South Asia
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 ...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 ...














