Coffee baron’s death fuels anger over India crackdown
Tax collectors labeled 'tax terrorism'
NEW DELHI: The apparent suicide of India's coffee baron VG Siddhartha, under investigation by...
Dozens dead in Afghan bus blast as US signals peace progress
HERAT, Afghanistan: At least 34 people were killed in western Afghanistan when their bus hit a Taleban roadside bomb, officials said yesterday,...
Indian Muslim ‘instant divorce’ ban hailed but faces court challenge
NEW DELHI: The Indian government and women's groups hailed "historic" legislation yesterday that criminalized "instant divorce" for Muslims, but an influential Islamic...
News TV blackouts in Pakistan draw fresh accusations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics,...
‘India Ashamed’: Outrage grows over lawmaker accused of rape
Protesters want India's ruling party to sack a state lawmaker
NEW DELHI: Protesters stepped up demands yesterday for India's...
18 killed as Pak jet crashes into residential area
RAWALPINDI: Eighteen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi early...
Freedom, money, babies: Indian women rescued from slavery count their losses
Series of rescues highlight the plight of pregnant women
CHENNAI: Five months into her pregnancy, Soniya was still...
A suspicions crash?; Indian rape accuser fighting for her life
NEW DELHI: An Indian teenager who accused a senior politician of rape is fighting for her life after being critically injured in...
Rights group accuses Bangladesh of torture; govt calls report ‘baseless’
Report based on 300 cases from 2009 to 2017
DHAKA: Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies have used systematic torture on...
Sri Lanka says illegal UK waste offloaded to India, Dubai
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan investigation into nearly 3,000 tons of illegally imported hazardous waste has shown that some of it was sent...
22 students injured in Pakistan accident
PESHAWAR: Twenty-two students of a religious seminary in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region were injured when the tractor trailer they were travelling aboard...
Further Myanmar-Rohingya talks over repatriation from Bangladesh
KUTUPALONG: Talks between Myanmar and Rohingya leaders will be extended after "positive" discussions about the refugees' return to their homeland, Bangladesh officials...
