Tag: Asian people

Mian Mohammad Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan's prime minister-in-waiting and current chief minister of the powerful Punjab province, is considered the more ...

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who is set to become Pakistan's interim prime minister, is the former federal minister for petroleum and ...

Pakistan's ruling party was to meet with parliamentarians Saturday to begin nominations for an interim prime minister after the Supreme ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been ousted from power by the Supreme Court, an unceremonious end to his third ...

Bangladeshi twins born conjoined at the skull will undergo a difficult and potentially dangerous operation to separate them, surgeons said ...

Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn in as India's president Tuesday, becoming just the second leader from the oppressed Dalit ...

A typeface has sparked uproar in Pakistan after documents using the font were produced in a corruption case against Prime ...

In 2012, a Taliban gunman shot her in the head for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan. On ...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has eased parole restrictions on ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert, released from prison on Sunday after serving ...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been released from prison on parole after serving two-thirds of a 27-month sentence ...

Carrie Lam's swearing-in as Hong Kong's new leader on Saturday marks the culmination of the lifelong civil servant's career as ...

A parole committee has decided to grant early release to Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert, who is serving a 27-month ...

Hundreds of young Israelis, many wearing just bras and shorts, staged a "SlutWalk" through central Jerusalem on Friday to defend ...

Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and his wife were being questioned by fraud squad detectives Monday as part of a ...

After a series of bruising electoral defeats, Iranian conservatives campaigning in this week's presidential poll have belatedly embraced social media ...

In a working-class district of Tehran teeming with porters, motorbikes and pickup trucks, residents have little enthusiasm about next week's ...

Malaysia's football chief on Thursday said he was worried about players being deliberately poisoned if their controversial Asian Cup qualifier ...

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani faced angry protests from victims' families on Sunday when he visited the site of a mine ...

One of the main challengers to the frontrunner in South Korea's presidential race is an IT multi-millionaire who has given ...

A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step ...