South Asia

Officials say at least 23 people have died and more than 40 others were injured when a bus overturned in southwestern Pakistan and fell into a ravine.   The accident happened Friday in the Khuzdar district of Balochistan province.   The Associated Press reports that a passenger said they had cautioned the driver several times to drive more carefully.   The passengers were …

Pakistani police have arrested a cleric after a video of him in which he threatens Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai over her recent comments about marriage went viral on social media, officials said Thursday. The cleric, Mufti Sardar Ali Haqqani, was arrested in Lakki Marwat, a district in the northwestern Khyber …

Pakistani police have arrested a cleric after a video of him in which he threatens Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai over her recent comments about marriage went viral on social media, officials said Thursday. The cleric, Mufti Sardar Ali Haqqani, was arrested in Lakki Marwat, a district in the northwestern Khyber …

The top of the world got a sunrise special Thursday — a “ring of fire” solar eclipse.   This so-called annular eclipse began at the Canadian province of Ontario, then swept across Greenland, the North Pole and finally Siberia, as the moon passed directly in front of the sun. An …

When India was grappling with the pandemic last year, villages perched on Himalayan slopes remained in serene outposts, largely untouched. But the deadly second wave did not spare these far-flung regions. “Entire villages were infected. In fact, the virus reached places at over 2000 meters,” said Rakesh Prajapati, the Deputy …

India posted a single-day world record Thursday of more than 6,000 COVID-19 deaths after one state revised a set of numbers. The eastern state of Bihar, one of India’s largest and poorest states, revised its death toll Wednesday from about 5,500 to 9,500 after the state’s high court ordered the …

A new report finds 160 million children or nearly one child in ten is involved in child labor globally, an increase of 8.4 million since 2016.  A joint report by the International Labor Organization and UN Children’s Fund warns the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening an already alarming situation.  The report …

At least 11 people, including eight children, died after a Mumbai residential building collapsed on top of another building late on Wednesday, local officials said.     The incident occurred close to midnight in a northern suburb of Mumbai, after heavy monsoon rains flooded several parts of India’s financial and entertainment capital.     …

At least 11 people, including eight children, died after a Mumbai residential building collapsed on top of another building late on Wednesday, local officials said.     The incident occurred close to midnight in a northern suburb of Mumbai, after heavy monsoon rains flooded several parts of India’s financial and entertainment capital.     …

Advocates for Americans held hostage overseas are raising concerns that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan will make it harder to bring home captives from the country. An annual report from the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, released Wednesday, examines the status of U.S. government efforts to secure the release …