South and Central Asia
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Officials say handpainted Isis flag found in room of alleged assailant after attack on train in Bavaria left five people injured
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Competitors are racing 6,695 miles across Russia, Kazakhstan and northern China in a test of skill, stamina and planning
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Waseem Azeem, who admitted ‘honour killing’ of Qandeel Baloch, cannot use traditional law to evade punishment
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Police detain two suspects after four officers and one civilian die in ‘terrorist’ attack in financial capital of Almaty
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Student, 21, attacked near college in Haryana by five men – two of whom are awaiting trial for assaulting her in 2013
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Police say Waseem Azeem has confessed to strangling model because she posted ‘shameful’ pictures on Facebook
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At 23 the Scottish lawyer moved to Lahore to work at one of the few legal firms willing to defend blasphemy cases. Here she recounts her initiation into the complex – and deadly – world of Pakistan’s justice system
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Celebrity whose risque online videos angered country’s religious conservatives was victim of apparent ‘honour’ killing
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Datta Phuge, who ordered a shirt made from 14,000 pieces of 22-carat gold in 2013, was reportedly attacked by 12 assailants
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Brisbane-based Sha Sarwari has won a national art prize with his installation of the postcards Australians never sent
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Humanitarian whose foundation provided health and social care for the poor and destitute of Pakistan
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People evicted without compensation as India expands mining operations, says Amnesty International report
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Climate Home: Prakash Javadekar says India is now a world leader in tackling climate change and other countries need to follow its example
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Dougie Wallace spent four years photographing the drivers and passengers of Mumbai’s Premier Padmini taxis – which are now an endangered species following changes to pollution laws
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Namal Rajapaksa, an MP, says misappropriation charges are part of witchhunt against political opponents by government of Maithripala Sirisena
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Last week’s shooting of independence leader Burhan Wani continues to spark violence in Indian-administered Kashmir
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Eighteen dead and more than 100 injured in anti-India violence after the killing of a popular rebel commander
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In a country where casual relationships are still frowned on, young Indians are defying parents and society by using smartphone apps to meet partners
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National day of mourning announced by prime minister Nawaz Sharif who pays tribute to ‘great servant of humanity’
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Two police officers, another woman and one attacker killed as militants throw homemade bombs during attack in Sholakia, north of Dhaka
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Loose canon: Driven out of Pakistan, the Muslim Ahmadiyya community now have their global headquarters in the UK. They deserve our protection and respect
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Perumal Murugan, who had stopped writing following death threats and calls for his prosecution, told he should return ‘to what he is best at’ and write
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'Honour' killings, hypocrisy and the moral policing reserved only for women