Eltaf Najafizada

Opposition parties' fairly comprehensive losses will buoy the ruling party and the 'exceptionally popular' Indian prime minister ahead of national polls.

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India’s parliament has suspended a record 92 members from both its chambers in the past week, with the country’s opposition decrying the move as a fresh blow to democratic norms.

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Imran Khan’s supporters will demonstrate across Pakistan as two rival parties held talks to form a government even through Khan loyalists won the most seats in Thursday’s polls.

Rival parties discuss formation of new government after elections give no one majority

Analysts say the nation’s powerful military is backing a status quo government of parties backed by the Sharif and Bhutto clans.

India’s government rejected comments made by China’s foreign ministry over the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a disputed border region on the weekend.

India’s key southern state of Karnataka has been rocked by allegations that a lawmaker from a regional party allied with Prime Minister Narendra Modi sexually abused several women and left the country to avoid facing charges.