The 2014 finalists for Asia Society's annual Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia have been announced. Among them is Alizeh Kohari's "The Indus Republic," focusing on water ...

In a scorching, scrub-covered valley in northeast Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej this week will dedicate a $28.4 million dam across a tributary of the mighty Mekong River. Part of an ambitious, ...

The Indus River, the lifeblood of Pakistan, has been a source of sustenance, livelihood, and prosperity for millions of people living in the Indus Basin. Stretching over 3,180 kilometers from the ...

The Indus is the longest river in South Asia, spanning over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) long. It actually includes a complex system of tributaries that flows from Tibet, through divided Kashmir ...

The Indus river dolphin was thought to be extinct in India but a remnant population was found by Punjab’s forest department and the conservation group WWF India in 2007.

India is considering plans to dramatically increase the water it draws from a major river that feeds Pakistani farms downstream, as part of retaliatory action for a deadly April attack on tourists ...

In a major boost to conservation of the endangered Indus river dolphin, WWF experts in collaboration with the Sindh Wildlife Department safely tagged three dolphins in Pakistan with satellite ...

ISLAMABAD — A bus carrying 27 passengers fell into the Indus river in northern Pakistan on Nov 12, killing 14 people, according to a statement from the Gilgit Baltistan authorities. Twelve of ...

Nature Geoscience - Multiple factors determine how much water is and will be available in the river basins of Asia. To expose hotspots and help adaptation, these factors must be assessed together ...

Communities living along Brazil’s Madeira River are bracing for lower flows amid extreme drought and heat in the Amazon basin. The Lead. Covering an area of more than 1,000 square miles, Cambodia’s ...

At least 14 people were killed, including a newlywed couple, and 12 went missing after a bus carrying a wedding party plunged into the Indus river in northern Pakistan’s mountainous Gilgit ...

The Indus is the longest river in South Asia, spanning over 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles). It includes a complex system of tributaries that flows from Tibet, through divided Kashmir, ...