Associated Press

This will strengthen the opposition’s effort to corner Prime Minister Modi ahead of a no-confidence motion this week.

A week after intense heat caused hundreds to fall ill, the World Scout Jamboree faces another setback: a typhoon strike.

Imprisonment could win the former prime minister and his party greater electoral support and strengthen his image as a fearless campaigner for the disadvantaged.

The no-trust vote is aimed at forcing the Indian prime minister to speak on the ethnic violence in Manipur in Parliament.

The opposition leader had been convicted of criminal defamation – and ousted from Parliament – for mocking Prime Minister Modi’s surname.

The typhoon already injured 41 people and knocked out power for nearly a third of homes on Okinawa. Now it’s expected to return.

The Gyanvapi mosque in the city of Varanasi dates to the 16th century, but Hindu petitioners claim a Hindu temple once stood on the site.

The committee found that China and other authoritarian regimes continue to pose an unacceptable risk to democracies through targeted online disinformation campaigns.

Former PM Imran Khan had publicly disclosed the names of senior intelligence officers, saying they were conspiring against him.

While deeply unpopular in Kashmir, the move resonated in much of India, where the Modi government was cheered by supporters.

The severity of the flooding took the Chinese capital by surprise: “Neither officials nor ordinary people expected the rain to be so heavy.”

There are fears that a World Heritage in-danger listing would damage a tourism industry that revolves around the reef and employs more than 64,000 people.