Self-surgery and illegally sourced drugs put Chinese transgender lives at risk
Vulnerable and afraid, a 16-year-old boy sat on the floor of his home in rural eastern China and tried to hack off his genitals with a scalpel, an act of ...
Bangladesh's Hasina blames Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation failure
Bangladesh's prime minister has blamed Myanmar for the failure of a recent attempt to repatriate Rohingya refugees, saying its neighboring country did not do enough to win the community's trust. The ...
Pakistan warns of risk of 'accidental war' with India over Kashmir
Pakistan's foreign minister warned Tuesday that India's "illegal occupation" of Muslim-majority Kashmir could drive the nuclear-armed countries "into an accidental war." Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi accused India at a ...
Indian minister says 'no illegal immigrants' will be allowed to stay in Assam
During a visit to northeastern Assam state on Sunday, Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said his government "will not allow a single illegal immigarant to stay." There, a recent contentious citizenship register sparked uproar from the almost 2 million people who were excluded. The register, ...
Authorities on Sunday tightened a month-long security lockdown in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar after breaking up religious processions by Shiite Muslims who defied a ban. A military clampdown was imposed in Muslim-majority Kashmir from Aug. 5 to prevent unrest as New Delhi revoked ...
Indonesian police on Wednesday accused a human rights lawyer of spreading information on Twitter that incited violent protests in the restive Papua region, in a decision that a rights group said was an appalling attack on freedom of expression. East Java police chief Luki Hermawan ...
South Koreans turn to spy gadgets to fight workplace bullying
South Korean workers fed up with bullying are being increasingly emboldened by a new tougher labor law to secretly record alleged abuse or harassment by their bosses, boosting sales of high-tech audio and video devices. Gadgets disguised as leather belts, eyeglasses, pens and USB sticks ...
India defends Assam citizenship register after U.N. criticism of 'stateless' status of 2 million
India's foreign ministry has again defended a controversial citizenship register in Assam state after criticism from the United Nations, saying the almost 2 million people excluded from the list would not become "stateless." India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — which also runs Assam, in ...
Police in Indonesia's Papua ban 'anarchist' rallies after mass protests turn violent
Police in Indonesia's Papua region on Monday banned demonstrations that could lead to "anarchist acts" following nearly two weeks of mass protests in the easternmost territory of the Southeast Asian archipelago. The order came after police on Sunday said dozens had been arrested in connection ...
A Kashmiri militant commander said on Sunday that Pakistan should send troops to protect the people of India-controlled Kashmir if the United Nations does not send peacekeepers, after New Delhi revoked its autonomy last month. "It's binding upon the armed forces of Pakistan, the first ...
Chaos in Hong Kong as police fire tear gas, protesters hurl gasoline bombs
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon Saturday as pro-democracy protesters threw gasoline bombs in the latest in a series of clashes that have plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. Police fired round after round of tear gas ...
Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing 'slow-onset disaster'
When Mary Ann San Jose moved to Sitio Pariahan more than two decades ago, she could walk to the local chapel. Today, reaching it requires a swim. The main culprit is catastrophic subsidence caused by groundwater being pumped out from below, often via unregulated wells ...
