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The cause of the crash is unknown but road accidents are relatively common in the mountainous country

This is one of those places where I say: use it or lose it

The Indian government is fast moving ahead with the Rs 92,000 crore International Container Transshipment Port project in Andaman and Nicobar’s Galathea Bay. But little heed is being paid to the indigenous communities that have lived in the islands for generations, nor are the environmental concerns adequately addressed, experts tell…

In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during recent weeks of armed clashes.

South India is full of surprises. Thoothukudi, for instance, might not look extraordinary at first glance. But it seems this land has stories hidden deep beneath the soil, waiting patiently to be uncovered. Panaiyur village, near Tharuvaikulam, recently became the talk of archaeologists. Marine fossils and seashells were uncovered while…

Landslide buries a facility in West Java preparing troops for border patrol

Professional rock climber became the first person to free solo the Taipei skyscraper

Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan rush to detect and prevent spread of Nipah virus from travellers

US climber takes an hour and half to scale one of Asia’s tallest buildings without ropes or a harness