South and Central Asia
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Workers destroy production line of Yangon factory making clothes for the Swedish fashion chain, in month-long dispute over conditions and benefits
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As a promising female athlete from a conservative, male-dominated area of Pakistan, Maria Toorpakai was forced to pose as a boy to learn her craft
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The eight-year-old actor received a hero’s welcome as he returned home to a slum from the Oscars. His family are dealing with the fame from his role in Lion
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The director of Viceroy’s House argues that her film about India’s partition of 1947, far from ignoring the freedom struggle, celebrates it
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What does it mean to be a girl today? These letters shed light on the challenges facing young women across the globe, and the power of collective action
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US embassy officials in Delhi told 15 players they ‘don’t have strong reasons to go to Dallas’, raising questions about Trump’s policy toward the contested region
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Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a 32-year-old aviation engineer, was killed in an apparently racially motivated shooting last week
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PIA says it has launched disciplinary measures against crew but dismisses report that people were forced to stand in aisle
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I’m fighting the ban on Lipstick Under My Burkha. Indian women need a voice
Alankrita ShrivastavaMy film dares to tell a story from a female point of view. But that’s a narrative that the Indian film board – and India – isn’t comfortable with -
Poorly-constructed toilet blocks have led to the deaths of seven people in three months, but politicians are yet to act on their promises for change
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As Pakistan seeks to address its power crisis by mining coal, villagers in the Thar desert are fighting to prevent state acquisition of their ancestral land
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Alankrita Shrivastava, the director of Lipstick Under My Burkha, calls Central Board of Film Certification’s decision ‘an anachronism’
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Adam Purinton, 51, has been charged in the attack that occurred in a Kansas bar on Thursday, but the tech worker’s death has not yet been deemed a hate crime
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Deciding who to save in the 2005 Pakistan earthquake was heartbreaking. We couldn’t reach little Ama in time
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PPG and Axalta join scheme after Guardian report linked paint used by Vauxhall, BMW and VW with mines in India reliant on child labour and debt bondage
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Renshaw’s innings interrupted when he retired hurt 15 minutes before lunch because of a stomach bug during the first Test against India in Pune
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Leaked document suggests Indian tariffs on scotch and Theresa May’s visa rules for skilled Indians had been impeding progress
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British-born jihadi who blew himself up for Islamic State this week was a convert detained for two years at Camp X-Ray
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In Pakistan, tolerant Islamic voices are being silenced
William DalrympleThe Sehwan bombing is a result of the Saudi-funded fundamentalism that has taken a grip in the country
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Middle East almost doubles weapons imports, as US and Europe remain the main suppliers and China joins top-tier exporters
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Military demands that Afghanistan hand over suspects as dozens of militants killed and arrested after deadliest attack in Pakistan in years
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Briton Sarah Groves, 24, was stabbed to death in 2013 but case has been adjourned again after suspect’s 88th court hearing
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A suicide bomber targeted crowds at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan province, Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 100
We managed tax transparency in Pakistan. Why not everywhere else?