Former prime minister says country is at risk of famine and UK must take lead in resuming delivery of aid• The people of Afghanistan are starving; to turn our backs on them is morally wrongGordon Brown has written to the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, c…
Kazakhstan protests: president appeals to Moscow-led security bloc
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency and says he plans to act ‘as toughly as possible’Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Moscow-led security bloc to help regain control amid protests sparked by fuel price rises, after demonstrators t…
Myanmar: more than 30 people killed in Kayah state
Human rights group says burnt bodies of dozens killed by the military found near Hpruso townMore than 30 people, including children, have been killed and their bodies burned in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah state, according to a local resident, media r…
Briton missing in Afghanistan after reports of Taliban arrest
Grant Bailey was working as security consultant in Kabul where he liaised with US state departmentA British man is missing in Afghanistan after a report he has been detained by the Taliban. Grant Bailey was arrested in the Afghan capital, Kabul, where …
Monkeys blamed for hundreds of puppy deaths captured in India
Villagers claim animals were carrying out ‘revenge killings’ after dogs killed an infant monkeyTwo monkeys that allegedly killed hundreds of puppies in the Indian state of Maharastra have been captured.Villagers in Lavool village, in the Beed district…
Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
Crowds brave sub-zero temperatues after Taliban announces it will resume issuing travel documentsHundreds of people have braved sub-zero temperatures in Afghanistan’s capital to queue outside the passport office, a day after the Taliban government anno…
Pakistani Taliban declare end to month-long ceasefire with government
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan accuse state of breaching terms including a prisoner release agreementTaliban militants in Pakistan have declared an end to a month-long ceasefire arranged with the aid of the Afghan Taliban, accusing the government of breach…
Nowhere left to pray: Hindu groups target Muslim sites in Gurgaon
The dwindling number of places available for the metropolis’s Muslims are becoming religious battlefieldsUntil a few weeks ago, no one had given much thought to the car park outside sector 37 police station in Gurgaon, a satellite city to India’s capit…
National Geographic green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ evacuated to Italy
Sharbat Gula left Afghanistan after Taliban takeover that followed US departure from countryNational Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the…
India has more women than men for first time, survey finds
Survey of 650,000 households finds falling reproductive rate, suggesting population boom is endingIndia has more women than men for the first time in its recorded history and is no longer experiencing a population boom, according to a government survey…