More than 37 million people in Myanmar are experiencing multidimensional poverty or are at risk of falling into it, according to a UNDP report published on 8 October. About 17.9 million people currently…

A proposal to introduce uniform Friday sermons across mosques in Indian-administered Kashmir has provoked strong opposition from Muslim religious leaders and politicians concerned about religious freedom. The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board, headed…

At least 27 pupils and a teacher have died, and more than fifty were injured, after a school roof collapsed in Peshawar, north-western Pakistan; it is feared that more children are still trapped…

Missionaries serving remote island communities across Southeast Asia are discovering new opportunities to share Jesus through social media and digital evangelism. International Mission Board missionary Amanda Clarkston, who has served in the region…

Lahore High Court has ordered the reopening of a police case against a Muslim man accused of abducting, forcibly converting and marrying Christian girl Maria Shahbaz. The court admitted a petition from Maria’s…

Three people have been killed and 36 injured in attacks on two Saudi Arabian airports as fighting intensifies between Yemen’s Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces. One person died and eight were wounded at…

Opposition MPs have intensified protests against chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his resignation over alleged malpractice in the process of revising electoral rolls. On 6 October, lawmakers led by Congress leader Rahul…

Health authorities have denied any epidemic risk following the death of a 28-year-old laboratory employee at the Irkutsk anti-plague research institute in Siberia. Darya Shipilova died last week amid reports of a possible…

At least fifty people have been killed and 58 injured after a military airstrike hit a busy market in a town in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. Local aid workers said the riverside commercial…

Passengers and crew aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv helped prevent disaster after a co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain and attempted to crash the aircraft. Israeli officials said the captain…