Modi defends citizenship decision
PM Modi says it has nothing to do with Indian Muslims. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, that unity in diversity is integral to India while addressing ‘Aabhar Rally’ at…
Rallies rage on in India over citizenship law
Thousands of students flood streets of Delhi; Assam state sees five protesters shot dead. Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital yesterday,…
Japan: Koizumi offers no concrete plan on coal
The new environment minister needs to offer better ways to tackle climate change. During a ministerial meeting of the U.N. climate summit in Madrid on Wednesday, Shinjiro…
Power transition after Apec summit
Mahathir open to stepping down after APEC summit. Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest prime minister, has promised to hand over power to anointed successor Datuk Seri Anwar…
Communist Party of China calls for efforts to deepen reform and expand opening-up
Political Bureau stresses importance of winning three critical battles in 2020. The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee called on Friday for solid…
Najib to take the stand today
The former premier is accused of malfeasance. Today is the day that Malaysians will see, for the first in the country’s history, a former prime minister take the stand to answer…
New parties face drubbing in by-elections as Nepalis continue to vote along party lines
“They failed to convince the voters as to what they would bring to the table if they were given a chance”. Nepalis once again displayed traditional voting patterns as they…
Thousands return to Hong Kong streets in fresh round of protests
Police fire tear gas at those outside of approved route. After a week of relative calm, thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday (Dec 1)…
TikTok apologises for blocking American teen’s video about Xinjiang disguised as makeup tutorial
In a statement, TikTok blamed a “human moderation error” for the incident and promised to review its policies. VIdeo-sharing app TikTok apologised for blocking an American…
NO MERCY for café attack perpetrators
Sentencing 7 militants to death, court says Holey Artisan attack was designed to assassinate the non-communal character of Bangladesh. A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced seven…