The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of student visas in nearly every corner of the country as part of a vast immigration crackdown – and few universities know why.
More than 1,000 international students and recent graduates at more than (...)
A controversial new law introduced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has put the spotlight on waqf, or properties donated by Indian Muslims over centuries.
Waqf is a tradition across many Muslim-majority countries, where these (...)
When investigators smashed through a hastily built wall, they uncovered a set of secret jail cells.
It turned out to be a freshly bricked-up doorway – an attempt to hide what lurked behind.
Inside, off a narrow hallway, were tiny rooms to the right (...)
The US has "dropped the ball" on chip manufacturing over the years, allowing China and other Asian hubs to steam ahead. So said Gina Raimondo, who at the time was the US Commerce Secretary, in an interview with me back in 2021.
Four years on, chips (...)
For hundreds of millions of people living in India and Pakistan the early arrival of summer heatwaves has become a terrifying reality that's testing survivability limits and putting enormous strain on energy supplies, vital crops and (...)
India's opposition Congress party has said it will organize nationwide protests on Wednesday after the country's financial crimes agency charged senior leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and others with money laundering.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) (...)
Indian businessman Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following India's request for his extradition.
Choksi, who left India in 2018, was arrested on Saturday, his lawyer Vijay Aggarwal told the BBC on Monday.
The diamond merchant is wanted by (...)
For a few hours on a warm April day, jets paused and silence reclaimed the skies above the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The airport's closure was not due to bad weather or a (...)
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday expressed hope that Expo 2025 in Osaka will serve as a platform for global unity in a world increasingly fractured by war, trade disputes, and political division.
Speaking at the event's opening (...)
US President Donald Trump's administration has announced that smartphones, computers, and a range of other electronic devices will be exempt from the sweeping new tariffs targeting global and Chinese imports.
The decision, published late Friday by (...)
A Pakistan-born Chicago businessman wanted in India for his role in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai city has been remanded in custody for 18 days.
Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian citizen, landed in Delhi on Thursday. India's National Investigation (...)
Australia has swiftly turned down China's offer to "join hands" against Donald Trump's tariffs, as Washington escalates its trade war with Beijing.
The White House recently imposed an import tax of 10% on Australian goods, but for China — (...)
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday paused his controversial tariff plan for most nations for 90 days while significantly increasing tariffs on Chinese imports to 125%.
The abrupt shift comes amid a growing backlash from business leaders, allies, (...)
Police in India have arrested a man, who is accused of impersonating a British doctor, for performing surgeries that allegedly led to the death of seven patients.
Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav — also known as Dr N John Camm — worked as a cardiologist (...)
A "miracle" baby girl has become the first child in the UK to be born to a mother using a donated womb.
The baby's mum, Grace Davidson, 36, was born without a functioning uterus, and received her sister's womb in 2023 – in what was then the UK's (...)
Excitement is growing in cinema-mad India for the return of a movie star from Pakistan to its big screens after his long absence due to an industry ban on artists from the neighboring country.
Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge (...)
After a pair of low-key, introspective albums, Ed Sheeran has returned to his roots with a shimmering new pop single, Azizam.
The track sees the star incorporate Middle Eastern influences, inspired by producer Illya Salmanzadeh's Persian (...)
After hours of heated debate, India's parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to change how properties worth billions of dollars donated by Muslims over centuries are governed.
The upper house passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (...)
Emmanuel Macron has lashed out against Donald Trump's decision to impose reciprocal tariffs on virtually every country, calling the move "brutal" and "unfounded" and proposing a temporary halt in future European investments in America.
The pause, he (...)
Veteran Bollywood actor and director Manoj Kumar has died at the age of 87 in India's financial capital, Mumbai.
The actor died of "age-related health issues", Dr Santosh Shetty of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where the actor was admitted, (...)
China said on Friday it will impose reciprocal 34% tariffs on all imports from the United States from April 10, making good on a promise to strike back after US President Donald Trump escalated a global trade war.
On Wednesday, Trump unveiled an (...)
An Indian court is due to hear a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's social media company X, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of misusing the law to censor content on its platform.
Last month, X sued the government saying a new website — (...)
The lower house of India's parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to change how properties worth billions of dollars donated by Indian Muslims over centuries are governed.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 -- which brings in dozens of (...)
The death toll from the powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has climbed to 2,719, according to the country's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Tuesday.
Over 4,521 people have been injured, and more than 440 are still (...)
Myanmar on Monday announced seven days of national mourning following a catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the central region on Friday, claiming the lives of more than 1,700 people.
State-run broadcaster MRTV said the national flag (...)
