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Jewish charity’s ambulances set on fire in what UK police investigate as an antisemitic attack

Police in London are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime attack after four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service were set on fire.

 

UK authorities bring new charges of rape and sexual assault against Russell Brand

British authorities have brought new charges of rape and sexual assault against comedian Russell Brand.

 

US bribery and fraud charges are a big test yet for India’s Adani, one of Asia’s richest men

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, one of Asia’s richest men, may be facing his biggest challenge yet with an indictment by U.S. prosecutors for alleged fraud and bribery.

 

India’s Modi likely to find comfort in Trump’s return and a shared worldview

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

India’s ban on Salman Rushdie ‘The Satanic Verses’ may end — thanks to missing paperwork

The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt. That’s not because of a change of heart more than two years after the author’s near-fatal stabbing, but because of what amounts to some missing paperwork.

 

Sri Lanka’s new leader must balance ties between regional powerhouses India and China

The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most crucial partners, India and China, as he seeks to draw foreign investment and pull the economy out of the doldrums.

 

India’s Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here’s what it could mean

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine.

 

Students who ousted Hasina are helping lead Bangladesh, from the streets to the ministries

Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic.

 

The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within the country’s Hindu minority

Ever since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down and fled the country, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks.

 

Resignations of Bangladeshi officials close to Hasina are legal, interim leader Yunus says

The head of Bangladesh’s interim government says the high-profile resignations of authorities close to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are legal after student leaders who organized protests against Hasina’s government issued ultimatums for them to quit.

 

Ouster of Bangladesh’s prime minister will test India’s regional power, with Beijing’s on the rise

The dramatic resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses a dilemma for India’s government, and the South Asian powerhouse could even see its influence in the region wane, according to experts.

 

How a student-run uprising led to the ouster of Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister

Analysts say the anger that pushed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power is rooted in deep economic distress felt by the majority of people in the country, as well as the perception that while they suffered, the elites aligned with Hasina prospered.

 

Sheikh Hasina came back from tragedy to lead Bangladesh — until protests forced her to flee

Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in Bangladesh’s history, has resigned and fled the country, bringing a tumultuous end to her 15-year rule as an extraordinary wave of protest succeeded in toppling her government.

 

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence

Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled the country, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule.

 

As Harris eyes US presidency, reaction in her mother’s native India is muted but tinged with pride

As Vice President Kamala Harris works to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. president, reaction across her mother’s native India has been muted.

 

Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has announced a nationwide curfew across Bangladesh and ordered the deployment of military forces to maintain order following days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs.

 

What’s next after protests forced Bangladesh’s prime minister to quit and flee the country?

What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into an uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country by helicopter.

 

Putin hosts India’s prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’ relationship as NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia and launched deadly missile strikes in Ukraine that destroyed a children’s hospital.

 

Putin meets Indian prime minister in Russia on his first visit since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow on a two-day visit, his first since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which has complicated the relationship between the longtime partners and pushed Russia closer to India’s rival, China.

 

How did a religious gathering in India turn into a deadly stampede?

More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years.

 

Stampede at religious event in India kills at least 116 people, mostly women and children

Authorities say at least 116 people died in a stampede when a crowd at a religious gathering in northern India rushed to leave a makeshift tent.

 

Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months

Data from India’s Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months.

 

US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist.

 

Narendra Modi’s third term as India’s prime minister may prove the most challenging

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken office for a third consecutive term. It may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power.

 

India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election.

 

India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi’s juggernaut

India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing party.

 

India’s Modi is known for charging hard. After a lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style

Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions.

 

India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?

Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power.

 

Modi claims victory in India’s election but drop in support forces him to rely on coalition partners

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission.

 

Voting ends in the last round of India’s election, a referendum on Modi’s decade in power

India’s 6-week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term.

 

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