The media cannot be stopped from reporting any court hearing and “must report fully” what happens in court, India’s Supreme Court said yesterday as the Election Commission complained about being “castigated without any evidence” on political rallies during the campaign for state elections.

Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq’s Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday, in the second such attack in 10 days, the Iraqi army said.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who led her party to a landslide victory in West Bengal assembly elections, will be sworn in as Chief Minister for a third straight term on May 5 (Wednesday), party Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said today.

A forum of scientific advisers set up by the Indian government has told authorities about minor mutations in some samples of the coronavirus that

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said on Saturday Tehran expects US sanctions on oil, banks and most individuals and institutions to be lifted based on

The opposition DMK-Congress alliance was heading for a big win in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly, according to polls results.

North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea yesterdayin a series of statements saying recent comments from

A prominent rebel group in eastern Myanmar yesterday appealed to other ethnic armies to unite against the military, as the country enters its fourth month under a junta regime.

BJP has failed to breach Mamata Banerjee’s fortress in West Bengal and drew a blank in Kerala in the latest state assembly polls. The party however secured a sound victory in Assam and BJP-led NDA won in Puducherry.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its regional allies are set to retain power in Assam, overcoming the challenge of a combined opposition led by Congress.

“Eta Banglar joi. Banglar manusher joi. Bangla gota Bharat-ke Baanchiyechey,” West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee declared today after her party’s landslide victory in the state assembly elections.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of the eastern Indian state of Odisha today announced working journalists of the state as “frontline Covid-19 warriors”.

West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the BJP is leading in Assam and the LDF in Kerala in the counting of votes for state polls, according to NDTV.

A sense of anguish, hopelessness and anger has settled over India, which is going through a second wave that has devastated families and is overwhelming the health infrastructure around the country.

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed cooperation in emergency medical supplies with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday.

Iran welcomed a “change of tone” from Saudi Arabia that could clear the way to a new era of cooperation between the rival regional powers.

Half of Myanmar’s population could be living in poverty next year, driven by the combination of the pandemic and the political crisis sparked by the military coup, the UN said yesterday.

Russia yesterday added Alexei Navalny’s political network to its database of terrorist and extremist organisations, as Moscow moves closer to shutting down the jailed opposition politician’s movement against President Vladimir Putin.

Nearly three-quarters of female journalists say they have been victims of harassment online and for 20 percent this has transferred into offline attacks, according to a UNESCO study published yesterday.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday postponed planned parliamentary elections amid a dispute over voting in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem and splits in his Fatah party.