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The opposition is demanding the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker governmentAuthorities in Bangladesh have arrested a key opposition figure from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and sent h…
Fire at Kostenko mine is latest in series of deadly incidents, and has prompted nationalisation of global company’s local affiliateKazakhstan was in national mourning on Sunday after 45 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident…
Tensions between the two countries peaked after Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered in Canada earlier this yearIndia’s embassy in Ottawa has announced that it will reopen visa services for Canadians, a move that could reduce tensions in a bitter dispute …
A 17-year-old with a passion for robotics has produced a cheaper utensil that uses sensors to cancel out hand tremorsThe motivation for his invention came to Aarrav Anil last year when he saw his uncle Arjun, who has Parkinson’s disease, struggle to ea…
Homosexuality was decriminalised in 2018 but the supreme court has declined to change marriage lawsUtkarsh Saxena had been secretly planning the proposal for weeks. He had secretly measured his boyfriend’s finger while he was sleeping and bought a pair…
Return of Sharif, who has conviction for graft, is likely to have been smoothed by deal with country’s powerful military, expert saysNawaz Sharif, the three-time Pakistan prime minister, arrived home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, …
Ten Nepali students died at kibbutz, leaving families for whom they were breadwinners bereftDhanbahadur Chaudhari now dreams of rivers of blood. Although he returned home to Nepal this week, flashes of the scenes he left behind in Israel won’t leave hi…
Country forced to reduce diplomatic presence amid tensions over Sikh separatist killing and says it will not take retaliatory stepsCanada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India amid a dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist, announced foreign minis…
Judges say decision should be made by parliament but stress that such unions should not face discriminationIndia’s top court has declined to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, saying it is beyond its scope and should be decided by parliamen…
Memo by military police chief said there was ‘no shortage of detractors’ in Whitehall of elite unit’s conductSenior figures in Downing Street were calling in 2016 for the SAS to have its “wings clipped” as it emerged that a growing number of suspected …