MDP leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed has vowed his party would reduce reliance on China and...

Sirisena dissolved parliament last week and called elections, but the Supreme Court ordered a suspension...

Rohingyas should not be forcibly returned to Myanmar, UN says

They climbed the 5,525-metre mountain on October 29

The resolution reaffirms that the Rohingya must be allowed, on their own accord, to return to their homes...

Widespread protests broke out in the tourist resort state of Kerala after the Supreme Court in September...

Cyclone Gaja packed winds of up to 120km/h as it barrelled into Tamil Nadu state after hitting the coast...

Parliament passed the no-confidence motion against recently appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa...

There was no immediate comment from Sirisena or Rajapakse after the Supreme Court's unanimous...

More than 725,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar's western Rakhine state following a military crackdown...

The Nepal envoy made the comments at a view exchange meeting with leaders of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce...

The UN human rights investigator on Myanmar urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to drop plans to start repatriating...

The Rohingya crisis has dulled the diplomatic niceties that traditionally govern gatherings of the 10-member...

Pakistani media reported that the embassy had been forced to close because of threats

Islamists have threatened to escalate protests in Pakistan if Bibi is permitted to leave the

The secretary general of the global rights body, Kumi Naidoo, wrote to Suu Kyi on November to inform...

Sirisena's move to sack the parliament has drawn international criticism

However, the United Nations says conditions are not yet safe for their return

Mark Field, the British minister of State for Asia and the Pacific, tweeted his concern about the dissolution...

Rajapakse said he was meeting with lawyers ahead of a slew of legal challenges in the Supreme Court to...

Environmental activists say residents need to be more vocal about holding political leaders to account...