Experts say Mamdani, a mayoral candidate, has attracted criticism on the Hindu right for his faith and outspoken views.

Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...

The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching ...

With Pakistan's legal challenge still underway and India building hydro-assets and fortifying its strategic position, a ...

A new report by World Population Review highlights an intriguing trend in global belief systems: atheism continues to rise, ...

Counting the cost The fallout in the short term appears contained within Indonesia; LPs and investors are generally not asking whether such fraud is happening elsewhere in South-east Asia. With ...

An exhibitor arranges products at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 19, 2025.

An exhibitor arranges products at the exhibition area of Pakistan at the South Asia Pavilion during the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 21, 2025.

The May 2025 military crisis between Pakistan and India marked a dramatic turning point in South Asia’s strategic landscape.

Five months into Donald Trump’s presidency, Southeast Asia finds itself adrift. The foundations of its relationship with the US have been shaken by punitive tariffs and a sudden withdrawal of ...

Like my father, she is an adherent of Sikhism, a South Asian religion that emerged in Punjab in the fifteenth century. Sikhs cannot cut their hair. Men are supposed to wear turbans.

The river originates near Mount Kailash in Tibet, where it is called the Yarlung Tsangpo, and crosses 1,700 kilometres of China before it enters India after a sharp turn south, and from Bangladesh, ...