How fair is the electoral landscape in India's general election?
Not very, says the opposition alliance. It accuses the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of denying it a level playing field.
The BJP, seeking a third (...)
Prison officials in the Indian capital have given Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal an insulin jab after his sugar level shot up, his party told the BBC.
Kejriwal has been held in Tihar jail since his arrest on 21 March.
The authorities accuse (...)
India's capital choked on toxic fumes Tuesday, as a thick and pungent haze spread from a fire at a towering trash dump, the latest in a series of landfill blazes that authorities have struggled for years to bring under control.
Sections of the (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eyeing a historic third consecutive term in general elections being held in April and May.
A nationwide poll by India Today magazine last August showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's popularity (...)
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of delivering Islamophobic remarks during an election rally Sunday, triggering widespread anger from prominent Muslims and members of the opposition.
The world's most populous nation is in the (...)
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party has won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, cementing his grip on power.
Provisional results show the People's National Congress (PNC) won 66 seats in the 93-member house.
Analysts view the (...)
On a blustery morning last month, volunteer Adriana Jasso raised the flaps to a tent propped up against the massive steel bars of the fence that straddles this stretch of the US-Mexico border.
On her side, plastic tables were piled with apples, (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia participated in the "camel parade" held Saturday in the French capital, Paris.
Organized by the French Federation for the Development of Camelids in France and Europe, the event commemorates the United Nations' (...)
Polls opened Friday in the first and largest phase of India's marathon election, in which populist Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to secure a rare third consecutive term and deepen his historic transformation of the world's most (...)
Popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev has millions of followers around the world. Now his image has taken a beating after India's top court ordered him to apologize for falsely claiming that his company's products can "cure" serious illnesses. So, (...)
A record quantity of bribes, including cash, booze, drugs and precious metals, has been seized by Indian election authorities in the run-up to mammoth nationwide polls that begin on Friday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday revealed (...)
On 19 April, Indians will begin choosing a new parliament for the next five years, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third consecutive term. Opinion polls put his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies ahead. They are up against the (...)
Israel's prime minister is to meet top officials to prepare for a possible attack by Iran, local media say.
Tensions are high over the possibility that Tehran will retaliate for an air strike that killed senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks (...)
The European Parliament has narrowly approved the wide-reaching reform of the European Union's migration and asylum policy.
The move was preceded by uncertainty due to a growing chorus of dissent from the right and the left, which, despite gaining (...)
A busload full of Chinese high school students coerced into voting for a Liberal candidate. An opaque cash injection of thousands of dollars from China. A proxy agent of India's government providing illegal financial support to pro-India (...)
Elon Musk has announced on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that he will visit India to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi without giving a date.
The Tesla boss is expected to announce major investment plans in the country soon.
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India and China must urgently address their border disputes to improve bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.
The two countries share an ill-defined, 3,440km (2,100-mile)-long border in the Himalayas, which has been a (...)
Ukraine's parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft.
Lawmakers dragged their feet for (...)
Colonization, bloodshed, war crimes, occupation, controversial military bases. These are all issues intertwined in the collective history of the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
But when the leaders of the three countries sit down at the (...)
India and Pakistan are trading barbs after a news report said that Delhi had carried out at least 20 extrajudicial killings in the neighboring country.
India has not officially reacted to the allegations, which were made in The Guardian newspaper (...)
MAKKAH — Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have committed to expediting the implementation of a previously agreed upon $5 billion investment package.
This was announced in a joint statement following a meeting between Crown Prince and Prime Minister of (...)
An Indian actor running for election as a candidate for the ruling party has been forced to deny eating beef.
Kangana Ranaut, a vocal supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said the claims by her opponents are "shameful" and "baseless (...)
A major Indian airline is scaling back operations this month amid widespread flight cancellations and delays due to unavailability of its pilots.
Since 31 March, Vistara has seen nearly 150 flight cancellations and 200 flight delays.
Media reports (...)
The opposition in Myanmar says it ordered a mass drone attack on the country's embattled military in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.
The National Unity Government (NUG) said 29 drones armed with explosives targeted the airport, air force base and military (...)
RIYADH — The Film Commission has announced the launch of the second edition of "Saudi Film Nights," an international event set to showcase Saudi cinema in five countries.
The tour will kick off in Morocco this month and will continue through (...)