All Asia: South & Central
As Delhi riot wounds heal, neighbors look for 鈥榯he way ahead鈥�Al Hind hospital and the Mustafabad neighborhood have become the center of relief efforts after New Delhi鈥檚 worst sectarian violence in decades.
After Delhi鈥檚 burst of violence, a Muslim artist takes stockNew Delhi鈥檚 riots, which began during Donald Trump鈥檚 state visit to the capital last month, left dozens of people dead, mostly Muslims.聽
First LookAfghan peace process hits prisoner-release bump in the roadAfghanistan's president rejected the release of thousands of Taliban prisoners as a confidence-building step before Afghan power-sharing talks.聽
First LookStreet clashes over citizenship rights in India turn deadlyThe worst street rioting in decades hit in New Delhi聽Tuesday, as India's Muslims and Hindus, who have mostly coexisted peacefully for centuries, turned on each other.聽Religious tensions under Prime Minister Narendra聽Modi continue to rise.
First LookTrump focuses on trade amid India's citizenship law protestsAs President Trump tours the Indian capital, hundreds of supporters and protestors of the new citizenship law that excludes Muslims clashed in the streets. The U.S. president is keeping the focus of his trip on sealing a trade deal with India.
Difference MakerSaving India鈥檚 storks: How smelly pests became a point of prideGreater adjutant storks, once common in India, are now endangered. But a small army of women led by Purnima Devi Barman is out to change that.
First LookModi's Hindu nationalist party defeated in New Delhi electionsIndian Prime Minister's Hindu nationalist party succumbed to a regional party in Delhi's legislative assembly elections on Tuesday. The stunning victory by the "common man's" party is seen as a response to India's new citizenship law.聽
First LookA soldier carried out Thailand's worst mass shootingMajor shootings are rare in Thailand but the nation's聽worst mass shooting that killed 29 people over the weekend by a distraught soldier has prompted soul searching in the southeast Asian country of 69 million that sees its military as a protector.聽
First LookLGBTQ people to be counted in Nepal's census for the first timeHomosexuality remains taboo in Nepal but the 2021 survey will help LGBTQ Nepalis access social services and inform minority group quotas, advocates say.
First LookBangladesh counters human trafficking of Rohingya with schoolsAfter fleeing religious persecution in Myanmar, Rohingya children are increasingly vulnerable to human traffickers. Access to education will give the聽10,000 children living in world's largest refugee camp hope for the future, advocates say.聽
Kashmir鈥檚 five-month blackout: Life in a swirl of rumorsKashmir experienced a months-long internet blackout after the state鈥檚 special status was revoked, with news frequently reduced to rumors.
First LookUN court orders Myanmar to stop Rohingya genocideThe court tells Myanmar to report continually on what measures the country has taken to comply with the order.聽Displaced Rohingya refugees laud order.
First LookTaliban agree to cease-fire as step to U.S. peace dealThe Taliban agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, as a step towards a聽peace deal that could allow the U.S. to bring home its troops.
First LookIndia protests grow as government bans public gatheringsThousands of Indians are demonstrating against a citizenship law widely seen as anti-Muslim, and a threat to the country's secular democracy.聽
Driving India protests, a sense that 鈥榳e will lose everything鈥�India鈥檚 new citizenship law strikes at the core of individuals鈥� sense of self and security, and the country鈥檚 core democratic principles.
First LookProtests across India denounce religion-based citizenship lawThe law, which creates a path to citizenship聽based on religion but excludes Muslims, has sparked student protests and violent clashes with police.聽
First LookIndia considers religion-based citizenship, U.S. panel opposesCritics say the bill could undermine the secular foundations of India's democracy. The聽government says it will protect non-Muslims from persecution.
First Look A religion-based citizenship bill heads to India's parliamentIndia's cabinet sent a bill to parliament that would聽grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslims minorities in neighboring countries聽based on聽 religion.
First LookCitizens in India's capital protest smog, government inactionAir pollution has become so toxic in New Delhi it triggered a public health emergency this week, closing schools and limiting the number of cars on the street.
As Kashmir鈥檚 blackout continues, they wait for word of their sonThousands have been arrested in Kashmir since August, when the Indian government stripped the partially autonomous region of its special status.
