Government And Politics
India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls for army deployment to end ethnic violence in Manipur
India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has strongly condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its failure to control bloodshed in a remote northeastern state which he said has split into two
Sri Lankan president vows to strengthen provincial governments to share power with Tamil minority
Sri Lanka’s president says he will strengthen provincial governments to meet long-standing demands for self-rule from the ethnic Tamil minority, an issue that led to a bloody quarter-century civil war in the island nation
India's opposition targets Modi in their no-confidence motion over ethnic violence in Manipur state
India’s opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of choosing silence while a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in ethnic violence
Sri Lanka air force plane crashes killing two trainee pilots onboard
Officials say a Sri Lankan aircraft has crashed killing the two trainee pilots onboard, the country’s air force spokesman said
Suicide bomber prematurely detonates explosives in northwest Pakistan, killing a husband and wife
Officials say a suicide bomber apparently detonated his explosive-laden vehicle prematurely in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing a married couple in a nearby car
Rahul Gandhi, Indian opposition leader, reinstated as lawmaker days after top court's order
India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has been reinstated as a lawmaker in Parliament three days after the country’s top court halted his criminal defamation conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname
Prison probably isn't the end of the political road for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan is now an inmate at a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years
India's Modi faces a no-confidence vote over silence on ethnic violence tearing at remote Manipur
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media feeds suggest he's been busy unveiling development projects and rubbing shoulders with foreign leaders — the powerhouse embodiment of an ascendant India shaking up the global order
Maldives top court rejects jailed ex-leader's plea for eligibility to run again for president
The highest court in the Maldives has rejected a plea from the country’s jailed former president that he be made eligible to contest next month's presidential election
From high office to high security prison for ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan after court sentencing
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has spent the night in a high-security prison after he was arrested at his home