World May 28 Overcrowding on Mount Everest contributes to rise in deaths Eleven people have died this season, the highest number since 2015.
World May 23 India’s ruling party claims victory with substantial lead in votes The election has been seen as a referendum on India's 68-year-old prime minister, whose economic reforms have had mixed results…
World Apr 27 Sunday Mass canceled across Sri Lanka a week after bombings Catholic leaders canceled Sunday Masses indefinitely across Sri Lanka and officials urged Muslims to stay home for Friday prayers in an extraordinary call by the clergy to curtail worship as fear of more attacks plagued the island nation after the…
World Apr 25 Father of suspected Easter bombers arrested The father of two of the suspected Easter suicide bombers was arrested Thursday on suspicion of aiding his sons, Sri Lanka's prime minister said, as businesses and religious leaders worried about a new attack four days after blasts killed more…
World Apr 23 Sri Lanka minister says Easter bombings a response to New Zealand attacks COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A top Sri Lanka official on Tuesday called the Easter attack on churches, hotels and other sites “retaliation” for the shooting massacre by a white supremacist at two New Zealand mosques last month, as the Islamic…
World Apr 11 Four killed as voting kicks off in India’s general elections India's general elections is a six-week process that's seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
World Dec 30 16 dead in election violence as Bangladesh goes to the polls More than a dozen people reportedly died in election-related violence in Bangladesh on Sunday, as voters went to the polls to decide whether to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a third consecutive term amid critics' claims that her leadership has…
World Oct 05 India signs deal for Russian air defense systems despite U.S. sanctions threat The $5 billion deal to buy five Russian S-400 air defense systems was signed in New Delhi during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Nation Jul 04 Attorneys say parents in fragile state for asylum interviews Some immigrants complain that they stumbled through their first asylum interviews when they were deeply distraught over losing their children. The interviews can have life-changing consequences because they are critical to establishing why families cannot return home safely.