South Asia
Pakistani court jails Islamist Hafiz Saeed for an extra 31 years
A Pakistani court has jailed Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for ...Pakistan PM Khan avoids ouster move but uncertainty builds
Imran Khan survived a move to oust him as Pakistan’s prime minister on Sunday, getting a reprieve when the deputy speaker of ...Security tight in Sri Lanka’s capital after state of emergency declared
Police and the military patrolled Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo as shops slowly opened on Saturday – the first day after a ...Sri Lanka lifts curfew after violent protests over economic crisis
Police in Sri Lanka’s capital lifted a curfew on Friday after protests in which dozens of people were arrested and several policemen ...Taliban orders girl high schools remain closed, leaving students in tears
The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a ...No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data ...In Sri Lanka, as economic crisis worsens, two men die waiting in queue for fuel
Sri Lankan police said on Sunday two men collapsed and died while waiting in separate queues to secure fuel amid sky-rocketing prices ...At least 58 killed in suicide bombing at Shi’ite mosque in Pakistan
A suicide bombing at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 58 ...From Tokyo to New York, thousands protest against invasion of Ukraine
Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday ...Nepal police fire tear gas, water cannon to disperse protest over U.S. ‘gift’
Police in Kathmandu fired teargas and water cannon to disperse protesters opposed to a U.S.-funded infrastructure programme that was presented in parliament ...














