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Nepal to upgrade forecasts, station doctors on Everest

Nepal will station doctors on Mount Everest and upgrade weather forecasting systems on popular trekking and climbing routes after a snowstorm and avalanches killed...

Bangladesh ferry capsizes after collision, 70 dead

At least 70 people died when a ferry carrying 150 passengers and crew capsized after colliding with a trawler on a river in central Bangladesh, police said on...

Pakistan captures militant linked to Peshawar school assault

The Pakistani military has arrested a man suspected of taking part in December's attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar. The army claim that Taj Muhammad was...

Pakistan to send back millions of Afghan refugees

Pakistan is forcing more than 2.6 million Afghan refugees to return to their country, a move international rights groups call as “inhumane” and...

Doubts grow over Rahul Gandhi’s future

Critics hit at move to take leave of absence during budget session of parliament (© The Financial Times Limited 2015)…

time to ditch the renminbi-US dollar peg

By Guonan Ma, Bruegel The Chinese economy is simply too big to remain tied to the once useful monetary anchor of the renminbi-US dollar peg. It is time to let it go. The...

Singapore to raise tax on top earners

Additional revenue will be used for benefits and healthcare spending (© The Financial Times Limited 2015)…

US stocks edge lower, pulling Dow back from a record high

Falling oil prices and disappointing U.S. home sales data nudged major indexes mostly lower in midday trading Monday. Energy stocks were among the biggest decliners....

Catholic Brazilian man executed by firing squad in Indonesia ‘dragged crying from cell and refused …

A Brazilian man who was executed by firing squad in Indonesia last month was dragged screaming and crying from his cell and refused access to a priest for his last...

Bangladesh forces raid militant camp, detain 5

The special forces of Bangladesh have raided a training camp operated by a terrorist network in the southwestern Chittagong district of the country, senior officials...