Thousands of people fled their homes and helicopters dropped supplies to towns at risk of nearby wildfires as hot, windy conditions threatened already fire-ravaged southeastern Australian communities
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27th Feb 2020 | Updated at 12:24am 27th Feb 2020
Pakistan floats news of another Xi Jinping visit
- 26 Feb 2020
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 a Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune
Indian American judge to lead federal court in US
- 26 Feb 2020
Sri Srinivasan, a prominent Indian-American judge, has created history by becoming the first person of South Asian descent to lead a powerful federal circuit court considered next only to the US Supreme Court
Ghani wins 2nd term as Afghan prez
- 26 Feb 2020
Imran urges UN to honour its commitments on Kashmir
- 26 Feb 2020
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 as he met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Pakistan floats news of another Xi Jinping visit
- 26 Feb 2020
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 a Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune
If proven, Bangladesh to take back illegal migrants living in India
- 18 Dec 2019
Bangladesh will take back any of its citizen if it is proven he/she was staying in India illegally, an advisor to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said.
Bangladesh top court defers Khaleda's bail hearing
- 11 Dec 2019
With authorities in Bangladesh failing to submit the medical report of jailed former prime minister Khaleda Zia, the Supreme Court deferred the hearing of her bail application, according to media reports
Harvey Weinstein rape trial begins in New York
- 08 Jan 2020
Dressed in a black suit, former film producer Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark rape trial, met by celebrity accusers including Rosanna Arquette who helped fuel the #MeToo movement in the wake...
US pulled up Pakistan for F-16 misuse after Balakot
- 18 Dec 2019
The United States reprimanded Pakistan Air Force chief in August for misusing F-16 fighter jets by undermining their shared security platforms and infrastructures, a media report in Washington has said, months after the Indian Air Force shot...
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 to discourage projects opposed by India, China
- 16 Jan 2020
Nepal is drafting a new policy to “discourage” international NGOs from undertaking programmes with potential to hamper the country’s relations with its giant neighbours, India and China, officials said
Nepal's ailing PM Oli reshuffles his cabinet
- 27 Nov 2019
New ministers were inducted into Nepal's government as part of a cabinet reshuffle by ailing Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, who is trying to strengthen his grip, improve ties with a powerful ally and minimise internal party conflict
Kerala Chief Minister opens trading floor at the London Stock Exchange
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan rang the bell at the London Stock Exchange, opening the Market on Friday 17 May, marking the listing of Masala Bonds sold by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB). It is a government owned...
A guide to travel after Brexit
The UK is set to leave the European Union on March 29, in an end to an unbearably long process that has divided the nation. The exit will have profound implications for travelers, and there will be several changes. In a brief guideline to visas...
Nearly 200 Rohingya Muslims arrested at sea last month by Myanmar’s navy after a voyage of hundreds of kilometres have been sent back to Rakhine state,...
European Union renewed its terrorist list of persons and organisations subject to sanctions, the council said. The list included the Liberation Tigers...
India's ministry of external affairs (MEA) slammed Pakistan for comments of its leaders concerning minorities in India and said that Islamabad should not...
A lawsuit has been filed recently in the US district court to protect the rights of Indian-origin children who have ‘aged out’ while their families were...
An Indian-American professor, who posted a joke on Facebook about the ongoing Iran situation, has been fired by his college
In an unprecedented day for diplomacy and geopolitics, three of the worlds Super-Powers sent high representation to Sri Lanka in an effort to push forward...
- 08 Jan 2020
Foreign minister S Jaishankar termed the ongoing US-Iran face-off "very serious". US President Donald Trump had announced that top Iranian general Qasem...
Dressed in a black suit, former film producer Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark rape trial, met by...
- 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...
