Students or other young people have frequently played pivotal roles in popular uprisings that have brought down governments or forced them ...

Gyanendra was a constitutional head of state without executive or political powers until 2005, when he seized absolute power. He disbanded ...

The campaign has the potential to rock Bangladesh economy as citizens are being encouraged to boycott Indian products that dominate daily l...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi granted amnesty to Ahmed Douma, a key figure in the pro-democracy movement that deposed ex-Presiden...

One of his longtime aides, Norman Legaspi, told The Associated Press that Ramos had been in and out of the hospital in recent years due to ...

A decade after the Arab Spring, Tunisia now looks to many like a final confirmation of the uprisings’ failed promise. The birthplace of the...

Security forces have steadily stepped up the show -- and use -- of force, by deploying troops against peaceful protesters, and firing tear ...

While stressing that plans haven't been finalised, the individuals said it was possible that Hong Kong elections - already postponed until ...

The chain of uprisings that shook the region from late 2010 and was soon dubbed the "Arab Spring" led to disparate long-term outcomes, with...

Even so, recent popular movements that toppled leaders in Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan have drawn inspiration from the uprisings.

From the quickfire collapse of seemingly invincible regimes to the rise and fall of a jihadist caliphate in its heart, the Middle East hurt...

Reviled by the mainly Shi'ite Muslim opposition as a leading barrier to reform in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, Sheikh Khalifa advocated a tough...

Even if the Devyani Khobragade episode matter is sorted out immediately, a larger paralysis could well extend into the second half of 2014.

The 2014 Lok Sabha polls will be fought under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and Prime minister Monmohan Singh, Digvijay said.

Atul Kohli is the David KE Bruce Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton Univer...

Demanding immediate end to the violence of Libyan leaders, the 15-member UN Security Council, including India, unanimously slapped "biting"...

Nepal lawmakers formally approved on Friday an agreement to abolish the centuries-old monarchy and declare the country a republic.