Stand News: Independent outlet to close after senior staff arrested
One of the last pro-democracy media organisations in Hong Kong, Stand News, is shutting down after it was raided by…
Christmas 2021: Celebrations muted amid Omicron fears
Millions of Indians are celebrating Christmas on a sombre note for the second year in a row amid fear and…
Kerala school uniform: Why some Muslim groups are protesting
A row has broken out in the southern Indian state of Kerala after a government school allowed teenage female students…
Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions
By Imran Qureshi BBC Hindi, Bangalore One Sunday in October, Pastor Somu Avaradhi got a shock when he entered his…
Philippines Super Typhoon Rai death toll surges
At least 208 people are now known to have died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines on Thursday, police…
Philippines Super Typhoon Rai death toll surges
At least 169 people are now known to have died after a powerful storm struck the Philippines on Thursday, police…
Gurgaon: Tension in an Indian city over Muslim prayers
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Every Friday, for three months now, a group of people belonging to fringe Hindu right-wing groups…
Srinagar: Three dead, 11 injured in militant attack on police bus
Kashmir tensions Three policemen were killed and 11 injured after militants attacked a bus carrying security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir,…
Nagaland killings: Anger grows after Indian army’s botched ambush
By Nitin Srivastava BBC Hindi, Mon district, Nagaland A group of women sit, grim and silent, outside a thatched hut…
Farm laws: India farmers end protest after government accepts demands
Indian farmers protest 2020 Indian farmers have said they are ending a year of mass protests a week after…