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Narendra Modi

August 15, 2019

India's Modi defends Kashmir policy amid clash with Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday used an Independence Day speech to defend his decision to strip Kashmir of ...

Narendra Modi

August 09, 2019

Modi's vision of a Hindu India advanced by Kashmir changes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a Hindu India has leaped forward with his government's decision to subsume ...

August 04, 2019

UK's Johnson pledges $2.2B more to public health system

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will pump an additional 1.8 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) into the National ...

Showdown looms as new British PM wants to redo Brexit deal

On his first full day in office, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the European Union on Thursday to rethink its ...

Spain eyes new vote after Socialists can't form government

Spain's caretaker prime minister failed Thursday to receive the endorsement of Parliament to form another government, ...

The Latest: Spain's Sánchez loses vote to form government

The Latest on Spanish politics (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Spain's caretaker prime minister has failed to receive ...

Ukrainian leader's party on track to win parliament majority

The party of Ukraine's president was on track Monday to win an absolute majority in parliament, a first in the country's ...

AP Explains: Spain tries to avoid countdown to new election

Spain's caretaker prime minister will face important parliamentary votes this week that will either endorse his Socialist ...

Abe's coalition still short of votes to change constitution

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan's upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, but ...

Prayuth Chan-ocha

With new Cabinet, Thailand replaces junta with army allies

Thailand's new Cabinet was sworn in Tuesday, creating a nominally elected government after five years of military rule but ...

Moscow rally aims to get opposition candidates on the ballot

About 1,000 people are rallying in Moscow to support opposition candidates looking to run for the local legislature in a ...

Spain still stuck in political deadlock as party talks fail

Spain's center-left Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez has failed to win the support of the far-left We Can party for his bid to ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece creditors say no changes in bailout terms for new PM

Greece's bailout creditors on Monday bluntly rejected calls from the country's new conservative government to ease draconian ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Latest: Euro ministers reject new Greek PM's appeal

The Latest on Greece's election of a new government (all times local): 11:20 p.m. Greece's bailout creditors have rejected ...

Greece: Extreme right party seeks recount after poll flop

Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party said Monday it is planning to challenge a general election result that saw it fail to ...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Conservative party wins Greek election, ousts left-wing PM

Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis comfortably won Greece's parliamentary elections Sunday, delivering a ...

Greek election front-runner keeps campaign unusually low-key

On an exhaustive tour of Greece's blue collar towns and city suburbs, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has a spring in his step. It's no ...

K.V. Subramanianin

India's economy likely to grow 7%, government says

India's government said Thursday the economy is expected to grow at 7% in 2019-20, up from a five-year low of 6.8% in the ...

The Latest: EU nominee seeks support, vows to listen

The Latest on key appointments at the European Union (all times local): 6:00 p.m. Ursula von der Leyen is promising to ...

Australia's central bank cuts key interest rate 0.25% to 1%

Australia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Tuesday to a record low of 1% ...