Kabul clothes shops ordered to cover mannequin faces by Taliban
Afghan regime demands austere Islamic environment and is enforced by authorities multiple times in one week
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Afghan regime demands austere Islamic environment and is enforced by authorities multiple times in one week
One of the world’s longest-serving female leaders resigned as prime minister and fled the country on Monday amid deadly protests
Protesters storm Sheikh Hasina’s palace in Dhaka as prime minister resigns
Entire village disappeared under the torrent following record-breaking rainfall
The animals have been central to Lopburi’s identity and a major attraction for curious tourists, but long-suffering locals are fed up
Five people killed in floods on the island’s second-biggest city of Kaohsiung
Beijing stresses no cause for alarm over new legal guidelines which mandate execution for ‘die-hard’ separatists
Pilot survives after Saurya Airlines flight catches fire on runway in capital Kathmandu
Delhi police arrest doctor over alleged links to a gang enticing patients from Bangladesh into an illegal kidney transplant racket
Stigma and stereotypes in a society of traditionalist Catholic values are stifling important public health conversations
The virus, which is mainly transmitted to humans by sandflies, is part of the same family of diseases that cause Rabies
Children’s education ‘caught in the crossfire’ in the three years since the junta seized power from a democratically elected government
Local newspaper attributes deaths to cyanide as police say there was ‘no sign’ of gun violence
The controversial handout, expected to cost £9.5bn, was an election pledge made by prime minister
Tragedy in which nine pedestrians died is latest in spate of ‘sudden unintended acceleration’ claims
As Covid showed, prisons can act as incubators for disease. In the Philippines, where inmates are kept 300 to a cell, TB is rife
The pathogen’s unusual characteristics raise concerns that climate change could make fungal infections increasingly dangerous to humans
Hearing was due to be held this week on whether a group of migrants was being unlawfully detained on the island of Diego Garcia
A new malaria parasite, like HIV, comes from monkeys. With thousands already infected, experts fear it could one day spread between humans
Case of 60 Sri Lankans postponed as military cites security reasons for denying lawyers and reporters access