India

President Joe Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ nations that do not welcome immigrants

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with ...

Summer heat waves already deadly in Asia, and it’s still spring

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

New Delhi — It’s still spring but hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia have already faced scorching hot ...

‘The whole country is paying the price’

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood stars seldom weigh in on politics, so videos showing two celebrities criticizing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Old news clip shared with electronic voting machine ‘tampering’ claim as India votes in 2024

World
David Turner

Footage of Indian election officials pressing buttons on an electronic voting machine does not show fraud in the 2024 polls, contrary to ...

Being Muslim in Modi’s India

World
David Turner

Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra. “My classmates called ...

Lok Sabha election 2024: India votes in phase 2 as PM Modi pushes BJP’s pro-Hindu line

World
David Turner

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Friday in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections as ...

India begins second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in the second round of multi-phase national elections as Prime Minister Narendra ...

Indian opposition accuses Modi of hate speech after he calls Muslims ‘infiltrators’

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech after he called Muslims “infiltrators” ...

They were promised jobs in Russia. They ended up fighting in Ukraine.

World
David Turner

SRINAGAR, India — Across India, families are hearing similar stories from men who went abroad in search of work: They were lured ...

Pro-China President Muizzu’s party sweeps Maldives parliamentary elections, preliminary results say

World
David Turner

MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu‘s political party has swept parliamentary elections in a strong endorsement of his pro-China foreign ...