Japan’s Princess Yuriko, great-aunt of emperor, dies at 101
TOKYO : Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, died of natural causes at a Tokyo hospital early Friday morning, the Imperial Household Agency...
Trudeau condemns violence at Hindu temple near Toronto
“The acts of violence at the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton today are unacceptable. Every Canadian has the right to practice their faith freely and safely,” Trudeau wrote on X
Australian judge rules senator broke race law by telling rival legislator to return to...
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge ruled on Friday that anti-immigration party leader Sen. Pauline Hanson breached racial discrimination laws by crudely telling Pakistan-born Sen. Mehreen Faruqi to return to her homeland.
‘Give us what you stole from us,’ Indigenous senator yells at King Charles during...
CANBERRA, Australia — An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday.
Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of...
Blinken tells ASEAN the US is worried about China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in disputed sea
VIENTIANE, Laos — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China...
Street clashes in Bangladesh leave 702 people injured, among them 104 police and 30...
Protesters set fire to several government buildings as well as vehicles along the streets, a police statement said
The nationwide agitation, the biggest since PM Sheikh Hasina...
Supporters of Myanmar’s jailed leader Suu Kyi mark her 79th birthday with a flower-themed...
Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi carried out peaceful flower-themed protests marking her 79th birthday on Wednesday, some taking to the streets in defiance of the military government’s repression.
Bangladesh evacuates hundreds of thousands as a severe cyclone approaches from the Bay of...
Bangladesh evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas on Sunday as the country and neighboring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal.
Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests
Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism.
Farmers in Punjab bar India’s ruling party from entering villages ahead of polls
Voting to begin on April 19 as PM Narendra Modi seeks third straight term
BJP says farmers have the right to protest, but not to block the...