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Everest climbers prepare to pick up their own poo as season gets under way
Authorities are now mandating that climbers remove their waste from the mountain using biodegradable bagsIt’s one...
Indian opposition claim ‘conspiracy’ as Delhi chief minister arrested
Aam Aadmi party leader Arvind Kejriwal is held as part of corruption case a month before...
Auction of Aung San Suu Kyi’s home in Myanmar attracts no bidders
Home being sold after supreme court ruling in dispute with Aung San Suu Kyi’s estranged brother,...
Star wars: Sri Lanka’s powerful astrologers split over auspicious dates
Group employed by government divided for first time over best date for new year ritualsSri Lanka’s...
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic...
India to hold world’s biggest election in seven stages from April
Modi favourite to win third term in largest democratic exercise in history held across six weeks...
Five killed in attack on Pakistan military post near Afghan border
Unnamed militant group drove vehicle laden with explosives into post and detonated suicide bombsMilitants have attacked...
Narendra Modi’s BJP given £570m under scheme allowing anonymous donations
Party of Indian prime minister was by far biggest beneficiary of electoral bonds, which were struck...
India blocks access to documentary about death of Sikh activist in Canada
CBC aired an investigation into the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing the Canadian government...
India enacts citizenship law criticised as ‘discriminatory’ to Muslims
Citizenship amendment act grants Indian nationality to refugees who are Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain or Buddhist,...
Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan president for second time
Zardari played a key role in talks to form a coalition government after February’s disputed parliamentary...
Narendra Modi visits Kashmir for first time since state’s autonomy stripped
Thousands of police mobilised for Srinagar rally seen as Modi’s campaign event for elections India’s prime...
Shehbaz Sharif elected as prime minister of Pakistan
Nominated candidate of eight-party coalition takes office after gathering of national assemblyShehbaz Sharif has been appointed...
‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi
On his 4,000-mile march across the country, congressman tells voters to wake up to the vast...
India confronts Google over Gemini AI tool’s ‘fascist Modi’ responses
Junior minister accuses tech firm of violating country’s IT laws with ‘downright malicious’ answersA response from...
Indian runaway train travels 43 miles without a driver
Inquiry ordered after 50-carriage freight train set off on its own when driver disembarked at station...
Pakistan election: coalition against Imran Khan says deal reached to form government
Shehbaz Sharif expected to become prime minister again after plans for coalition government announced between PML-N...
UK minister says he ‘cannot disprove’ claims Afghans were unlawfully killed
Johnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s...
UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
MoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of...
Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country
Confession by Punjab commissioner exacerbates tension over legitimacy of February general election resultsA senior official in...
Pakistan: coalition agrees to form government and shut out Imran Khan’s party
Rival parties will make Shehbaz Sharif prime minister, despite Khan’s party getting most votes at election...
Election turmoil leaves Pakistan with a weak and unpopular coalition
Government will be formed by Nawaz Sharif’s party but it may not survive long given the...
Canada: second Sikh activist’s house hit by gunfire this month
Bullet hole found in Inderjit Singh Gosal’s house, reigniting fears of apparent campaign of violence targeting...
Protests take place across Pakistan amid election vote-rigging allegations
Police fire teargas on supporters of Imran Khan amid turmoil as several parties claim they would...