The unlikely hero of India’s left sits down with Asia Editor Adam Withnall to reflect on social media, how his contempt case gripped the nation, and why the fight against rising nationalism is like...

Exclusive: A week after Jeremy Corbyn spoke about workers' rights on the Pyramid Stage, people who travelled to Worthy Farm from Poland, Spain and the Czech Republic are laid off en masse

Doctors had threatened protests over assaults on frontline workers, but one ICU head says incidents are nothing new after decades of underfunding in healthcare system

Those affected by the gas have described suffering burning eyes and breathing difficulties

At International Court of Justice, Myanmar's de facto leader is expected to deny her country's military committed systematic rape during crackdown on Rohingya minority

Landmark ruling will have far-reaching and direct implications for other Commonwealth nations that still outlaw homosexuality

Lakshmi’s owners say they have ‘an emotional attachment’ to her and keep her well fed. But activists have campaigned for years to save the capital’s last captive elephants from a life of hard work...

While some paid exorbitant amounts to arrange oxygen and medicines, others fell victim to scams

A future in politics may not be much beyond India’s great captain after retiring from the international game, but we know for certain it will be on his terms and within his control

Special report: Speaking to Lebanese port officials, government sources, firefighters and eyewitnesses, and reviewing a dozen documents, Bel Trew, Oliver Carroll, Samira el-Azar and Richard Hall tr...

Closed hospitals, patients told to go elsewhere, people dying as they wait for treatment. India’s healthcare system has crumbled under the strain of a second wave, reports Shweta Sharma in Delhi

Western countries moved to declare Masood Azhar a 'global terrorist' after his group claimed deadly Pulwama attack

A lower caste woman was allegedly gang-raped and killed by four upper caste men in a case that has shocked India

Each home along the route to the cemetery has put out a white flag – the colour of mourning in Sri Lanka

Even in metropolitan Delhi, often derided for its out-of-touch intelligentsia, Kashmiris who identify as Indian first are fearing for their futures

Exclusive: As the spotlight continues to fall on Qatar and its treatment of LGBT+ people, physician Nas Mohamed has taken the bold move to come out

Border tensions are growing between India and China in a military standoff which could end up a ‘grave human tragedy’. Mayank Aggarwal in Delhi reports on how India is preparing for a potential...

Her comments on Kashmir and her own mixed heritage might be controversial in India, but seeing a first Indian-American in the White House would still be a source of pride for many, Stuti Mishra...

Commemorations for landmark anniversary set to last two years as world reflects on what Gandhi's legacy means today

Mobility is a major concern in the pandemic for international relief workers trying to deliver aid, reports Rituparna Chatterjee

Exclusive: TUI and Thomas Cook allegedly booked UK tourists on trips to attraction, where elephants are kept chained up and forced to give rides to as many as three people at a time

Measures a ‘good start’, says economist Vivek Kaul, but still unlikely to prevent India suffering a historic first recession

Pupils are slowly returning to classrooms across India, but experts say lockdown will leave 'permanent scars' on a generation

As the death toll continues to rise in the Indian capital, one Delhi community is left wondering how things can ever go back to the way they were, reports Adam Withnall from Ashok Nagar, Delhi 

BJP's Mandir politics has subsumed Mandal under Modi-Shah and created a pan-Hindu vote. Modi's challenger has to invent a new politics

And everything that goes wrong in the renewable sector, before India gets it right

American and Indian among latest fatalities

As anti-Muslim mobs rampage through Delhi streets chanting ‘Modi, Modi’, Trump says Indian prime minister is ‘such a nice man ... very religious and tough’, Adam Withnall reports from Delhi

Thokozile Masipa says prosecution will be allowed to take case to supreme court

Students have hit the streets to protest the death of a 17-year-old boy, alleged to be a victim of hazing at one of India’s top universities, as Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

Doctors and economists welcome the move to reform the country’s neglected public healthcare system. But concerns remain over awareness and funding – and whether the scheme has been rushed out as an...

Landmark ruling will have far-reaching and direct implications for other Commonwealth nations that still outlaw homosexuality

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Local parties say international pressure is needed for a lasting solution – or the world risks another flare-up of tensions between nuclear powers

Exclusive: TUI and Thomas Cook allegedly booked UK tourists on trips to attraction, where elephants are kept chained up and forced to give rides to as many as three people at a time

North Korea’s foreign minister marks anniversary of 2018 summit by declaring ‘never again’ will Pyongyang be swept up by Trump’s charm offensive. Adam Withnall explains where it all went so wrong

Analysis: She insists she can run for office just like any other citizen. But as first child of King Bhumibol himself, Ubolratana cannot pretend her candidacy is anything other than extraordinary