Prime Minister Narendra Modi may offer handouts to Indian farmers ahead of the elections as food commodity export bans to control inflation begin to hurt incomes and could cost him some votes.
The Central African Republic voted to abolish term limits in a July 29 constitutional referendum, which may result in President Faustin-Archange Touadera seeking reelection in 2025.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said a show of strength was needed to maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait, pushing a hawkish position likely to displease China.
The latest spat between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea has an unlikely object at its center: a World War II-era ship that’s now rusty after being stranded in contested waters for more than two decades.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi might address the deadly ethnic violence in northeast India before a no confidence vote brought by the opposition this week in an attempt to force a debate in a legislature dominated by his allies.
A group of artists apparently from China whitewashed a wall long decorated by artists in London and then spray painted characters listing the Communist Party’s 12 “core socialist values,” setting off a graffiti battle over the Asian nation’s politics.
Hong Kong will appeal the High Court’s decision to reject its request to wipe a controversial protest song from the city’s internet, a move that could overturn a rare victory for free speech in the city.
China last week unleashed some of its strongest criticism against Russia since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. Yet any suggestion that Xi Jinping is shifting his view on the war amounts to wishful thinking.
Donald Trump’s lawyers and US prosecutors hurled accusations back and forth over the protection of evidence just days after his arraignment on federal charges of obstructing the 2020 election — a sign both sides are digging in for a bitter courtroom fight.
An unusual sighting of a Russian military jet in North Korea is stoking concern that Kim Jong Un is selling Vladimir Putin weapons as ties strengthen between the sanctioned states.
