India

Indian Police Use Tear Gas, Water Cannons Against Anti-Rape Protesters

Police in India deployed tear gas and water cannons on Tuesday against hundreds of protesters marching in Kolkata to protest unsafe conditions for medical staff. The protests began after a female trainee doctor was raped and murdered at a hospital in Kolkata on August 9, and soon escalated into nationwide demonstrations and a strike by doctors.

Police fire water cannons to disperse the crowd during a clash between police, citizens, a

BRICS Summit Begins with Goal of Ditching U.S. Dollar

The foreign ministers of BRICS member nations – and another 13 countries interested in collaborating with the anti-Western bloc – convened in Russia on Monday for a meeting outside of the confines of the BRICS annual summit to discuss, among other issues, ways to expand trade without the use of the U.S. dollar.

From left, India's BRICS Sherpa Dammu Ravi, Egypt's Foreign Ministers Sameh Shoukry, South

Modi Hangs on to Power in India with Smaller Margin

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory in the 2024 election on Tuesday night, but he will enter his third term with greatly reduced parliamentary support from his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which performed well below expectations.

Narendra Modi

Maldives Announces Ban on Israelis over Anti-Hamas War

The South Asian island state of the Maldives announced Sunday it would ban individuals with Israeli passports from entering the country as a form of protest against Israel’s ongoing self-defense operations against the jihadist terror group Hamas in Gaza.

FILE - Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N.