Thailand's government faces an escalating crisis after police repeatedly fired tear gas to break up protesters blockading the parliament building. The clashes led to the resignation of a deputy prime minister. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, the...
The controversy surrounding the final destination of a cargo of military hardware aboard a ship being held by Somali pirates has deepened with the arrest of the Kenyan official, who broke the news that the consignment was headed for South Sudan, not...
Guinea-Bissau's coalition government has fallen after a presidential decree dissolved the parliament and named a caretaker prime minister. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, elections are still scheduled for November. Joao Be...
The Indian government is expected to revive an economic reform agenda following its victory in a confidence vote earlier this week. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi. When the Congress-led coalition government came to power four years ago,...
India's Congress-Party led coalition government has won a confidence vote, paving the way for it to go ahead with a civilian nuclear deal with the United States. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the vote was interrupted by allegations...
There is hectic political lobbying in India, where the Congress-led coalition government is preparing to face a vote of confidence later this month. The government opted to hold the vote after angry leftist parties took back their support to protest...
Pakistan's government has reached a new peace agreement aimed at stopping a militant group from threatening the northwestern city Peshawar. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad on the latest in a series of controversial agreements that critic...
The European Union said on Wednesday that Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should serve as prime minister in any national unity government with President Robert Mugabe. From London, Tendai Maphosa has more in this report for VOA. EU sp...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government has proposed legislation that would give immunity to the country's top officials while they are in office. The opposition says the bill, which would still need to be approved by parliament, is ai...
The government and relatives of terrorist suspects in Mauritania have concerns as those charged await trial. The government has moved the suspects inside a military garrison to prevent another escape, but their relatives say they are innocent, and t...