Afghanistan

Cricket fever grips war-torn Afghanistan

Afghans are trying to forget the horrors of conflict and dedicate their time to supporting their cricket team.

Cricket World Cup 2019: Afghans unite to cheer national team

Asia

Afghanistan: Car bomb targets convoy of foreign forces in Kabul

Car bomb hits a convoy belonging to an international organisation, killing or wounding at least seven people.

Afghanistan: Car bomb targets convoy of foreign forces in Kabul

Asia Pacific

US-China competition to loom over key defence gathering

Beijing dispatches top military brass to Singapore to deliver ‘highly anticipated’ speech at annual Shangri-La Dialogue.

US-China competition to loom over key defence gathering

India elections 2019

India's Modi sworn in for second term as prime minister

Thousands attend as Bharatiya Janata Party leader assumes office in New Delhi ceremony after landslide election win.

India's Modi sworn in for second term as prime minister

Pakistan

Pakistan's military sentences three for espionage

Army chief approves death sentences for two men and 14 years in jail for another for leaking 'sensitive information'.

Pakistan's military sentences officer to death for espionage

Pakistan

Pakistani legislator Dawar surrenders to authorities

Mohsin Dawar is accused of 'assaulting' a security post during a clash between rights activists and soldiers.

Pakistani legislator Dawar surrenders to authorities

Asia

'Humiliated': Ex-Indian army man in Assam declared 'foreigner'

Mohammad Sana Ullah, who served in the Indian army for 30 years, is sent to a detention camp in Assam state.

'Humiliated': Ex-Indian army man in Assam declared 'foreigner'

AJ Impact

E-commerce in the skies: AirAsia aims to sell more than flights

Airline to use its rich customer database to sell hotel bookings, beauty products and more.

E-commerce in the skies: AirAsia aims to sell more than flights

Opinion

The Indian elite and the erosion of democracy

Instead of lamenting BJP's electoral win, the Indian elite should examine its own role in undermining Indian democracy.

Pragya Tiwari

by Pragya Tiwari

Pragya Tiwari

Afghanistan

Taliban says progress made at Afghan talks in Moscow

Group says 'decent progress' had been made in talks with senior Afghan politicians but that had been no breakthrough.

Taliban says progress made at Afghan talks in Moscow

Afghanistan

Blast near Afghan military training centre kills six

A suicide bomber blew himself up after he was prevented from entering the Marshal Fahim National Defence University.

Suicide bomber targets Afghan military training centre in Kabul

AJ Impact

Modi 2.0: Can India's re-elected PM deliver on the economy?

The prime minister will have to boost spending in his second term even as the government's finances worsen.

Modi 2.0: Can India's re-elected PM deliver on the economy?

People & Power

Delhi's Deadly Air

People and Power investigates the shocking levels of air pollution making it deadly to breathe in India's capital.

AJ Impact

'Naked economic terrorism': China takes aim at US amid trade war

Senior Chinese official toughens rhetoric as trade war between world's top two economies shows no signs of ending soon.

'Naked economic terrorism': China takes aim at US amid trade war

Asia

Pakistan: Prolonged drought threatens communities in Thar Desert

The Thar has seen years of below-average crop production and losses of cattle, exacerbating the already dire food insecurity and malnutrition in the area.