Tuesday’s verdict came at the end of the retrial of 73 defendants in a case that sparked deadly riots in 2013 in Port Said, prompting then President Mohammed Morsi to declare a state of emergency in the city. Also Tuesday, the court sentenced 40 defendants to u ....

After weeks of discussion with political parties across the spectrum, the Sri Lankan Cabinet has finalised the broad contours of the proposed 20th Constitutional Amendment on electoral reforms, leaving many smaller parties “surprised and disappointed.” Accord ....

The “characterisation of bilateral relations by the Indian Prime Minister as ‘nuisance’ is unfortunate,” Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalillulah said. He said that Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence and maintaining good neig ....

U.S. District Judge James Brady, the judge overseeing the closely watched human rights case, said on Monday that the 68-year-old former Black Panther Party prison leader should be granted immediate freedom and not be tried again in the death of a prison guard stabbed to ....

Chinese students sat the annual make-or-break university entrance exams on Monday, with officials deploying drones or high-tech radio surveillance trucks at schools across the country to try and curb increasingly sophisticated cheating methods. Authorities have become in ....

More than 200 local, State and federal law enforcement officials set up roadblocks, took to the air and went door-to-door in their search for Richard Matt (48), and David Sweat (34), who went missing early Saturday morning from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Danne ....

Instead of the two-thirds majority he had wanted to change the Constitution and create a new presidential republic, the AK Party, while remaining the biggest party, failed even to achieve a simple majority. The outcome augurs weeks of unpredictability as parties vie to ....

After reaching a decision in this regard earlier in the day, the four major political parties in Nepal — the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the Terai-based Madhesi Front — we ....

Former Bangladesh premier and opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in “restoration” of democracy in the country as she called on him here. Mr. Modi, on the second day of his maiden visit to Banglades ....

India and Bangladesh are not just “pass pass” (close to each other) but also “saath saath” (together), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday. Addressing intellectuals in Dhaka at the end of his two-day visit, Mr. Modi said not just Asia ....