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London student beaten with axe for £40

01.08.11
A London student was attacked with an axe and a metal pipe in a horrific robbery for only £40 at an Indian hotel... more

I was brainwashed by the Taliban, says failed suicide bomber aged 14

20.04.11
A Pakistani boy whose suicide bomb attempt failed tells how he was brainwashed by Taliban recruiters who targeted schoolchildren... more

No regrets, says governor's killer

14.02.11
The killer of a liberal Pakistani governor admitted murder today, telling a judge he had no regrets because he killed "an apostate" as required under his interpretation of Islamic law... more

The Dispossessed: The homeless who slide down rubbish chute to their beds

17.01.11
EXCLUSIVE: We discover a group of men who spend their nights in disgusting squalor fighting off the foxes and rats... more

Pakistan on full alert for funeral of shot politician

05.01.11
Thousands of Pakistani police on high alert for the funeral for a provincial governor shot dead by his bodyguard... more

Bomb kills five at Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan

25.10.10
Bomb planted on a motorcycle explodes outside a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan, killing at least five people... more

Nick Clegg warns of disease and extremism in Pakistan

01.09.10
Nick Clegg warns that flood-hit Pakistan will need aid for years to come as he sees the devastation for himself... more

Pakistan's plight: ‘Everything is critical. The children are starving. They are desperate’

12.08.10
Floods that have devastated Pakistan wash away much of its food supply, causing "chaos" throughout the country... more

President Zardari back in Pakistan to face floods critics

10.08.10
President Asif Ali Zardari returns to Pakistan to face a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by its worst natural disaster... more

Aid workers fear flooding will spread throughout Pakistan

04.08.10
Rescue teams battling against the floods in Pakistan warn that bloated rivers will soon surge into the country’s south... more

Rescue teams fight to reach thousands trapped by Pakistan floods

03.08.10
Rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by flooding in northern Pakistan as the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 1,400... more

Kidnap boy is found but still questions over ransom money

16.03.10
Dramatic new details of the release of the British boy kidnapped in Pakistan were revealed... more

Pakistani police: Missing kidnapped boy 'not found'

11.03.10
Hopes that five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed had been found dashed as police chief leading the investigation in Pakistan confirms the search is ongoing... more

British boy’s relative ‘could be behind Pakistan kidnap’, says top official

05.03.10
Kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan may be an 'inside job' involving a relative of the child, a top official said... more

Life and death of an illegal migrant

29.01.10
Sukhwinder Singh spent a decade financially trapped in London, never meeting his only son. It took his murder for the full tragic story to be revealed... more

Have-a-go hero killed by muggers was to see his young son for the first time

12.01.10
Wife of the hero who was knifed to death by robbers speaks for the first time about her devastation at losing her husband... more

Stabbed mugging hero ‘was months away from rejoining his family in India’

11.01.10
Hve-a-go hero who was stabbed to death tackling muggers in east London had been planning to return to India to be re-united with his family within months... more

Australia's anger at KKK police cartoon in Indian paper

08.01.10
Australia’s government and police hit out at an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting police officers as the Ku Klux Klan... more

London groom freed from jail after riot at Indian wedding

05.01.10
Family of a London groom jailed with eight relatives after his wedding in India turned into a riot describe their relief following his release from prison... more

London groom held after his Indian wedding turns into riot

07.10.09
London man and eight of his relatives arrested and jailed in India after his wedding descended into a riot... more

Commandos end police siege in Pakistan

30.03.09
Pakistani special forces overpowered a gang of Islamic miltants who had stormed a police academy... more

Indian boy dumped in London to return home within weeks

27.03.09
A boy abandoned in London by his mother a year ago could return to his family in India within weeks... more

They're bringing bhangra back

22.09.08
The Bhangra Latina project brought salsa and bhangra to the table and created a fabulous hybrid at Queen Elizabeth Hall.... more

Battle inflamed by attack on Golden Temple is at a turning point ... in Britain

21.04.08
For a time in the 1980s, Sikh militants occupied the same place in the international terrorist pantheon as Muslim fundamentalists do now.... more

Police close to solving riddle of Sikh boy, 9, left in London

04.04.08
Police in India believe they are closer to solving the mystery of a nine-year-old Sikh boy abandoned in London... more

Where to curry flavour

20.02.08
There may be a crisis over the shortage of chefs, but London still has a wealth of good-value Indian restaurants. Here's 10 where you can find a good curry.... more

A portrait of cultural diversity

12.03.07
The National Portrait Gallery's Between Worlds exhibition is divided into nine sections, each devoted to the story of a foreign visitor to Britain from a colonised continent.... more

Magnum force

23.11.06
Magnum Photos was set up in 1947 to 'feel the pulse' of the times. And a new exhibition of the agency's work shows it has done just that, says Fisun Guner.... more


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