Politics

Brazil: Protests continue as Lula is sworn in as Chief of Staff

Demonstrations rumbled for the second straight night in Sao Paulo and Brasilia on 17 March, after leftist former leader Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseffs chief of staff and a judge sought to block the move. Protesters filled the streets of Sao Paulos main avenue in anger that Lulas appointment will shield the former president from prosecutors who have charged him with money laundering and fraud as part of a sweeping graft probe centred on state oil company Petrobras.

Mar 18, 2016

Photos of CMs, union ministers can appear in govt ads, Supreme Court says ahead of assembly elections

The Supreme Court Friday reversed its 2015 order that allowed only photographs of the prime minister, the president and the chief justice of India to be used in official media advertisements.

Mar 18, 2016

BJP announces second list of 194 candidates for West Bengal Assembly elections

The party has so far announced candidates for 246 of the 294 seats in the West Bengal Assembly.

Mar 18, 2016

North Korea fires missile 800 kms into Sea of Japan; Tokyo protests

This is the latest show of strength by the country as it protests the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States.

Mar 18, 2016

Isis: John Kerry says Daesh has committed genocide

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday declared that violence by Islamic State (Isis) against religious minorities was genocide, saying the United States would do everything it could to hold the militant group accountable.

Mar 17, 2016

Pathankot attack: Pakistani SIT to begin probe in India from March 28

Sartaj Aziz extended an invitation from Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Narendra Modi to attend the SAARC in Pakistan.

Mar 17, 2016

Former Greek prime minister George Papandreou on EU: Stay with us Britain - together is stronger

George Papandreou, Greek prime minister from 2009 to 2011, says UK should stay in European Union ahead of Brexit vote.

Mar 17, 2016

Donald Trump presidency bigger global risk than South China Sea armed clash, Brexit: Report

The report by the Economist Intelligence Unit put a prospective hard landing of the Chinese economy as its top risk scenario.

Mar 17, 2016

US slaps new sanctions on North Korea to blacklist anyone dealing with Kim Jong Un regime

The order freezes any North Korean property in the United States and prohibits exports to the Asian country.

Mar 17, 2016

Putin to award Russian troops part of Syria operation amidst claims of high civilian casualties

Rights groups claim nearly 2,000 civilians were killed by Russian airstrikes in Syria.

Mar 17, 2016

Aadhaar Bill: Modi's BJP rejects Rajya Sabha amendments to use biometric data for national security

The bill has raised concerns of privacy breach of nearly a billion Indians.

Mar 17, 2016

Obama nominates Merrick Garland to US Supreme Court

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will not consider Obama's nominee.

Mar 16, 2016

Donald Trump says 'I think you'd have riots' if I'm denied nomination

I wouldn't lead it, but I think bad things would happen, Trump said.

Mar 16, 2016

Ted Cruz reaches out to Marco Rubio supporters as Republican race narrows

The Republican presidential race narrowed to three candidates: businessman Donald Trump, US Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich after Marco Rubio suspended his campaign on 15 March. Cruz, a conservative US senator from Texas, reached out to Rubios supporters during a rally in Houston. Cruz said Rubio ran a a strong, optimistic, positive campaign.

Mar 16, 2016

China adopts 13th Five-Year Plan; Charity Law passed

The Communist Party of China unveils the economic and social plan to a prosperous society by 2021, its centenary year.

Mar 16, 2016