South Asia
India to ease lockdown rules as coronavirus case numbers decline
India reported 114,460 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, the lowest in two months, while the death toll increased by 2,677, as parts ...Cyclone leaves coastal villages in eastern India, Bangladesh cut off by tidal surges
Hundreds of thousands of villagers along the low-lying coast of eastern India and Bangladesh were marooned by floodwaters on Thursday in the ...Nepal president dissolves Parliament; elections in November
Nepal’s parliament was dissolved for the second time in five months Saturday and new elections called for November as the Himalayan country ...India’s virus cases lower but WHO expert says positive tests ominously high
India on Monday reported a further decline in new coronavirus cases though daily deaths remained above 4,000 and experts warned that the ...India’s pace of daily COVID-19 infections slows as more vaccines awaited
India reported a smaller rise in daily coronavirus infections for a third straight day on Sunday, as the government said it was ...Bomb kills at least 40 near girls’ school in Afghan capital
Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly ...Former Maldives president treated for wounds after blast outside home
The speaker of parliament in Maldives, former President Mohamed Nasheed, was being treated for shrapnel wounds and in stable condition after a ...India’s ruling BJP party loses key race in regional elections amid COVID-19 maelstrom
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party suffered a setback Sunday when it lost a fiercely contested state poll. Over the past ...India begins widespread COVID-19 vaccination to all adults
India’s devastating Covid-19 surge further accelerated on Saturday with more than 400,000 new cases in 24 hours, as vaccinations opened to all ...India’s oxygen crisis to ease by mid-May, output to jump 25%
India’s severe medical oxygen supply crisis is expected to ease by mid-May, a top industry executive told Reuters, with output rising by ...














