China, Maldives upgrade ties with infrastructure deals in pivot from India | News
Maldives’ new president makes first state visit to Beijing as China and India vie for influence in Indian Ocean nation. China and the Maldives have…
China bombards Taiwan with fake news ahead of election – POLITICO
TAIPEI — On December 21, Taiwan's authorities arrested an online journalist called Lin Hsien-yuan, working for a fringe outlet called Fingermedia over a poll that…
Pakistan court restores ex-PM Imran Khan’s cricket bat election symbol | Courts News
Islamabad, Pakistan: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party received a boost weeks before general elections when a court reinstated – for…
Former Nepal cricket captain Lamichhane sentenced to eight years for rape | Cricket News
Lamichhane, convicted of raping a woman in a Kathmandu hotel in 2022, will fight the ruling in a higher court. A court in Nepal has…
Preview: India vs Afghanistan – T20 cricket series | Cricket News
Who: India vs AfghanistanWhen: January 11, 14, 17Where: Mohali, Indore, Bengaluru India will rely on the services of their biggest batting stars Rohit Sharma and…
Tshering Tobgay set to return as Bhutan PM after liberal PDP wins elections | Elections News
Election commission says People’s Democratic Party, led by Tobgay, won 30 seats in the 47-member parliament. Bhutan’s liberal People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is set to…
As West condemns Bangladesh election, China and Russia embrace Dhaka | Politics News
Dhaka, Bangladesh — Hours after Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League was declared the landslide winner in Sunday’s election, which the opposition had boycotted, Prime Minister Sheikh…
Has Pakistan’s top court cleared former PM Sharif’s way back to power? | Politics News
Islamabad, Pakistan — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appears poised to compete in the country’s February 8 legislative elections that could see him return to…
Hasina remains the high priestess of Bangladesh’s dynastic democracy | Sheikh Hasina
It has been said that for the past 15 years, Bangladesh’s elections have been so skewed in favour of the ruling Awami League, they are enough to make North Korea’s Kim Jong Un…
Bhutan goes to the polls in election focused on economic woes | News
Nearly half a million voters are eligible to choose 47 members of parliament or from among 94 candidates. Voting has begun in the final round…
Modi row with the Maldives | Tourism News
NewsFeedPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest tourism campaign in India’s tropical island territory of Lakshadweep has sparked an ugly row with Maldives government officials who believe…
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina wins controversial election | Elections
NewsFeedBangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has won a fourth consecutive term, after the main opposition party and its allies boycotted Sunday’s polls. Here’s a…
Bangladesh PM says vote ‘victory of people’; opposition to continue protest | Sheikh Hasina News
Sheikh Hasina wins record fifth term as PM in election boycotted by the opposition which promises more agitations ‘to save democracy’. Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s…
Sheikh Hasina: Once Bangladesh’s democracy icon, now its ‘authoritarian’ PM | Sheikh Hasina News
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once joined her rivals in a fight to restore democracy but her long reign in power has been marked by…
Blast in Pakistan kills five police officers during polio vaccination drive | Police News
Bomb blast kills at least five police officers deployed to protect polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan – At least five police officers…
India court overrules early release of 11 men in Bilkis Bano gang rape case | Sexual Assault News
BREAKINGBREAKING, Bano, now in her forties, was five months pregnant when she was brutally gang-raped during the 2002 anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat state. India’s Supreme…
How to watch Taiwan’s election like a pro – POLITICO
TAIPEI — The stakes for Taiwan’s democracy could hardly be higher in a tight presidential election on January 13, with Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering…
Sheikh Hasina wins fifth term in Bangladesh amid turnout controversy | Elections News
Sheikh Hasina has secured her fifth term as Bangladeshi prime minister in an election whose outcome was decided the moment its schedule was announced in…
Blaze at Bangladesh refugee camp leaves thousands of Rohingya homeless | News
Hundreds of shelters at the refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh were gutted with arson suspected. Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been left without…
Bangladesh counts votes in low-turnout election boycotted by opposition | Sheikh Hasina News
Bangladesh election officials are counting votes after a controversial poll, fraught with violence and boycotted by the opposition, is guaranteed to give a fourth straight…