Category: Asia

Thousands of insurgents besiege base in Badghis province as residents struggle with severe flooding The Afghan Taliban killed dozens of security personnel and besieged hundreds more in an attack on a government compound and army base in Badghis province. At least 12 more were killed on Friday, raising the death toll from two days of […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — The planned release of a Bollywood biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi days before the start of Indian elections has run into trouble with a court challenge pending and the censor board yet to clear its opening in theaters. Opposition parties are protesting that the film’s release would unfairly advantage Modi’s […]

AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – Priyanka Gandhi Vadra became the latest member of India’s storied Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to enter politics in January, but the boost she brings the opposition campaign may not turn the tide against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, polls show. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (C), a leader of India’s main opposition Congress party and sister […]

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The lives and futures of more than 19 million Bangladeshi children are at risk from the colossal impact of devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, according to a report by the United Nations children’s agency released Friday. The UNICEF report said the estimate includes hundreds of […]

HERAT, Afghanistan – Hundreds of Taliban fighters stormed a district in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, with both Afghan government forces and the insurgent group suffering dozens of casualties, provincial officials said. The district of Bala Murghab has been a recurring hotspot of fighting in the past two months, and officials have previously warned that it […]

Plan in Sindh province is part of wider efforts to promote inclusion of marginalised community Police in Pakistan’s Sindh province will set quotas for recruiting transgender constables, officials have said. The move to hire what is often a persecuted minority will promote “the respect of transgender people”, the force said. The quota in the province […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is vulnerable to attack on the economy as he seeks a second term GDP expansion in Asia’s third-largest economy reduced to 6.6 percent in the last quarter MUMBAI: India’s central bank cut interest rates on Thursday, delivering a shot in the arm to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of a marathon […]

India has deported eight Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar in two batches since beginning of 2019 United Nation human rights experts have expressed dismay over forced deportation of Rohingya Muslims by India, according to a statement by UN Human Rights Council. “We are dismayed by the decision of the Indian Government to continue forced returns of […]