SURKHET: If it wasn't for her self-annointed "Big Sister", Punam Pun Magar would have quit school at 14 to marry a man nearly...
SURKHET: If it wasn't for her self-annointed "Big Sister", Punam Pun Magar would have quit school at 14 to marry a man nearly...
NEW DELHI: India's ruling Hindu nationalist government on Wednesday won parliamentary approval for a far-reaching citizenship law that critics say undermines the country's...
NEW DELHI: Air quality in India's capital New Delhi plummeted to "severe" on Wednesday due to a drop in temperature and wind speed...
Kolkata: Two elephants were hit and killed by a passenger train on Wednesday in eastern India, officials said, with the animals' bodies decorated...
Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court indicted Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai, on terror financing charges on...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Finland's new Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who has become the world's youngest head of government,...
Whakatana, New Zealand: Increasing tremors on a volcanic island in New Zealand on Wednesday prevented the recovery of the bodies of eight people...
Jakarta: The total damage and economic loss from forest fires in Indonesia this year amounted to at least $5.2 billion, equal to 0.5%...
KATHMANDU: Teenage girls are still being forced to sleep outside during their periods in parts of Nepal despite a string of deaths and...
DHAKA: A film based on the life of Bangladesh's first popular female surfer is facing calls to be banned, accused of "hurting" religious...
NEW DELHI: A fire that ripped through a New Delhi factory on Sunday and killed at least 43 workers has highlighted the perils...
When Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, she was hailed as an imprisoned martyr dedicated to bringing...
SEOUL: Negotiations aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes have been at a standstill after a working-level meeting with the United...
Sydney, More than 24 hours after New Zealand's White Island volcano erupted, families around the world are still waiting for answers about their...
Bushfire smoke smothered Sydney on Tuesday, setting off fire alarms, suspending ferry services and triggering health warnings over choking air pollution. The Sydney...
Wellington - New Zealand police on Tuesday announced a criminal investigation to probe how an eruption at the White Island volcano led to...
MADRID: The Marshall Islands has challenged all 184 countries with a national climate action plan under the 2015 Paris Agreement on global warming...
CHENNAI, India: Thousands of migrant workers in India are at risk from accidents like the factory fire that has killed 43 people in...
