Pakistan court suspends Imran Khan’s prison sentence in state gifts case | Imran Khan News
Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each handed a 14-year sentence in the case in January. Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has…
Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic | Education
Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across…
Key India opposition leader sent to jail until April 15 in corruption case | India Election 2024 News
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s custody extended less than three weeks before the country begins to vote in a seven-phase election. An Indian court has…
Why are South Asians going to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war? | Russia-Ukraine war News
Young men from South Asia joined the Russian army in its war against Ukraine after they were promised lucrative salaries and benefits. Now, they are…
India opposition protests in capital over Kejriwal’s arrest before election | India Election 2024 News
Rally held against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over a long-running corruption probe ahead of general election. Top leaders of India’s opposition…
Babar Azam replaces Afridi as Pakistan white-ball cricket captain | Cricket News
The Pakistan Cricket Board has reappointed Babar Azam as white-ball captain ahead of June’s T20 World Cup. Pakistan has appointed Babar Azam as its white-ball…
Turkey’s opposition set to hold power in major cities, partial results show | Elections News
Partial results in local elections show CHP candidates ahead of their AK Party rivals in Ankara and Istanbul. Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s…
‘Fascism will not work in India’ says wife of arrested Modi critic | India Election 2024
NewsFeedThe wife of jailed Modi critic Arvind Kejriwal has condemned India’s ruling BJP for allegedly using law enforcement agencies to intimidate political opponents. The Delhi…
Shaheen Bagh, India’s citizenship law protest site, Delhi’s newest food hub | Food
String lights line the street and wafts of barbecue smoke fills the air as the evening envelopes Chaalis Futta Road in the Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood…
‘Pure veg fleet’: How Indian food app Zomato sparked a caste, purity debate | Workers’ Rights News
Rajesh Jatavad*, a delivery rider for Zomato, a food delivery app in southern India, is worried about his full name being displayed for customers on…
March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News
Islamabad, Pakistan: In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and…
‘Soul of the king’: Can India’s coming election be rigged? | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – As he launched the main Indian opposition alliance’s election campaign in the middle of March, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi hit…
In pictures: This week in the Asia Pacific
A drone captures the construction of the new Longtan bridge in Jiangsu Province, China, on March 27, 2024.(AFP: Xinhua/Meng Delong) A Thai man prays at…
Pakistan to investigate army’s meddling in judiciary, law minister says | Courts News
Pakistan will probe accusations by High Court judges of intimidation by the country’s top spy agency. Pakistan will set up an inquiry commission to investigate…
India’s media – captured and censored | TV Shows
Across almost every form of media in India – social, broadcast and print – Narendra Modi and the BJP hold sway. With India amid a…
At JNU, student ‘flame flickers’ against India’s Modi before national vote | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – A Bollywood film called JNU will be released across India next week. The tagline on its publicity posters asks: “Can one…
Oil Giants Plan to Bury Massive Amounts of CO2 in Southeast Asia
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAfter decades of burning carbon, Exxon, Shell and others are looking to lock down the rare places that can absorb it.Author of…
India rejects remarks by US, Germany on opposition leader Kejriwal’s arrest | India Election 2024 News
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest a month before national election comes under increasing global scrutiny. India has strongly objected to remarks made by the…
Rohingya in India accuse Modi of double standards on citizenship law | Rohingya News
Kolkata, India – Muhammad Hamin has been unable to sleep at night since March 8 when the government of the northeast Indian state of Manipur…
‘Waiting for a call from Daddy’: Sri Lankans die in Ukraine for both sides | Russia-Ukraine war News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Badly wounded from a Ukrainian attack on a Russian bunker in the Donetsk region, Sri Lankan fighter Senaka Bandara* tried to…