According to Facebook’s Ad Library Report, there were 51,810 political ads with a total spending of more than Rs 10.32 crore between February and March 30 this year. With elections drawing closer, campaigning on social media platform Facebook is also picking up pace with political parties and their supporters spending well over Rs 10 crore […]
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Ex-president Mohamed Nasheed, 51, was set for a dramatic return to the top of the national parliament, with his Maldivian Democratic Party headed for a two-thirds majority in the 87-member assembly. MALE: The exiled former leader of the Maldives has led his party to a landslide victory only five months after returning to the country, preliminary […]
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MALE, Maldives (AP) — Voting began in the Maldives in a crucial parliamentary election on Saturday many hope would help President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih to overcome a coalition split that has hampered his efforts to restore political freedoms and tackle corruption. Thousands lined up to cast their ballots across the Indian Ocean archipelago nation known […]
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India’s statement that its air force shot down one of Pakistan’s U.S.-built F-16 aircraft during a military flareup in late February appears untrue, according to a report by Washington, D.C.-based Foreign Policy magazine, which cited two U.S. defense officials it didn’t identify. A U.S. count of Pakistan’s F-16 jets revealed none to be missing, the U.S. officials told […]
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The social media accounts of Brunei-owned luxury hotels have been deleted or made inaccessible amid an ongoing backlash over anti-LGBT laws. Brunei introduced strict Islamic laws this week that make gay sex punishable by flogging or stoning to death. Celebrities including George Clooney are calling on the public to boycott luxury hotels owned by Brunei. Now […]
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PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia will withdraw from ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Friday (April 5). The announcement comes hours after Selangor Umno said it will be sending a memorandum to the state’s Sultan to voice its protest on the matter, claiming […]
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Thousands of insurgents besiege base in Badghis province as residents struggle with severe flooding The Afghan Taliban killed dozens of security personnel and besieged hundreds more in an attack on a government compound and army base in Badghis province. At least 12 more were killed on Friday, raising the death toll from two days of […]
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The planned release of a Bollywood biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi days before the start of Indian elections has run into trouble with a court challenge pending and the censor board yet to clear its opening in theaters. Opposition parties are protesting that the film’s release would unfairly advantage Modi’s […]
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AYODHYA, India (Reuters) – Priyanka Gandhi Vadra became the latest member of India’s storied Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to enter politics in January, but the boost she brings the opposition campaign may not turn the tide against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, polls show. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (C), a leader of India’s main opposition Congress party and sister […]
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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The lives and futures of more than 19 million Bangladeshi children are at risk from the colossal impact of devastating floods, cyclones and other environmental disasters linked to climate change, according to a report by the United Nations children’s agency released Friday. The UNICEF report said the estimate includes hundreds of […]
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