The United Nations cultural body UNESCO has voted to add 14 new sites to its World Heritage list on Saturday, including the Indian “Pink City” of Jaipur, the ruins of Liangzhu city in China …
Alexandra Ulmer, Omar Rajarathnam KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom’s ultra-conservative Wahhabi school of Islam …
At least five soldiers killed in attack near de facto border in disputed territory, Pakistan military says. Pakistan and India have fought two of their three wars since gaining independence from the British over …
Nine other senior police officers have been named by attorney-general as suspects over alleged security lapses. Fernando and Jayasundara were accused of failing to act on an intelligence report [File: Eranga Jayawardena/AP] Sri Lanka‘s …
A group of Sikh activists has launched an online petition asking Indian-American Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris to apologise to the community for allegedly defending a discriminatory policy in 2011 that prohibited state prison …
Taha Siddiqui Pakistan’s new budget will not fix the country’s economic woes. Here is why. Pakistan spends between 18 and 23 percent of its state budget on the military [File: AP/Anjum Naveed] The Pakistani …
President Ashraf Ghani in an address to the Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad on Thursday, June 27, said that Pakistan should follow the “strategy of persuasion” in order to create a cooperation environment …
WASHINGTON: Pakistan has backed India’s candidature for a two-year term for non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). There were other 54 countries as well in the Asia Pacific group that unanimously …
Tom Westbrook The Solomon Islands, one of Taiwan’s remaining allies in the Pacific, will send a delegation to study Chinese aid in neighbouring countries as it considers a diplomatic switch to Beijing, the delegation …
Attempting suicide was decriminalised in India in 2017, but experts say more needs to be done to challenge stigma. Fahrinisa Campana In 2016, suicide was the ninth leading cause of deaths in India; image …
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