India's polar moon mission puts Chandrayaan-2 in the history books
India is one step closer to achieving its space superpower ambitions. If the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission successfully touches down on Friday, the country will join the United States, China and the
Hong Kong government's attempt to outflank protesters is doomed to fail
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Wednesday that she will finally withdraw the loathed extradition bill that kick-started three months of violent protests. The move was greeted not with the
A democratic language, an authoritarian writ
THERE was a time, not so long ago, when substantive disagreements marked debates on democracy. Minimalist theorists held that democracy is valuable; it enables the peaceful transfer of
First official death in Kashmir protests
A man has died in Indian Kashmir nearly a month after he was injured in a protest, the first such death that authorities have confirmed since India revoked the disputed region’s special autonomy last month.
Pentagon diverts $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build Trump's border wall
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has authorized the diverting of $3.6 billion in military construction funds for 11 wall projects on the southern border with Mexico, according to defense officials and a
Hurricane Dorian is lashing the east coast of central Florida
Dorian is on the move again after brutally punishing the northern parts of the Bahamas for more than a day.
Johnson loses Brexit vote, calls for general election
British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement, prompting the prime minister to announce that he would immediately push for a snap election.
Myanmar forces Rohingyas to accept cards that preclude citizenship
Myanmar authorities are forcing members of the Rohingya Muslim minority at gunpoint to accept identity cards that categorise them as foreigners, stripping them of the chance to become citizens, a rights group said on Tuesday.
INDO-PAK TENSIONS Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first: Imran Khan
Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, prime minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashmir region.
8 dead, dozens missing in California dive-boat fire, officials say
Eight people died and more than two dozen passengers remained unaccounted for after a 75-foot commercial diving boat on a Labor Day excursion caught fire off the coast of Santa Cruz Island in Southern California, officials said.
