South Asia
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Indian Kashmir Cricket Bat Industry Faces Raw Material Shortage
Mohammad Shafi Dar, 55, picks up a piece of willow, called a cleft, and places it on a vertical bandsaw…
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Afghan Academic Rebuilds Her Life in Italy, Dreams of Returning
Batool Haidari used to be a prominent professor of sexology at a Kabul university before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.…
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No Light, No Heat in Minus-30-Celsius Cold Sparks Anger in Kazakhstan
The plight of a city in Kazakhstan left without heat for more than a week in temperatures that dropped to…
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Pakistan Kills 4 ISIS-K Intruders from Afghanistan
Pakistan said Saturday its security forces had intercepted and killed four Islamic State operatives in a remote mountainous district near…
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Afghan Education Official Offers High School Credit for Bombs, Mines Detonated
This month, the Taliban acting minister of higher education in Afghanistan announced some changes to the country’s education policy. Former…
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At Least Four Killed as Cyclone Mandous Hits Southern Indian State
A cyclonic storm killed at least four people in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on Saturday, the top…
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Bangladesh Opposition Party Rallies to Demand PM Quit
Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday to demand the government of Prime Minister Sheikh…
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Report: Pakistani Journalist’s Killing in Kenya a Pre-Meditated Murder
A team set up by the Pakistani government to probe the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said…
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Bangladesh PM Announces General Elections in January 2024
Bangladesh’s next general election will be held during the first week of January 2024, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told a…
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Indian PM’s BJP Secures Huge Win in Elections in His Home State
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has won an overwhelming victory in a state assembly vote…
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