Featured Today

Nepal bus crash: Students among 23 dead after field tripNepal bus crash: Students among 23 dead after field trip
Image copyrightAFPImage caption The injured were transferred to a hospital in Kohalpur, Nepal

At least 23 people died in Nepal when a bus carrying students and their teachers back from a botanical trip ran off a road and plunged 700m (2,300ft) into a ravine.

Another 14 people were injured in the crash in Dang

Details
Category: IndianSubcontinent

Write comment (91 Comments)

Afghanistan: How does the Taliban make moneyAfghanistan: How does the Taliban make money
Image copyrightEPAImage caption Earlier this year the Taliban said they carried out an attack in Kabul that killed at least 95 people

There are indications that the US is planning a significant withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan.

American troops are in the country to support the Afghan government's fight

Details
Category: IndianSubcontinent

Write comment (92 Comments)

Trump's withdrawal from Afghanistan ignores a dangerous threatTrump's withdrawal from Afghanistan ignores a dangerous threat
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Afghan security forces respond to reports of a suicide attack in Kabul earlier this month

Senior British officers in Afghanistan have long feared the decision of US President Donald Trump to wind down America's mission in the country.

One told me they used to talk about "the

Details
Category: IndianSubcontinent

Write comment (92 Comments)

George HW Bush's sponsorship made me successful, says Filipino manGeorge HW Bush's sponsorship made me successful, says Filipino man
Image copyrightCompassion InternationalImage caption George HW Bush exchanged letters with Timothy Villalba for 10 years

A Filipino man sponsored by George HW Bush as a boy has described how letters from the former US president helped him to become "successful and happy".

"Out of so many kids I was the one

Details
Category: IndianSubcontinent

Write comment (96 Comments)

Borneo's Albino orangutan released back into the wildBorneo's Albino orangutan released back into the wild

The first-ever recorded albino orangutan has been released into the wild, nearly two years after it was first discovered by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF).

Image copyrightBOSF / AFP

Alba was rescued by the government's Central Kalimantan Natural Resource Conservation Agency and the BOSF in April last year, when she was five years

Details
Category: IndianSubcontinent

Write comment (99 Comments)

Papua leaders demand end to Indonesian military operationPapua leaders demand end to Indonesian military operation
Image copyrightAFPImage caption The 17 workers killed in the Papua attack earlier this month were from other parts of Indonesia

The governor of Indonesia's eastern Papua province has called for an end to an intense military operation against independence rebels in the remote jungle-covered region.

Troops are

Details
Category: IndianSubcontinent

Write comment (94 Comments)
  1. Chinese chemistry student charged with poisoning United States roommate
  2. Michael Kovrig arrest: Canadian held in China 'not allowed to turn lights off '
  3. India man held for rape of British woman in Goa
  4. Why Australians are celebrating 'gravy day'
  5. You're leaving Syria to mercy of Isil, Kurds caution the US

Pakistan

A World