Imran's party nominates Omar Ayub as Pakistan PM candidate

The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaaf (PTI) party run by former Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated party general secretary Omar Ayub as its candidate for prime minister, another party leader said on Thursday
15 February 2024, 09:56 AM

India top court scraps opaque election funding system, calls it 'unconstitutional'

India's Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political parties anonymously and without any limits
15 February 2024, 06:12 AM

Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city

Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air pollution, as a layer of noxious haze blanketed the Thai capital on Thursday
15 February 2024, 05:02 AM

New coalition echoes same old problems

Pakistan’s newly declared coalition government echoes the 2022 alliance that ousted Imran Khan, analysts say, demonstrating the military’s enduring influence, but also Khan’s unspent opposition power.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Sonia Gandhi to contest from Rajasthan

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday filed her nomination for India’s Rajya Sabha (RS) polls with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra by her side.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Police fire tear gas as farmers march on Delhi

Indian riot police fired tear gas yesterday at columns of farmers on tractors seeking to breach heavily guarded roadblocks and march on the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices. 
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Turncoats to be disqualified

Former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party yesterday warned that the incoming government was being formed through “horse-trading”.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Indonesia Polls: Prabowo claims victory after vote counts

Indonesia Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto yesterday declared victory in a presidential election after unofficial vote counts showed him with a huge lead that could see him win in a single round.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

N Korea fires several cruise missiles off east coast

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul’s military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Maldives deports 43 Indians for illegal businesses

Maldives has deported 43 Indians who were allegedly found to have committed crimes, Male-based news outlet Adhadhu reported on Tuesday.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian police blockade capital from protesting farmers

Indian riot police fired tear gas Wednesday at columns of farmers on tractors seeking to breach heavily guarded barricades and march on the capital to demand higher crop prices
14 February 2024, 07:34 AM

Indonesia votes for president with ex-general Subianto the favourite

Indonesians began voting for a new president Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asia's biggest economy despite concerns over his human rights record
14 February 2024, 03:49 AM

North Korea fires several cruise missiles off east coast

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles Wednesday, Seoul's military said, part of a string of weapons tests this year that have accompanied increasingly aggressive rhetoric from leader Kim Jong Un
14 February 2024, 03:21 AM

Nawaz nominates Shehbaz for PM

PML-N, PPP agree to form new Pak govt
13 February 2024, 19:08 PM

Nawaz nominates Shehbaz for PM

The two major Pakistan parties that joined forces to oust Imran Khan as prime minister in 2022 said yesterday they would form a new coalition to rule the country, after an election last week failed to produce a decisive winner.
13 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Farmers’ Protest: Indian police trying to stop march to New Delhi

Police in India yesterday fired tear gas at hundreds of farmers and their supporters during a protest march towards New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a promise it made in 2021 to pay more for crops.
13 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian magazine ordered to delete report

An Indian news magazine said yesterday that the government had ordered it to delete an online report that implicated soldiers in torture and killing of civilians in Kashmir.
13 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka polls to be held in 2025

Sri Lanka’s general election will be held in 2025 and financial provisions for the polls will be provided in next year’s budget, a statement from President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office said yesterday.
13 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan polls disappoint, add to instability

Pakistan’s election has been remarkable in producing a result disappointing to most of its foreign partners and rivals, with little reason for optimism about government that will eventually emerge from it, foreign policy analysts said.
13 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan parties rule out alliances in post-election deadlock

Two of Pakistan's main political parties ruled out any alliances today after an indecisive election, raising the possibility of a minority government or weeks more of negotiation before a coalition is formed
13 February 2024, 15:27 PM