South and Central Asia
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Glut in Indian coal market, plans to phase out imports and lower than forecast energy demands cast doubt on future for exports from proposed Adani mine
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Superstar DJ to perform at 5,380m to mark 30th anniversary of Ibiza trip which sparked Second Summer of Love
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A student-run movement is helping poor Indian teens go to the best law schools, and starting to change the country’s legal system in the process
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A Taliban health chief says the resumption of a polio vaccination scheme in north Afghanistan does not alter lingering suspicion of the international community
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Scores injured after bullets and shotgun pellets fired as thousands of people storm polling stations in Budgam district
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Supreet Kaur, a journalist with channel IBC-24, was broadcasting on Saturday morning when a reporter phoned in with details of a car accident
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Spokesman for Nato-led mission says soldier mortally wounded but circumstances of death remain unclear
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Contrary to initial claims girl’s rapid improvement indicates she was recently abandoned by her carers
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Ridhima Pandey, daughter of green activist, urges ministers to reduce emissions to limit impact on younger generations
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Letters: Overseas students not only have an enriching time studying at our world-class universities, but there are enormous long-term benefits to Britain
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In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC’s Fergal Keane, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi rejected accusations she has ignored abuses suffered by the Muslim Rohingya minority, despite claims that military persecution amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’.
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Nobel peace prize winner faces criticism over handling of crisis in Muslim-majority region, where soldiers accused of violence have barred aid workers
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Police say 55-year-old died two days after mob targeted his cattle truck in latest in spate of killings in name of sacred animal
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Property magnate and politician Mangal Prabhat Lodha, business partner of Donald Trump, reignites tensions over Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s Mumbai house
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US defence expert warns people fleeing low-lying Pacific islands a precursor to ‘climate-exacerbated water insecurities’ that could trigger wider conflict
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‘We are open to Indians’ chancellor says during Delhi trip, adding that pledge to reduce immigration will affect other countries with less-skilled workers
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Editorial: The prime minister and senior colleagues have fanned out across the world trying to prove that trade deals with illiberal regimes can compensate for a hard Brexit. They are wrong
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Russian investigators say Akbarzhon Jalilov detonated bomb that killed 14 on metro carriage and left DNA on second device
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Buddhist leader meets Naren Chandra Das 58 years after he escorted him in India after his escape from Chinese authorities
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Ghani draws Canberra crowd of several thousand Hazaras and supporters outside Yarralumla and parliament
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Police arrest three suspects in Punjab including shrine’s custodian after attack by men wielding batons and knives
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Brief letters: Aung San Suu Kyi | HSBC’s gender neutral titles | Classifying exercise | Bristol University | April Fools’ Day
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Campaigners brand maternity bill elitist over failure to include women working in India’s informal sector, who represent 95% of female workforce
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A year after her party swept to power, the Nobel laureate faces questions over her leadership and silence on persecution
Malcolm Turnbull tells Indian billionaire native title will not stop Adani coalmine