Colombo: Five Indian fishermen were given death penalty by a Sri Lankan court for alleged drug trafficking, prompting a response from India that it will...
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21st Mar 2026 | Updated at 06:04am 21st Mar 2026
Communities step up to help stranded travellers
- 11 Mar 2026
Rising Iran-Israel tensions have led to widespread airspace closures across West Asia, disrupting flights and stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers.Major hubs like Dubai International and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International have scaled back...
British Asians stranded amid travel chaos
- 03 Mar 2026
Thousands of flights have been cancelled and major Gulf airports suspended operations due to turmoil caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers.Special evacuation flights were arranged from the UAE, while...
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...
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...
Kash Patel takes oath as FBI chief on Bhagwat Gita
- 27 Feb 2025
Kash Patel took oath as the ninth director of the FBI on the Bhagavad Gita and spoke about how a first-generation Indian kid is living the American dream, reflecting on his heritage. The US Senate voted 51 to 49 to confirm Patel last week.
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.
London: New statistics reveal that diabetes is out of control in some parts of the country, especially in East London and West Suffolk, with 120 limbs amputated a week and no areas in which treatment targets are being met. The data from Public...
Colombo: A deadly landslide, triggered by heavy rains, wiped out the homes of mostly Indian-origin tea plantation workers at Meeriabedda tea estate in...
Lahore: At least 62 people, including 17 women and three security personnel, were killed and more than 150 injured in a lethal suicide attack on the Pakistan...
Islamabad: The Pakistani army said that it had arrested the gunmen who tried to kill schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai in the country's restive northwest in 2012. The teenage activist was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen but recovered...
London: Research has found that children regularly bullied by their brothers or sisters are twice as likely to become clinically depressed or harm themselves as young adults. Experts said that the findings showed the need for parents to intervene...
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to hunt down and punish the killers of David Haines, a British aid volunteer held captive by Islamist...
London: A doctor has claimed that walking daily for half an hour is equivalent to taking a “magic pill” that combats ageing and prevents early death. Dr James Brown, from the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University,
New Delhi: A video showing Pakistan lawmakers Rehman Malik and Ramesh Kumar Wakwani being forced to deboard from a Pakistan International Airlines jet...
Islamabad: The Punjabi Taliban, one of Pakistan's most deadly Taliban groups, has abandoned its armed struggle and announced it would now focus on promoting...
