Asia

Injecting hope: working with those most vulnerable to AIDS on the streets of Delhi

Monday, 30 November 2009

Tackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world is an immense challenge which means going beyond merely treating the disease to focusing on prevention.

Zardari 'must relinquish powers of Musharraf'

Monday, 30 November 2009

Pakistan President accused of dragging his feet on constitutional change

General to fight Sri Lanka poll

Monday, 30 November 2009

The Sri Lankan general who oversaw the operation to crush Tamil rebels has formally announced that he will run for the presidency, setting the scene for a bitterly fought contest.

British yachtsman's killers get 25 years

Monday, 30 November 2009

The widow of a British yachtsman murdered by three Burmese fishermen off the coast of Thailand today welcomed prison sentences handed down to them.

108 feared dead in ferry disaster

Monday, 30 November 2009

A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry yesterday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the vessel sank in southern Bangladesh.

Nepal's cabinet to meet on Mount Everest

Monday, 30 November 2009

Nepal's government says it will hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest on 4 December to highlight the threat from global warming to glaciers in the Himalayas.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast

Monday, 30 November 2009

A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan today, the Ministry of Defence said.

Video: Monkeys get a thank you feast

Monday, 30 November 2009

The Taliban are being routed, but at a terrible price

Sunday, 29 November 2009

The IoS Christmas Appeal: The West applauded the crackdown by Pakistan's army, but many have lost everything.

Bhopal: The victims are still being born

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Twenty-five years on, the world's worst industrial accident continues to kill and blight many lives. And still there's been no trial