Marriages in China plummetted by a fifth last year, the biggest drop on record, despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children to boost…
Indian security forces gunned down 31 Maoist rebels in the forests of country’s central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said, in its biggest encounter this year. Two security personnel…
BEIJING – More than 30 people are missing after a landslide in China’s south-western Sichuan province on Feb 8, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The landslide hit Jinping village in the…
DHAKA – Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making “false and fabricated” comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said.…
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh took out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday by destroying a family home that came to symbolize…
NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took holy dips in sacred river waters in the northern city of Prayagraj on Wednesday as he joined millions of people at…
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities raided well-known women’s radio station Radio Begum on Tuesday, arresting two employees, the broadcaster said, with the information ministry saying the outlet’s operations had been suspended. “Officers…
SYDNEY – Cars and houses in Sydney were daubed in antisemitic graffiti, police said on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents targeting Jews in Australia’s biggest city. The…
PRAYAGRAJ, India – Millions of devout Hindus thronged the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Thursday for the Maha Kumbh festival, a day after dozens died in a stampede on…
BANGKOK – Scores of same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom’s equal marriage law went into effect, with two high-profile gay actors among the first…
