Politics

China declared a stark reminder Wednesday that its troops could be deployed in Hong Kong if city officials requested help in maintaining “public order” after weeks of sometimes violent protests. Hong Kong has been plunged into...

Former soldier Mark Esper was declared as 27th US secretary of defense Tuesday after gaining Senate confirmation, filling America’s longest-ever Pentagon authority vacuum as Washington faces mounting stresses with Iran and strives to settle the long-running...

Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister. He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival’s 46,656. The former...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged to keep alive his plans to amend the country’s pacifist constitution, despite failing to secure a “supermajority” in upper house elections. His ruling coalition retained its majority in the...

Jatiya Party Chairman H M Ershad passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka at the age of 91, said Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR). The JS chairman breathed his last at Combined Military Hospital (CMH)...

India’s Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday resigned as president of the main opposition Congress, taking responsibility for the party’s second-straight landslide defeat to right-wing Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi in national elections. “Accountability is critical for...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday Japan supported the United States and North Korea’s “process” and wished for the latest talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un to result in positive developments, Japanese media...

Uruguayan main elections search set to pit a former mayor against a senator in the presidential election in Oct, in accordance with early quit polls on Saturday morning in the South American country. Polls after ballots...

Dutch socialist politician Frans Timmermans is on course to be named as the EU’s next chief executive, diplomats and officials said on Sunday, hours before European Union leaders meet to decide who wins the bloc’s top...

Former US president Jimmy Carter said Friday that Donald Trump only won the 2016 White House race because of Russian interference. “There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election,” Carter said during a...