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Drought stalks the parched fields around the remote Afghan district of Bala Murghab, where climate change is proving a deadlier foe than the country's recent conflicts. As the world watched the Taliban wage a stunning…

Militants shot dead a civilian in Kashmir on Sunday (Oct 24), residents said, as the authorities tightened security across the disputed territory for a visit by a top Indian minister. The victim, a milk seller in the southern Kashmir…

An activist who rose to prominence during Myanmar's 1988 student uprising has been arrested in an overnight raid, his wife said on Sunday (Oct 24), the latest blow to the anti-junta movement as the military cracks down on dissent.…

Myanmar's junta has re-arrested more than 100 anti-coup protesters freed in a recent amnesty, according to a local monitoring group that tracks detentions and killings in the country. The South-east Asian nation has been in chaos since the…

Terrified farmers and families with children in Myanmar are fleeing into India as the military junta that seized power in a February coup continues to seek out and eliminate resistance along the country's border. The Tatmadaw, as the…

In an effort to eradicate polio and boost health measures for children in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has agreed to restart a door-to-door vaccination programme next month, and will allow women to be frontline workers in the…

Britain's young adults are facing a "cost of living crisis" as they struggle to pay bills while trying to save for the future, a study showed Wednesday (Oct 13). Hard hit by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, almost half of 18-30…

In Mumbai's jewellery bazaar, Ms Kavita Jogani gingerly places her wedding bangles on the shopkeeper's scales, one of the thousands of Indians parting with their most cherished asset - gold. It was not an easy decision - Ms…