South Asia
India surges to 3rd-highest in cases as virus slams US hospitals
India on Monday became the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warned hospitals in the United States were in danger ...TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with China
TikTok on Tuesday denied sharing users’ data with the Chinese government, after India banned the wildly popular app as ties with Beijing ...Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi
Gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi Monday, with four of the assailants killed, police said. Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi ...Virus cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic ‘accelerating’
Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia ...India holds funerals for soldiers killed in China border clash as tensions stay high
India prepared to hold funerals on Thursday for some of the 20 soldiers killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops in ...Nepal’s parliament approves new map including territory controlled by India
The upper house of Nepal’s parliament approved a new map of the country on Thursday including land controlled by India, in a ...India, China hold talks to de-escalate deadly border tensions
India and China agreed Wednesday to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border, even as they traded blame for a brawl that ...India says 20 troops killed in deadliest clash with China in decades
At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese forces along the disputed Himalayan frontier, the Indian army ...India soldiers killed in clash with Chinese forces
Three Indian soldiers were killed in a violent face-off on the Chinese border, the Indian army said Tuesday, following weeks of rising ...Hundreds protest against Nepal’s coronavirus response; 7 foreigners arrested
Police in Nepal arrested 10 people, including seven foreigners, on Saturday as demonstrations against the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis continued ...














