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Record minimum temperatures observed in northern India, as clashing conditions bring thunderstorms in USIt has been a historically chilly start to May in India, thanks to an unusually strong low pressure system that moved in from the west, sweeping hum…
UN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each yearThe number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this centur…
Foreign minister quashes hope of reconciliation as he stresses trip to Goa is purely for regional summitPakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, arrived in Goa on Thursday, the first visit to India by a senior Pakistani official in 12 years…
The prisoners are to be released the most important Buddhist holy day of the year. However, deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains in jail Myanmar’s ruling military council has said it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian…
Shavkat Mirziyoyev will be able to remain in power until 2040 after Uzbeks backed changes in tightly controlled pollUzbekistan has overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes that will allow its president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to remain in power unti…
Even stories on cost of living leave journalists facing assault, threats and arrest under Digital Security ActFour weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten – and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him…
Overhaul of constitution would include allowing Shavkat Mirziyoyev to stay in power Polls have closed across Uzbekistan, ending a day of voting in the central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to …
Starkly different approaches to 2,100-mile line of actual control on show as defence ministers meet in DelhiIndia’s defence minister has accused China of border aggressions that have “eroded the entire basis” of their relationship, as negotiations over…
Record figures for month recorded in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China and South AsiaAsia is experiencing weeks of “endless record heat”, with sweltering temperatures causing school closures and surges in energy use.Record April temperatures have…
In wake of children’s cough syrup scandal, an expert says regulatory system is ‘grossly understaffed and underfunctional’About 3% of drugs routinely taken by Indians for ailments such as hypertension, bacterial infections and allergies are “substandard…