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India announces 6-week general elections starting April 19 with Modi's BJP topping surveys

Mar. 16, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India on Saturday announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Voting in the world's largest democracy will stretch...

India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims

Mar. 11, 2024 11:22 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office. The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to...

Modi visits Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's semi-autonomy

Mar. 07, 2024 09:32 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday made his first official visit to Kashmir's main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of its semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Addressing a crowd in a soccer stadium in Srinagar, Modi...

Protesters demand Hungarian president's resignation over a pardon in a child sexual abuse case

Feb. 09, 2024 14:02 PM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Calls for Hungary's conservative president to resign grew Friday amid outrage over her pardoning of a person convicted of covering up a child sexual abuse case, which has unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. ...

Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill makes history as the first Irish nationalist leader of Northern Ireland

Feb. 03, 2024 09:27 AM EST
LONDON (AP) — Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill makes history as the first Irish nationalist leader of Northern Ireland.