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Sri Lanka emerging as a new base for Asia’s scam networks

Prison guards escorting a foreign national in Kaduwela, a suburb of Colombo, in Sri Lanka, on May 7.

US disables Iran-bound tanker in Gulf of Oman; Indian crew safe after fire

A fire had been reported on the vessel, but all 24 Indian crew members onboard were safe, India's shipping ministry said.

UN urges Afghan Taliban to end arrests of women over dress rules

The Taliban issued a directive last week prohibiting women from appearing in public without what authorities described as a “proper hijab”.

Clashes between protesters and police kill 7 in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Markets were open in Muzaffarabad while law enforcement agencies were patrolling the city on June 8.

India has deported 5,000 Bangladeshis since BJP win in West Bengal

A Bangladeshi migrant detained at a holding centre near the Hakimpur border in West Bengal, India, on May 27.

A Sherpa survived 6 days alone on Everest. His family says he was abandoned

Paramedics work to transport Dawa Sherpa, who was missing for several days in the Everest region, from the helipad at HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 4.

India flyover school offers lifeline to street children

Children in a play area at the school in Mumbai on May 18.

India’s youth strain to be heard as angry ‘cockroaches’ stage New Delhi march

Protesters are calling for the resignation of India’s education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Why India’s Gen Z ‘cockroach’ movement is a worry for Modi

Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) gather during a sit-in protest demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in New Delhi on June 6.

India’s ‘cockroach’ youth movement founder leads first street protest after arrival in New Delhi

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke at a protest in New Delhi on June 6 demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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