South Asia

India

Schoolchildren during a school field trip in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. (AFP)

India's school sanitation crisis threatens millions of girls' education

14 HOURS AGO

Indian Pilot Abhinandan

Pakistan-held captive Abhinandan quits IAF, trades fighter jets for passengers

A DAY AGO

A ground staff member looks on as an Air India aircraft takes off at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on June 10, 2026. (AFP)

Air India flight lost hydraulics, pilot fired after drug test

A DAY AGO

Indian arms company €70M scandal forces Estonian defense minister to resign

Indian arms company €70M scandal forces Estonian defense minister to resign

2 DAYS AGO

Bangladesh

Children receive treatment for measles, at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute in Dhaka on September 3, 2026. (AFP)

Bangladesh measles toll nears grim 1,000-child mark

19 HOURS AGO

Bangladesh says PM will not visit India until Hasina extradited

Bangladesh says PM will not visit India until Hasina extradited

August 16, 2026

Relatives mourn after a toxic gas leak killed people at Ferdous Steel Shipbreaking Yard and Recycling Factory in Bangladesh's Chittagong on August 14, 2026. Photo by SALAHUDDIN AHMED / AFP)

Gas leak at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard kills eight: Police

August 14, 2026

Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the media virtually in New Delhi on January 23, 2026. (AFP/File)

Pakistan says Hasina remarks won't affect diplomatic engagement with Bangladesh

August 6, 2026

Afghanistan

Taliban restrictions disrupt Afghan aid, 18 programs suspended in July: UN

Taliban restrictions disrupt Afghan aid, 18 programs suspended in July: UN

2 DAYS AGO

Taliban security personnel stand guard at an entrance of a prison in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on August 27, 2026. (Photo by Mohammad Faisal NAWEED / AFP)

US rejects Taliban call for American investment in Afghanistan

3 DAYS AGO

Afghan Taliban insurgency has left 40,000 civilians dead: UN

Afghan Taliban insurgency has left 40,000 civilians dead: UN

4 DAYS AGO

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping hold a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on August 31, 2026

No Taliban representation as SCO talks begin in Bishkek

5 DAYS AGO

Nepal

Flash flood survivors look for salvageable belongings at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 5, 2026. (AFP)

Rescuers continue grim search for Nepal flood survivors

17 HOURS AGO

This picture taken on September 2, 2026 shows concrete mixer trucks damaged and half-buried in mud following flash floods at the Upper Trishuli-1 (UT-1) Hydropower Plant construction site in Nepal's Rasuwa district. (AFP)

Nepal seeks climate justice after Himalayan disaster

3 DAYS AGO

Pakistan sends 86-ton relief consignment for Nepal’s flood-affected

Pakistan sends 86-ton relief consignment for Nepal’s flood-affected

5 DAYS AGO

Rescue workers carry cabling at Trishuli Center in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 30, 2026, after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border. (AFP)

LIVE: Nepal floods leave 939 dead as 3,925 remain missing

5 DAYS AGO

Bhutan

Despite legal mandates for forest cover and its status as a carbon-negative nation, approximately 13.5% of Bhutan’s land is currently experiencing degradation. (bhutan.travel)

Bhutan: How the world's greenest country is losing its land

April 5, 2026

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka prison riot kills 19, wounds more than 100

Sri Lanka prison riot kills 19, wounds more than 100

July 6, 2026

Colombo- (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Sri Lanka arrests ex-justice minister's son for alleged bribe

June 25, 2026

IMF approves $695M for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

IMF approves $695M for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

May 27, 2026