South Asia
G7 scrambles to keep climate agenda on track as Ukraine war roils energy supplies
Ministers from the world’s wealthiest democracies will wrangle over how to keep climate change goals on track as they meet in Berlin ...Climate change boosted odds of recent deadly heat in India, Pakistan, scientists say
South Asia’s deadly heatwave in March and April was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Monday. As ...Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say
A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced ...Many Sri Lankans flee capital as political leaders meet to seek solution to crisis
Many Sri Lankans thronged buses in the main city Colombo on Thursday to return to their hometowns with leaders of political parties ...Sri Lanka’s president warns of racial tension amid economic crisis
Sri Lanka’s president urged citizens on Wednesday to reject what he called attempts to foment racial and religious disharmony, as clashes broke ...Curfew in Sri Lanka after day of deadly unrest
Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police Tuesday to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence ...Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again
Afghanistan’s Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past ...Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says
A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a ...Shehbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan’s new prime minister
Pakistan’s parliament on Monday elected Shehbaz Sharif prime minister after a week-long constitutional crisis that climaxed on Sunday when his predecessor Imran ...Pakistan Prime Minister Khan removed after vote of no-confidence succeeds
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a confidence vote in parliament on Sunday, the speaker of the lower house said, following desertions ...














