Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan’s president for second time
Pakistani lawmakers vote for return of widower of Benazir Bhutto after elections marred by rigging claims.
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Biden says he'll ban TikTok if Congress passes bill, but he's campaigning on it until then
When Joe Biden joined TikTok on the eve of the Super Bowl last month, political scientist Maggie Macdonald was struck by what she called the "meta" nature of the president's first post.
After speech, Biden launches major tour plus $30 million ad buy
President Joe Biden visited Pennsylvania on Friday to kick off a tour of battleground states and his reelection team will spend $30 million on an ad buy as he moves quickly into the U.S. general election campaign after his feisty State of the Union speech.
U.S. allies in Indo-Pacific tremble at prospect of Trump return
TOKYO -- The U.S. presidential election is still eight months away but Western countries are trembling at the prospect of Donald Trump's return to power.
‘Most vexing’ test: Can Pakistan’s Sharifs revive talks with India’s Modi?
Analysts say India’s 2024 election will need to pass first. But a long history between the Sharifs and Modi offers hope.
Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election
At least 10 releases before the election amplify Modi’s political agenda and vilify critics and opponents – sparing not even Mahatma Gandhi.
U.S. Republicans push anti-China bill, but passage unlikely in election year
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Republican lawmakers have introduced a comprehensive anti-China bill that would reshape the two countries' economic relationship, but the proposed law faces long odds in a presidential election year where Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee.
India appoints UK PM Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law, Sudha Murthy, to parliament
Sudha Murthy, 73, is the former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global tech behemoth Infosys her husband N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded in 1981.