By Yanni Chow, Yoyo Chow HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police arrested dozens of democracy activists on Wednesday on suspicion of violating a new security law by planning to “paralyse” and “overthrow” the city government, Secretary for Security John Lee said. The arrests represent the biggest crackdown on the opposition camp since Beijing imposed the […]
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A new U.S. Congress convened on Sunday in an atmosphere of political uncertainty, with Senate control undecided, a smaller Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and a Republican fight looming over presidential election results. The House was due to vote on the re-election of California Democrat Nancy Pelosi as speaker, […]
By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Over 100 retired senior civil servants and diplomats urged the Hindu nationalist leader of Uttar Pradesh state to repeal a new law criminalising forced religious conversion of brides, warning in an open letter that it risked fuelling communal tensions. Although no religion is specified in the legislation, critics say […]
By Reuters Staff NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Talks between India and China have yet to make headway to end a standoff on a disputed section of their Himalayan border, India’s defence minister said on Wednesday, as thousands of troops from both sides faced a freezing winter in the mountains. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said there had […]
By Susan Cornwell, David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate could pave the way for Congress to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense spending bill with a procedural vote on Wednesday, further raising tensions between the outgoing Republican president and party leaders. Trump has ramped up pressure on fellow Republicans to support his veto because […]
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India’s government detained at least 75 Kashmiri political leaders and activists to forestall political unrest after an alliance of Kashmir’s regional political parties won a local election, leaders and a police official said on Saturday. The District Council election, concluded early this week, was the first such exercise […]
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A senior Chinese official arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to assess the political situation, local party officials said, a first diplomatic step by the neighbouring power after Nepal’s Prime Minister dissolved parliament a week ago. China has poured millions of dollars into Nepal in recent years in the form […]
By Reuters Staff KABUL (Reuters) – A prominent advocate of democracy in Afghanistan who headed an election monitoring organisation was gunned down on Wednesday in a Kabul neighbourhood, drawing widespread condemnation locally and internationally. Yousuf Rasheed, executive director of the Free and Fair Elections Forum of Afghanistan Organization (FEFA), was shot dead while his driver […]
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli faced a fresh political challenge on Friday as hundreds of opponents protested against his sudden move to dissolve parliament and call elections more than a year ahead of the schedule. Three former prime ministers joined hundreds of activists who sat on a road […]
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s sudden dissolution of parliament and call for fresh elections, a move denounced by his opponents as unconstitutional. Oli’s decision, the culmination of months of political turmoil in the Himalayan country situated between China and India, has […]
