‘Serpent’ serial killer Charles Sobhraj returns to France after 19 years in prison
Sobhraj arrives in Paris on commercial flight after release from Nepalese prison on health grounds Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer known as “the Serpent” who...
Category : South and Central Asia
Thai police raid former Tesco clothing supplier at centre of sweatshop claims
VK Garment factory in Mae Sot is subject of a UK lawsuit against the supermarket from 130 ex-workers Thai police have raided a clothing factory...
Activists appeal for rescue of Rohingya refugees stranded at sea in leaking boat
Vessel thought to have embarked from Bangladesh is reportedly near Malaysia with 160 people onboard who have no food or water Activists have called for...
Pakistani journalist’s killing in Kenya ‘a pre-meditated murder’
Fact-finding team sent by Pakistani government finds contradictions in reports on Arshad Sharif’s death A team set up by the Pakistani government to investigate the...
Pakistani journalist killed by police in Kenya ‘was case of mistaken identity’
Police say Arshad Sharif was shot after his car failed to halt at a roadblock near Nairobi A senior Pakistani journalist living in hiding in...
Apple shifts some iPhone 14 production from China to India
Move taken against background of China’s Covid lockdowns and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington Apple has begun making iPhone 14s in India, as it...
Ukraine war to take centre stage at UN as west and Russia vie for support
The general assembly is expected to see fresh tussles over future of Ukraine, as well as the threats of famine and the climate crisis in...
India reintroduces cheetahs to wild after big cats airlifted from Namibia
PM Narendra Modi to welcome the eight animals amid fears that they may struggle with Kuno national park habitat or clash with leopards Eight Namibian...
Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed
UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group The United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s...
Wild cheetahs to return to India for first time since 1952
Officials announce eight cats will be brought from Namibia in effort to reintroduce animal to its former habitat Cheetahs are to return to India’s forests...
