Thousands of seafarers remain stuck as the Strait of Hormuz blockade continues. The United Nations urges for a plan to facilitate their release.

Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.

With shipments through the Strait of Hormuz stalled after the Iran war began, fertilizer shortages are deepening across India.

The movie, now streaming on Netflix, defied current trends in Indian cinema to tell the true story of a friendship between a Muslim and a Hindu Dalit. Martin Scorsese was secretly involved.

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