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December 26, 2025

‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracyMyanmar is preparing to go to...

December 20, 2025

India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics

Opposition claims SIR process being used to disenfranchise minority groups to benefit Narendra Modi’s governmentIndia’s political opposition has...

December 20, 2025

Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia

British Indian Ocean Territory commissioner’s appeal against decision last year rejected by judges in LondonAppeal court judges have backed a...

December 20, 2025

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humansA group of endangered “galaxy frogs” are...

December 20, 2025

‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines

UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as...

December 14, 2025

Lionel Messi’s India tour starts in chaos as angry fans throw seats in stadium

Argentinian makes 20-minute appearance in KolkataSupporters climb fence and hurl objects from standsLionel Messi’s tour of India kicked off on a...

December 07, 2025

Putin and Modi to meet amid politically treacherous times for Russia and India

Delhi visit gives Russian leader a chance to reduce Moscow’s isolation but both countries need each other to negotiate Trump’s US and a powerful...

December 07, 2025

Putin vows oil shipments to India will be ‘uninterrupted’ in defiance of US

Narendra Modi says energy security is ‘pillar of the India-Russia partnership’ as two leaders meet in DelhiVladimir Putin has told the Indian prime...

December 07, 2025

Macron denies warning Ukraine about potential US betrayal – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereRu...

December 03, 2025

British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lankan mountains running out of food and water, daughter says

Friends Melanie Watters and Janine Reid have been trapped in Pussellawa since ThursdayTwo British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lanka’s tea...

December 03, 2025

Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal

Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms

December 01, 2025

Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia flood toll nears 1,000

Separate weather systems brought torrential rainfall to Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia

South-and-central-asia Articles

‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power

India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics

Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines

Lionel Messi’s India tour starts in chaos as angry fans throw seats in stadium

Putin and Modi to meet amid politically treacherous times for Russia and India

Putin vows oil shipments to India will be ‘uninterrupted’ in defiance of US

Macron denies warning Ukraine about potential US betrayal – as it happened

British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lankan mountains running out of food and water, daughter says

Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal

Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia flood toll nears 1,000