South Asia

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa has been arrested by the country’s anti-corruption authorities over allegations involving the misuse of donated funds intended to support a children’s hospital. Rajapaksa, 73, was arrested at her residence in Colombo on Wednesday, two days after returning to Sri Lanka from Singapore, where she had been receiving medical treatment. She was...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Delhi government has temporarily suspended the promotion of a senior police officer accused of sexually harassing female journalists during opposition protests in the Indian capital, following growing criticism over the decision to elevate him while complaints against him remain unresolved. The officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Vivek Bhagat, was among a group of Delhi police officials whose...

Published: 02 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar has described the terrifying moments when he fought to regain control of himself after being attacked in the cockpit of a flydubai passenger aircraft, saying he realised that he had to get back on his feet because the lives of everyone on board could depend on him. Machchhar, who is recovering in an...

Published: 30 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online South Korea has demanded an apology and what it described as responsible action from North Korea after a landmine explosion near the heavily fortified inter-Korean border injured three South Korean soldiers. The incident has added new strain to relations between the two Koreas at a time when Seoul has been attempting to reduce military tensions and reopen diplomatic...

Published: 29 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A diplomatic dispute between South Korea and Ukraine has intensified after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly revealed that two North Korean prisoners of war captured while fighting for Russia had been transferred to South Korea. What was expected to be a sensitive humanitarian arrangement has instead developed into an unusual disagreement between two governments that have generally maintained...

Published: 28 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping whether China would be interested in buying American weapons during Xi’s recent visit to Washington, according to US Ambassador to China David Perdue. The disclosure has drawn attention because it came at a time when Washington is simultaneously considering a major weapons package for Taiwan, while Beijing continues to...

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to deliver a forceful warning about the consequences of climate change, arguing that last month’s devastating flash flood in the Himalayas should serve as a wake-up call for governments around the world. Speaking before world leaders on Thursday, Shah described the disaster as...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Sri Lankan court has convicted 15 men for their involvement in the deadly Easter Sunday bombings of 2019, bringing a major terrorism trial to a close more than seven years after coordinated attacks on churches and hotels left hundreds dead and shook the country. The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in Colombo delivered its long-awaited verdict on Tuesday...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Abhijeet Dipke was an ordinary graduate student in Boston just a few months ago. Today, the 30-year-old activist is one of the most recognisable faces of a new generation of Indian protest politics, after a satirical campaign sparked by a controversial remark about unemployed young people evolved into a national movement and helped force a senior cabinet minister...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. KATHMANDU — Nepal has called on the world’s biggest polluting economies to accept greater responsibility for the consequences of climate change after catastrophic floods and landslides left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the Himalayan country. The Nepalese government has formally requested $20 million in climate-related compensation from the United Nations fund established to help vulnerable...