Democracy

India's 2024 elections to kick off with major implications for the world's biggest democracy

New Delhi — People will start heading to the polls in India Friday in what's set to be the largest g...

world | 5 months ago

U.S., India regularly consult at highest levels on democracy, human rights issues: State Department official

The United States (U.S.) and India regularly consult at the highest levels on democracy and human ri...

world | 5 months ago

14 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists convicted of subversion

A Hong Kong court Thursday convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national secur...

world | 4 months ago

Georgia's controversial, Russia-like "foreign agent" bill becomes law after weeks of protests

The speaker of Georgia's parliament said he signed into law Monday a divisive measure that has drawn...

world | 4 months ago

Why did Nelson Mandela's ANC lose its majority in South Africa's elections, and what comes next?

Johannesburg — On April 27, 1994, Black and White South Africans voted side by side for a new govern...

world | 4 months ago

India 2024 election results show Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning third term, but with a smaller mandate

New Delhi — India's 2024 election results show Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to win his third ter...

world | 4 months ago

Coup attempt in Bolivia fails as president urges people to mobilize

Armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attem...

world | 3 months ago

Biden campaign, DNC highlight democracy, Jan. 6 in lead-up to debate

Scenes on a moving billboard circling the site of the first 2024 presidential debate in Atlanta will...

politics | 3 months ago

In Mongolia, young leaders seek to usher in new dawn of democracy

Tsenguun Saruulsaikhan, a young and newly minted member of Mongolia’s parliament, is unhappy with be...

world | 3 months ago

Venezuela’s Opposition calls mass protests over disputed election

Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called Thursday, August 1, 2024 for protests "in ...

world | 2 months ago

U.S. presidential election: New poll shows Kamala Harris strengthening against Donald Trump

A new poll confirmed Sunday, August 4, 2024, that Kamala Harris -- set to name her vice presidential...

world | 2 months ago

Two years after a mass protest deposed Gotabaya, Sri Lanka expresses solidarity with people of Bangladesh 

COLOMBO: Hours after Bangladesh Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina quit and fled the country on Monday foll...

world | 2 months ago

India-Bangladesh ties not dependent on Awami League, says BNP

Indo-Bangla bilateral ties are not dependent on the Awami League and it is "natural to evoke adverse...

world | 2 months ago

Kamala Harris ‘brings back joy’, Donald Trump talks of ‘bad things’ to set U.S. poll stage

At the top of his first speech as her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz turned to U.S. Vice ...

world | 2 months ago

Venezuela’s Opposition leader Machado calls for worldwide protests for election ‘truth’

Venezuela’s Opposition called on Sunday (August 11, 2024) for worldwide protests on August 17 to sho...

world | 2 months ago

Bangladesh becomes the latest case of student power bringing down regimes

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad upri...

world | 2 months ago