Republicans and Democrats locked arms as a shaken US Congress on Thursday morning formally certified Joe Biden’s election victory, hours after hundreds of Donald Trump’s supporters stormed...
By Reuters, New York Times News Service in Washington
Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined world leaders on Thursday in urging a smooth transition of power in Washington but his label of “unlawful protests” for the Trumpist rampage in the US w...
Hong Kong police arrested 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists on Wednesday in the biggest crackdown since China last year imposed a new security law which opponents say is aimed at quashing...
After her landslide victory in November’s elections, Aung San Suu Kyi and her government are destined to become part of a regional ‘tug-of-war’ for influence centered around China&rs...
Former finance minister P. Chidambaram tweeted: “The foundation for a new Parliament building was laid on the ruins of a liberal democracy.”
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury was blunt: “M...
Amitabh Kant, cheerleader to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Niti Aayog CEO, has said “tough reforms are very difficult in the Indian context, we are too much of a democracy.…”
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Joshua Wong, a prominent pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, was sentenced on Wednesday to more than a year in prison for his role in a protest last year, the latest blow to the city’s embattle...