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Visitors feed fruits to elephants at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Sri Lanka’s first elephant orphanage celebrates 50 years

The orphanage opened in 1975, but Sri Lanka is also now facing a human-elephant conflict in areas bordering traditional wildlife sanctuaries.

16 Feb 2025 - 10:02PM

South Asia after USAID: can India rise to the challenge?

16 Feb 2025 - 5:00PM

18 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festival

17 Feb 2025 - 12:22AMvideocam

Pakistan militant raid kills at least 4 soldiers

More than 1,600 people were killed in attacks in Pakistan in 2024 – the deadliest year in almost a decade.

15 Feb 2025 - 10:44PM

Relatives and local residents attend the funeral of a police officer who was killed by suspected militants in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on January 15 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE

Trump’s tough talk with Modi on tariffs signals India is not off the hook

During the two leaders’ meeting in Washington, Narendra Modi calls for a rise in trade between India and the US to US$500 billion by 2030.

14 Feb 2025 - 6:27PMvideocam

Video | Pakistan woman MMA fighter breaks barriers ... and arms

Anita Karim is Pakistan’s first internationally competing woman MMA fighter.

14 Feb 2025 - 5:10PMvideocam

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Outrage in India as jilted man threatens to set woman on fire after rejection

Incident in Telangana highlights the rising extreme violence against women in the country.

14 Feb 2025 - 1:57PMvideocam

Doctors at a protest demanding justice following the rape and murder of a healthcare worker in India last year. Photo: Reuters

US-India relations

Trump meets Modi, says he hopes US, China, India, Russia can all ‘get along’

Bilateral talks yield trade commitments and promises on F-35 jets, as well as praise for the Quad partnership.

14 Feb 2025 - 4:05PMvideocam

Chinese apps are slowly returning to India 5 years after border clash

Apps including Alibaba’s Youku streaming platform and Tencent’s hit PUBG Mobile have returned under new names amid a thaw in China-India relations.

13 Feb 2025 - 8:49PM

Rights group exposes 12 deaths in Bangladesh detention after PM Hasina ousted

A leading rights organisation reported 12 deaths of people in detention since last year’s student-led protests, alleging torture and extrajudicial killings by security forces.

12 Feb 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Protesters celebrate beside a defaced portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after news of her resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. Photo: AP

Outrage in India over ‘inhumane’ US deportation of undocumented migrants

The incident has been condemned by Indian opposition politicians ahead of a meeting between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump in Washington.

11 Feb 2025 - 6:41PMvideocam

Activists of India’s Communist Party of India protest against the US in Hyderabad on Sunday. Photo: AFP

India fears impact of Trump’s Iran sanctions on Chabahar port

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Washington this week, a US$370 million question looms over his visit.

11 Feb 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

France in ‘active talks’ to buy Indian rocket launcher systems

The domestically made Pinaka rocket system with a range of up to 90km was shown to a French delegation in India around three months ago.

11 Feb 2025 - 8:00AM

Modi cements national dominance after beating AAP in Delhi state election

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has reclaimed power in the Delhi state after 27 years.

10 Feb 2025 - 6:47PMvideocam

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after BJP emerged victorious in the Delhi state assembly election. Photo: EPA-EFE

Police in India shut down Ed Sheeran’s impromptu street concert

Footage showed a policeman walking up to Sheeran as he was singing and unplugging his microphone, as onlookers jeered.

11 Feb 2025 - 12:46PMvideocam

British singer Ed Sheeran reacts after an Indian policeman unplugged his microphone amid an impromptu street performance in Bengaluru on February 9, 2025. Photo: X/aaraynsh

Dalai Lama’s brother, architect of talks with China, dies at 97

Gyalo Thondup began discussions between Dharamsala and Beijing in 1979, in a departure from his earlier approach of armed struggle.

10 Feb 2025 - 4:51PMvideocam

Modi adds India’s capital Delhi to recent electoral victories

It was a resounding victory that showed the BJP recovering some support since an unexpectedly poor showing in last year’s national elections.

10 Feb 2025 - 1:43PM

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31 Maoists, 2 Indian commandos killed in clashes in Central India

A gunfight broke out in the jungles of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh state. Maoist rebels were inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.

10 Feb 2025 - 1:47PMvideocam

Members of the Naxalites, officially the Communist Party of India (Maoist), exercise at a temporary base in the Abujh Marh forests, in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, in 2007. Photo: AP

Modi and the BJP eye victory in New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalists are tipped to win back control of the capital province Delhi in local elections.

8 Feb 2025 - 6:45PM

Sri Lanka investigates tourist deaths from suspected pesticide poisoning

A Briton and a German died after their hostel rooms in Colombo were fumigated for bedbugs and other pests.

8 Feb 2025 - 1:43PM

China-India relations

Analysis | ‘Chindia’ returns as India and China prepare for a Trump earthquake

With Donald Trump back in the White House, India and China are forging a quiet detente that could have seismic implications.

8 Feb 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting on the sidelines of the Brics summit in Russia in October. Photo: India’s Press Information Bureau/Reuters

India’s ruling BJP poised for comeback in Delhi state election, exit polls show

Incumbent Aam Aadmi Party on the back foot because of voter fatigue, but analysts predict a ‘much tougher fight’ between the parties.

6 Feb 2025 - 10:56PM

People queue to vote at a polling station in the state assembly election in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

India boosts aid to Maldives in bid to ‘outdo’ China’s influence in region

In a sign of an ‘uptick in bilateral relations’, India has earmarked US$69 million in financial aid for the Maldives in its latest budget.

6 Feb 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

Rise of Indian-origin extremism in UK risks deepening divisions: analysts

UK Home Office report marks Hindutva as ideology of concern, while analysts note ‘very serious’ issue of Sikh separatism fuelling radicalism.

5 Feb 2025 - 6:45PMvideocam

India PM Modi’s BJP seeks to oust anti-corruption party in state polls

The BJP is up against the AAP, which runs New Delhi and has built a vast support base on its welfare policies and an anti-corruption drive.

5 Feb 2025 - 4:37PM

Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Admi chief Arvind Kejriwal shows his inked finger after casting his vote in New Delhi. Photo: EPA-EFE

Open Questions series

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

10 Feb 2025 - 12:57PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

US-China rivalry doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game: Jessica Chen Weiss

10 Feb 2025 - 6:49AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

23 Dec 2024 - 2:30PM

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Why eco-warrior Ma Jun sees hope for China’s role in Cop29 amid US uncertainty

22 Nov 2024 - 12:38PMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AMvideocam

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic

29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AMvideocam

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

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