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Killing is latest in string of mob attacks against people accused of blasphemy in Muslim-majority south Asian countryA mob in eastern Pakistan stormed a police station on Saturday and snatched a Muslim man accused of blasphemy from police custody and l…
Damning report by MPs urges government to ensure safe passage for interpreters and contractors at risk from TalibanSeveral thousand Afghans who helped British forces before the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 remain stranded and at risk from the Ta…
Campaign seeks to boost traditional Indian values and offset ‘dazzle of western civilisation’The Indian government has urged people to set aside the “western” traditions of Valentine’s Day and instead celebrate the occasion by cuddling up with the coun…
Opposition groups push Modi to investigate allegations by US short-seller as firm suffers market routThe crisis engulfing the Adani Group has intensified as hundreds of members of India’s opposition parties took to the streets to press for an investiga…
Military ruler, one of country’s most divisive leaders after seizing power in coup, has died in exile in DubaiPervez Musharraf, the former army general and president of Pakistan who ruled for almost a decade after seizing power in a coup in 1999, has d…
Millions flock to see return of actor Shah Rukh Khan, despite rightwing calls for a boycottFor Ganesh Lokhande, an usher at the Regal Cinema in Mumbai’s southern tip of Colaba, it’s been a quiet few years in the job. That was, until last week.Pathaan, …
Former UK PM’s brother quits board of Elara Capital days after it was accused of using funds to manipulate share pricesJo Johnson, the younger brother of the former prime minister Boris Johnson, has resigned as a director of a London-based investment b…
Muslim reporter Siddique Kappan had been charged under draconian anti-terrorism lawsIndian journalist Siddique Kappan, who was held in jail for two years without trial, has walked free after being granted bail in a case human rights groups alleged was …
Regime chief says military will always be country’s ‘guardian’ regardless of who is in power, as streets empty on anniversary of army takeoverMyanmar’s military regime has announced an extension to its state of emergency, effectively delaying elections…
Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coupIn the two years since a murderous junta launched a coup in Myanmar, some of the world’s biggest oil and gas service companies conti…