Two southern states in India have become the latest to declare lockdowns, as cases surge at breakneck speed across the country

Police in the Maldives say an explosion that wounded former President Mohamed Nasheed is an act of terrorism but no suspects have been identified

The Maldives president says an explosion that wounded former leader Mohamed Nasheed was an attack on the country’s democracy

India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with terrifying speed, depleting the supply of life-saving oxygen to critical levels and leaving patients to die while waiting in line to see doctors

China’s government has rejected accusations of abuses in the Xinjiang region after a human rights group appealed for a U.N. investigation into possible crimes against humanity

Bhutan’s COVID-19 vaccination drive was fast from the start

Nepal’s “God of Sight” eye doctor renowned for his innovative and inexpensive cataract surgery for the poor is taking his work beyond the Himalayan mountains so there is no more unnecessary blindness in the world