South Asia
Indian actor Dilip Kumar, who embodied melancholy on screen, dies at 98
Dilip Kumar, one of India’s most respected actors and known for his roles as a tragic hero in Bollywood films, died on ...Taliban seize key Kandahar district after fierce fighting
The Taliban have captured a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar after fierce night-time fighting with Afghan government forces, officials ...U.S. forces leave Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase after 20 years
American troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, a U.S. defence official said, under an agreement with ...Western forces pack up to end their war, Afghans “manage the consequences”
Afghan scrap dealers are picking over the detritus of the two-decade U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, collecting whatever they can of value ...Thousands displaced by fighting around northern Afghan city
About 5,000 Afghan families have fled their homes in Kunduz after days of fighting between the Taliban and government forces, officials said ...Train collision in Pakistan kills at least 34
At least 34 people were killed and dozens injured Monday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had ...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 ...














