The Sri Lankan government issued a circular last week, announcing an end to the restrictive practice of preventing the issuance of passports to Sri Lankan citizens residing abroad, who were compelled to leave Sri Lanka due to political persecution.
Distinguished voices of the Indian diaspora in Malaysia hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strong and progressive leadership for India’s rapid transformation during the last 10 years and his vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific...
The ‘Festival of Harmony’ marking the historic inauguration of the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi came to a conclusion on 21 February with the ‘Day of Inspiration’, a day dedicated to celebrating families and inspirational individuals who have...
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...
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...
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's largest opposition group have assembled in Dhaka to oppose the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led administration and call for fresh elections.
Dhaka: A temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community have been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh by some unidentified people over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam, in the latest spate of violence targeting the religious...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the celebration of International Yoga Day at the United Nations in New York and urged people "to join hands together to realise the goal of one earth, one family, one future"
Recently appointed Indian-American Chief of Staff to Acting Defence Secretary speaks about 9/11, Kashmir, safeguarding regional security in the Indian Ocean through the Quad and the UK-USA special relationship.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
The Sri Lankan government issued a circular last week, announcing an end to the restrictive practice of preventing the issuance of passports to Sri Lankan citizens residing abroad, who were compelled to leave Sri Lanka due to political persecution.
Not all superheroes wear capes. Leslie John Binns, a British ex-serviceman abandoned his quest mere 450 metres away from the summit of the mighty Mount Everest, in a bid to save a fellow mountaineer.
British High Commissioner Thomas Drew CMG along with British champion Amir Khan opened the Amir Khan Academy at the Islamabad Sports Complex in the city.
A 47 year old Sikh gas station owner fell victim to an alleged hate crime as he was shot dead in the city of Newark.
Over 40 dead tiger cubs, a dead bear and different animal horns were found by wildlife officials on the grounds of Thailand's Tiger Temple west of Bangkok.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran did not intend to cooperate on regional issues with its enemies; the United States and Britain.
The Chinese feel Taiwan's new President Tsai Ing-wen practices "emotional" and "extreme" politics because she is a single woman without children.
The Chinese feel Taiwan's new President Tsai Ing-wen practices "emotional" and "extreme" politics because she is a single woman without children.