Government And Politics

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Aug 10, 2023

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Iranian authorities have for months done little to enforce the law on women wearing the mandatory headscarf, but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the hijab

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Aug 9, 2023

Pakistani court seeks 'government response' over Imran Khan's appeal, refuses to release him

A top Pakistani court says it wanted to hear from the government before deciding over former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s appeal against his imprisonment on corruption charges and refused to release him

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Aug 9, 2023

Pakistan's parliament is dissolved to pave way for elections as Imran Khan seeks release from prison

Pakistan’s president has dissolved the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, a first step in the countdown to a general election by mid-November

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Aug 9, 2023

India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls for army deployment to end ethnic violence in Manipur

India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has strongly condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for its failure to control bloodshed in a remote northeastern state which he said has split into two

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Aug 9, 2023

Sri Lankan president vows to strengthen provincial governments to share power with Tamil minority

Sri Lanka’s president says he will strengthen provincial governments to meet long-standing demands for self-rule from the ethnic Tamil minority, an issue that led to a bloody quarter-century civil war in the island nation

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Aug 9, 2023

Bahrain prison inmates on hunger strike in latest sign of simmering unrest in island kingdom

Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions there

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Texas woman known as the 'Sassy Trucker' leaves Dubai after monthslong legal dispute, advocate says

Aug 8, 2023

A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” who had been stranded in Dubai for months over an altercation at a car rental agency has left the United Arab Emirates

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Aug 8, 2023

India's opposition targets Modi in their no-confidence motion over ethnic violence in Manipur state

India’s opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of choosing silence while a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in ethnic violence

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Sri Lanka air force plane crashes killing two trainee pilots onboard

Aug 7, 2023

Officials say a Sri Lankan aircraft has crashed killing the two trainee pilots onboard, the country’s air force spokesman said

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Suicide bomber prematurely detonates explosives in northwest Pakistan, killing a husband and wife

Aug 7, 2023

Officials say a suicide bomber apparently detonated his explosive-laden vehicle prematurely in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, killing a married couple in a nearby car

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