An International Monetary Fund team is due to arrive in the capital Colombo for talks on Monday.

Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Changing tastes mean mushroom entrepreneurs are only just getting started.

The illness, which experts say could be typhoid or cholera, comes amid a wave of Covid infections.

The new more ambitious aims are described as a "very big deal" by climate agency the IPCC.

Australia's energy minister has urged households to use less electricity in the face of a power crisis.

India has overhauled its army recruitment process, announcing shorter contracts of up to four years.

More than 150 ex-embassy workers are in Afghanistan - some say they've been beaten and tortured.

Researchers say they finally know the origin of the plague that killed tens of millions in the 1300s.

Brendan Mills used the forklift to suspend the car - and the would-be thief - until police arrived.

A London building that housed Indian nannies left to fend for themselves during the British Raj is being honoured.

Falling incomes and soaring prices under the Taliban have left many struggling to feed themselves.

A 10-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after falling 18m down an open well in India.

The books assert China's claims of unbroken sovereignty over the territory despite the UK's long rule.

The demolition of Muslim activist Afreen Fatima's house in India has left her family and neighbours in fear.

A newspaper's defence to outing the actor has thrown up questions around ethical journalism.

The announcement comes as the country faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.

Fishing communities living along India's western coast say their once abundant catch is declining fast.

Reducing consumption by one to two cups every day would help the economy, a senior minister says.

Jonny Bairstow's astonishing century leads England to a stunning win in the second Test against New Zealand which seals a series victory.