South and Central Asia

Report says coexistence with wild animals in India is ‘reaching the threshold of tolerance’

Event pulled for first time in 30 years over fears it breaches national security law

Notoriously secretive state ‘on verge of catastrophe’

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Dozens are thought to have died, schools have been forced to close and taps have run dry

Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr is the clear favourite to win next week’s election

The country is only a few more ‘bad decisions’ away from disaster

Myanmar pro-democracy campaigner sentenced to five years for corruption

Ousted PM became a populist ‘cult leader’ who is ‘hero-worshipped’ by many

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Islanders are still fighting to go back 50 years after they were forcibly removed by Britain

History and political expediency combine in Narendra Modi’s muted response

Narendra Modi’s government accused of ‘encouraging hatred’ of minority groups

Two countries to appoint ambassadors for the first time since 1989

Russian-led military bloc to start withdrawing troops as detentions near 10,000

Natural gas crater in the Karakum desert has burned for five decades

Moscow deploys troops as clashes turn deadly in former Soviet state

Curfews announced in Delhi and Mumbai as Covid-19 cases surge across the country

Government forced to resign amid protests over fuel prices

Building of villages replicates tactics used in South China Sea, experts warn

‘War wounds’ still open as Armenia and Azerbaijan mark first anniversary of deadly conflict

Hopes that virus has ‘exhausted itself’ challenged by experts as vaccine drive stalls

Narendra Modi facing calls from Joe Biden to provide much-needed jabs to developing countries

Hospitals struggle as senior paediatrician says cases rising rapidly among minors

New study findings fuel claims that government is deliberately under-reporting pandemic fatalities

Malaysia to phase out Sinovac jab amid growing concern over its efficacy

Rapid spread of highly infectious Delta variant triggers hospital bed and oxygen shortages

Facebook, Twitter and Google threaten to leave over proposed data legislation

Civilian death toll rises as military battles anti-coup resistance groups

Hermit state’s leader accuses politburo members of endangering ‘safety of the country and its people’

WHO investigates new strain, prompting calls to add Southeast Asian nation to red list

Desperate families being duped with fake medicines and promises of access to hospital beds and funeral services

Hospitals overflowing with patients as concern rises that Indian ’double mutation’ is spreading freely