The Sri Lankan government has decided not sign the MCC agreement with the US without Parliamentary approval after a special panel appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa found the deal could open the island nation to security threats and undermine...
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7th Sep 2026 | Updated at 03:21pm 7th Sep 2026
Tricolour spirit spreads across the globe
- 20 Aug 2026
India’s 80th Independence Day brought together people across the country and the global Indian diaspora to honour the freedom struggle and celebrate the nation’s progress.Across the world, Indian communities marked the occasion with flag-hoisting...
Nita Ambani receives AAPI Humanitarian award
- 08 Jul 2026
Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita M Ambani received the AAPI Humanitarian Award at a ceremony in Tampa, Florida, in recognition of her contributions to healthcare, education, sports, culture and community development.She was also presented...
Tamil Nadu teen wins Brown scholarship
- 12 Aug 2026
No wish for revenge, Nawaz tells supporters on return
- 25 Oct 2023
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home on Saturday, ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London and restarting his political journey ahead of the general elections with a huge rally at Minar-e-Pakistan...
Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down
- 26 Apr 2023
Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend SCO foreign ministers meet which India is hosting in Goa on May 5.The Indian administration didn't explicitly rule out a meeting between S Jaishankar and Bilawal, but it didn't seem...
Bangladesh’s Tarique Rahman sworn in after historic vote
- 18 Feb 2026
Tarique Rahman and his cabinet ministers took oath, becoming the first elected leaders since the deadly 2024 uprising.Rahman is set to be the first male prime minister in 35 years in Bangladesh, a country of 170 million, while new parliament...
Rising attacks on Hindus spark calls to review Yunus’ Nobel Prize
- 07 Jan 2026
Atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh have reportedly increased, triggering criticism of Muhammad Yunus and renewed questions over his Nobel Peace Prize, amid accusations that he has failed, as Chief Advisor of the interim government, to curb...
Indian national arrested in Santa Fe child predator sting
- 25 Mar 2026
A 26-year-old Indian national, Nagaraju Balkam, was arrested earlier this month in a multi-day undercover operation targeting online child sexual predators, the Santa Fe Police confirmed.Balkam was one of four men taken into custody after detectives...
US forces raid Venezuela, abducts Maduro
- 07 Jan 2026
US President Donald Trump has issued a series of blunt warnings to multiple countries in recent hours, signalling an increasingly confrontational stance across global regions. This follows a bold US military operation in Venezuela, which resulted...
Tamil Nadu teen wins Brown scholarship
- 12 Aug 2026
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Nepal PM Prachanda likely to visit India next month
- 22 Mar 2023
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming the office for the third time in December last year, a media report said.
Nepal ruling coalition bags 90 seats out of 165
- 07 Dec 2022
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
Three generations, three journeys
- 05 Sep 2022
Rakesh Patel, a 47-year-old commodity trader took a plunge to visit Greenland. Speaking to Asian Voice, he said, “Over a hundred years ago, our grandparents emigrated from India to Africa in search of a better life. In 1972, our parents had...
‘2024, MODI ONCE MORE’
- 04 May 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
Braving snow and rain, more than 200 members of the Indian diaspora and student communities in London gathered outside the Indian High Commission on Saturday...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the UN to fulfil its commitments with the people of Kashmir and help them achieve right of self-determination...
In a stern warning to Pakistan which managed to stay on the “grey list”, global terrorist financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF), chaired by China, told Islamabad that “all deadlines” have expired and if they don’t prosecute and...
As the United States President Donald Trump has landed for his maiden visit to India, Pakistan is expecting a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, reported...
China and South Korea reported more coronavirus cases that has been concentrated in North Asia but is causing global worry as clusters grow in the Middle...
Minister of Foreign Relations Dinesh Gunawardena who leads the Sri Lanka delegation to the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council arrived in Geneva
In a rare judgment, a court in Pakistan has nullified the marriage of a minor Hindu girl, who was converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man in Sindh province.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced his resignation but was asked to stay on as interim leader by the country's monarch
In a dramatic development with strategic, political and security repercussions for India, the United States and the Taliban said that they will seal a political settlement on February 29 at the end of a week-long period of “violence reduction”...
