Taliban calls off search for Afghanistan earthquake survivors and resists UN help
Interference in the delivery of aid raises fears that the former insurgents will meddle in relief efforts
Taliban frees five British prisoners after UK Government apology
Foreign Office statement expresses regret for ‘any breach of Afghan culture, customs or laws’ after several months imprisonment
Thailand’s half-baked cannabis rule change makes drug legal for children
Country rushes to tighten laws that it recently relaxed as they inadvertently allowed young people to buy marijuana
Brutal lockdown proves final straw for the middle classes fleeing Shanghai
Wealthy locals and foreigners are leaving the city not for economic benefit, but rather out of concern for their lives
We’re convicted of being women, says newsreader ordered by Taliban to cover face
Sohaila Yousofi and her colleagues have been forced to wear masks on television under Afghanistan's newly restored Taliban regime
Insult someone in Japan and you could face a year in prison
The law is intended to crack down on online abuse but critics say it could be used to prosecute minor insults
Home of Muslim student activist bulldozed after anti-blasphemy protests
Afreen Fatima's father was accused of organising demonstrations over insulting comments made about the Prophet Muhammad
Mystery over climber’s death solved as boot emerges from glacier 50 years later
Brother of Guenther Messner sets the record straight about how he perished in the Himalayas in 1970
Shanghai to impose new Covid lockdown on 2.7m residents after just nine new cases
The city only eased restrictions last week after confining most of its 25 million inhabitants to their homes since March
British tourist 'sexually assaulted' by man who offered her a beach massage
The woman was alone at a spot famous for mud baths in Goa, India, when the alleged attack took place
China censors tank-shaped Viennetta ice cream on anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
An influencer's livestream was cut off after he presented the ice cream in the shape of a tank
Middle-class Afghans facing starvation as aid runs out
Officials say they will soon need to cut programmes and take ‘food from the hungry to feed the starving’ as a humanitarian crisis looms
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Taiwan’s ‘Squid Game’: what it’s like to go through the country’s strict quarantine process
The Telegraph's Asia Correspondent experiences one of the last remaining outposts to require quarantine for all international arrivals
Cancer patients forced to testify anonymously in Fukushima nuclear disaster case
The plaintiffs are facing a backlash as they argue that the 2011 disaster is the cause of their ill health.
'It is my only hope': Women forced to sell sex to survive as Sri Lanka's turmoil escalates
Former garment makers in Sri Lanka are having to take desperate measures to get through the economic crisis
15 hot new spa holidays if you're in need of a reboot in 2022
From a gut cleansing clinic in Austria to a long Covid-busting reboot in Thailand, these are the wellness breaks to book this year
China ‘risks new Cold War’ as it pursues strategic alliances that would encircle the Pacific
Beijing to seek region-wide deal with almost a dozen countries, sparking initial alarm in Australia and among US allies
North Korea launches ballistic missiles hours after Joe Biden leaves Asia
The weapons tests appear to have included an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States
‘Don’t kill your baby, leave it here’: Pakistan’s cradles for the unwanted
Abandoned children, mostly young girls, are getting a second chance at life thanks to anonymous drop-offs dotted around Pakistan's cities
Ostracised, evicted and arrested: Pakistani rickshaw driver risks all to educate his daughters
Amjad Ali paid a heavy price for refusing to sell off his girls for marriage – but their happiness and academic success is his reward