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Mock hospital drills held as new Omicron variant suspected of causing highest number of infections since 2022India has experienced its highest number of Covid infections in months, reportedly caused by a new variant, with almost 8,000 new cases reporte…
Death toll in Sagaing could reach 100 in what could be deadliest junta attack since coup in 2021The 2021 Myanmar coup explained in 30 secondsA series of deadly airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a civilian crowd has sparked widespread condemnation, as…
Attack targeted opening ceremony for office set up by military’s opponents in Sagaing region of MyanmarMyanmar’s military has killed dozens of people in airstrikes on an event organised by its domestic opponents, in what is feared to be one of the dead…
Review launched into operations in Afghanistan as men and women told not to go to work at least until MayThe United Nations has launched a review of its operations in Afghanistan and asked all Afghan staff not to come to work at least until May after t…
Interaction at temple in India seen in video that has gone viral condemned as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘scandalous’The Dalai Lama has apologised after he faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour after kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “s…
Muslim rulers, deadly riots connected to PM and Gandhi’s dislike of Hindu nationalism taken off curriculumThe Indian government has been accused of rewriting history to fit its Hindu nationalist agenda after school textbooks were edited to remove refer…
Arrests follow discovery four years ago of victim’s headless body at Hindu temple in GuwahatiIndian police have arrested five men accused of conducting a human sacrifice, nearly four years after the discovery of the victim’s headless body at a Hindu te…
Canadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter has been accused of bowing to government pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent journalists, politicians and activists from its plat…
Bongo Bazar and three adjacent markets said to be gutted, as 11 people reported injuredHundreds of Bangladeshi firefighters have battled an inferno that raged through a popular clothing market in the capital, Dhaka, and covered the city’s oldest neighb…
Opposition leader was found guilty last month, given suspended jail term and barred from parliamentThe Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has appealed against his conviction for defamation, seeking to overturn a judgment that resulted in his expulsi…