South Asia
Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings
A court in India on Friday sentenced to death 38 people for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 that left more ...Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, “the Nightingale,” dies at 92
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s biggest cultural icons and a singer who defined music and melody for generations of her countrymen, died ...Afghan acting PM calls for official recognition of Taliban administration
Afghanistan’s acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, on Wednesday called for international governments to officially recognise the country’s Taliban administration, saying at ...Rescue workers search for survivors after deadly Afghanistan quake
Rescue workers on Tuesday searched for survivors after an earthquake in a remote western region of Afghanistan killed at least 26 people ...UN seeks $5B to aid millions of Afghans as country struggles
The United Nations on Tuesday launched its biggest ever appeal — for over $5 billion to help 22 million Afghans whose country ...At least 16 stranded snow-tourists die at Pakistan hill station
At least 16 tourists died in freezing temperatures after being stranded in their vehicles in northern Pakistan, where thousands had flocked to ...COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022 if global vaccination increases, WHO says
The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could end next year but the coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization’s Mike ...World economy to top $100 trillion in 2022 for first time
The world’s economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer ...Christmas weekend sees thousands of flights cancelled globally
Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven ...Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency
Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as neighbouring Pakistan opened an extraordinary meeting on ...














