Who Could Be Pakistan’s Next PM?
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was Friday ousted from the top office by the Supreme Court, but as the head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party he will be able to nominate...
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Sri Lanka Vows Tamil Autonomy Despite Buddhist Resistance
Sri Lanka vowed Wednesday to grant greater autonomy to its Tamil minority in a new constitution after an influential Buddhist monk said the clergy opposed the plan. President Maithripala Sirisena has...
South Sudan Bans Foreign Journalists
The South Sudan Media Authority has banned at least 20 foreign journalists from media coverage in the country for what it termed as "unsubstantiated and unrealistic stories." Elijah Alier, managing...
Jakarta’s Christian Governor Jailed For Two Years For Blasphemy
Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years on Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's most populous...
Popular Leader Targetted By Hardline Anger
Jakarta's Christian governor, who was jailed for blasphemy Tuesday, won much praise for his efforts to clean up the traffic-choked megacity but his popularity could not save him from Islamic...
India Proposes No-Fly List of Disruptive Passengers
India on Friday announced plans to create a national no-fly list of unruly passengers, weeks after a controversial politician attacked a flight steward. The civil aviation ministry proposed banning...
Right-Wing Party Picks Election Leaders
Germany's right-wing, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has picked a new team to lead it into September's general election. AfD co-founder Alexander Gauland, 76, and 38-year-old...
Maldives Exiled Leader Nasheed Vows To Take Parliament
The exiled former leader of the Maldives Sunday announced plans to take control of the national parliament after hammering out a rare unity pact with his politically influential erstwhile enemies....
Twitter Accounts Hijacked With ‘Nazi’ Hashtags In Turkish
A diplomatic spat between Turkey, the Netherlands and Germany spread online on Wednesday when a large number of Twitter accounts were hijacked and replaced with anti-Nazi messages in Turkish. The...
Merkel Heads To Egypt, Tunisia To Reduce Migrant Flows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit migrant flows to Europe through North Africa, especially chaos-torn Libya. Since the...
Nepal To Hold First Local Elections In 20 Years
Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the country's fraught transition to democracy. The impoverished Himalayan nation emerged...
Greece Needs Reforms, Not Debt Relief
Structural reforms rather than debt relief will help Greece to achieve sustainable growth and stay in the euro zone because rates and repayment are putting hardly any burden on its budget, Gerany's...
Scottish Government Seeks To Intervene In Brexit Case
Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to do all she can to protect Scotland's place in Europe The Scottish government will seek to oppose the UK government in the Supreme Court during the appeal over the...