Although Congress party has historically been led by family, Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul Gandhi, decided to bring in new face after suffering crushing defeats in national and state elections
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers said Saturday that the harassment of lawyers and judges in the Philippines has continued under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who took office in June.
The students, who were between 12 and 14 years old, lived on an island in the river and used the ferry for transport almost every day in the rainy season, as did others from their village.
The live-fire exercises in a bombing range in a valley in Capas town north of Manila on Thursday were the highlight of two weeks of combat readiness maneuvers involving more than 2,500 American and Philippine marines.
During an unveiling ceremony, 15 residents who had not received any COVID-19 vaccine got their first IndoVac jabs. Indonesia’s Food and Drug Authority greenlighted emergency use authorization of IndoVac in September, with an efficacy above 80% after two shots.
“I remain very optimistic,” he told a news conference, because public awareness of government corruption and its failure to bolster the economy and improve livelihoods is high. “We are confident. We must work towards achieving a simple majority.”
Filmmaker Toru Kubota was arrested July 30 in Yangon after taking images, videos of small protest against last year's military takeover
Officials estimate 244 tourists from some 20 tour groups will arrive Thursday
The Basij, paramilitary volunteers fiercely loyal to the Islamic Republic, are the shock troops of the ayatollahs
Leader says tests demonstrate North Korea's nuclear strike capabilities and readiness for “actual war”
The two three-year sentences handed down Wednesday, to be served concurrently, add to previous convictions that now leave her with a 26-year total prison term. Suu Kyi was detained in February 2021 when the military seized power from her elected government.
Chinese journalist Ho Pin says Xi Jinping has consolidated power to such a degree that no matter who is promoted, they will all have to obey Xi's rule
the White House’s midterm strategy for a president who remains broadly unpopular: Promote his administration’s accomplishments and appear where he can effectively rally the party faithful
The ceremonies for most of the victims were held jointly to spare families from having to wait long hours for successive cremations to be completed
The exercise, dubbed 'Steadfast Noon,' is held annually and usually runs for about one week
Riot police fired into at least one neighborhood in Sanandaj, capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, as Amnesty International and the White House’s national security adviser criticized the violence targeting demonstrators angered by Mahsa Amini's death
Rat Samakee temple will cremate 19 bodies in a simultaneous cremation ceremony Tuesday evening along with two other nearby temples that account for the other victims.
Despite his age and a health scare this year, Mahathir said he will defend his parliamentary seat in Langkawi island. However, he remained coy about whether he would be prime minister a third time if his Malay alliance wins.
The Associated Press spoke to six activists in the northern city of Sanandaj, 300 miles (500 kilometers) from the capital Tehran
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