Government And Politics
Pakistan election officials reject former prime minister Khan's candidacy in parliamentary election
Pakistani election officials have rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan as a candidate in the country’s February parliamentary election
India Ayodhya
APTOPIX India Ayodhya
After serving jail term over security law, a Hong Kong pro-independence activist seeks asylum in UK
An activist who advocated for Hong Kong independence and was jailed under its sweeping national security law has fled to Britain to seek political asylum
A Qatari court reduces death sentence handed to 8 retired Indian navy officers charged with spying
India's foreign ministry says Qatar’s Court of Appeal reduced the death sentence handed in October to eight retired Indian navy officers on spy charges
China sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s northwest
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its consensus candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the office of the prime minister
276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe arrive in India
A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation has arrived in India carrying 276 Indians who had been blocked inside a rural French airport for days