South & Central Asia

US officials warn pronouncements that IS-Khorasan has been 'obliterated' after months of fighting in Nangarhar province should not be seen as its death knell 

Conversation follows prisoner swap that won freedom for two university professors who had been held hostage by the Afghan Taliban since August 2016

In 2015, Canadian photographer Joey Lawrence travelled to the Kurdish regions of Iraq and Syria while fierce fighting was underway against Islamic State. Lawrence's hope was to capture the Kurdish fighters' lives during war and tell their stories through photos. He is now displaying his work in different cities around the world. VOA's Rebaz Majeed visited Lawrence's exhibition in Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq's Kurdish region, and filed this report.

Opposition lawmakers say a more than three-month-long internet shutdown is unprecedented

Newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his brother Mahinda as Prime Minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe plans to step down, clearing the way for Parliament to choose a new prime minister to work with newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

China seized the opportunity to develop a vital staging post to much of Asia, Africa and beyond