesh has ramped up vigilance at its border with Myanmar, with at least 18,000 Rohingya Muslims crossing over ...More than 60 dead after militant attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan
By Saleem Ahmad and Saud Mehsud Reuters More than 60 people were killed in Pakistan’s province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked ...18 dead after Nepal plane crashes during takeoff
BY BINAJ GURUBACHARYA AP A domestic plane crashed Wednesday while taking off from the airport serving Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and ...Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world ...Bangladesh suspends mobile internet, police fire tear gas at protesters
By Ruma Paul Reuters Police fired tear gas to scatter protesters in Bangladesh on Thursday, while authorities cut some mobile internet services ...Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering worldwide as summer begins
By Gloria Dickie Reuters Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, ...Indian heatwaves, floods kill 11, with four buried alive
By Tora Agarwala Reuters India was battling on Wednesday extreme weather that caused severe heatwaves, landslides and floods, killing at least 11 ...Modi set to take oath for the third time on June 8 as allies pledge ...
By Rishika Sadam and Shilpa Jamkhandikar Reuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be sworn-in for a record-equalling third term ...Narendra Modi declares victory in India election but party faces shock losses and will need coalition
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed a historic third win in a row in the country’s parliamentary elections, but his ruling ...More than 200 dead in Afghanistan flash floods
Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said ...