Iran's ambassador to Iraq says his country is relocating its consulate in Basra, after demonstrators burned down the old one four days ago
Sri Lanka has deployed hundreds of coast guard and navy personnel to clean oil slicks on a coastal stretch near the capital following a spill caused by a pipeline leak
A Pakistani official says at least two anglers drowned and five others were missing after their boat sank in rough waters in the Arabian Sea off the coast of southwestern Baluchistan province
Police say a woman was lynched in central India on rumors that she was part of a gang that kidnapped children, days after the country's highest court called for immediate steps to control deadly mob violence
Police say a Muslim man has been beaten to death by a mob in western India over allegations of cow smuggling, the latest in a series of lynching by violent mobs in the country
Farmers in central Iran turn to protests as drought, government mismanagement of water destroy their livelihoods
Egypt's Nubians, forcibly resettled to make way for Aswan Dam on Nile River, step up demands to return to ancient land
Bangladesh tanneries prepping leather for shoes, belts and wallets are dumping toxic chemicals into a river at a new location after the government shut them down for poisoning a different river and using child labor
Iraq bans farmers from planting summer crops this year as crippling water shortage shows few signs of abating
Iran's semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that 230 people have been poisoned by drinking polluted water in the county's southwest
