In India, Devyani Khobragade advocated for women’s rights. But in New York, she was a slave driver, says the family of Khobragade’s housekeeper. Consular official Khobragade worked domestic servant Sangeeta ­Richard from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day, “tantamount to keeping a person in slavery-like conditions or keeping a person in bondage,” Richard’s husband, Philip, said […]

Bangladesh’s hopes for a free, fair, and peaceful election are dead. The result is already known. But certainty over the ballot means only uncertainty for the future of the country. A boycott of the controversial poll by almost all opposition parties has resulted in 154 seats in the 300-member parliament already decided in walkovers, the […]

Defying the countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by an Islamist party protesting the execution of its leader convicted of war crimes, thousands of Bangladesh businessmen staged white flag rallies calling for a ” peaceful business environment.” The decision to stage white flag rallies in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country was made at a recent […]

Qunu, South Africa (CNN) — With 95 candles glowing in the background to mark each year of his life, thousands of mourners gathered to say goodbye to Nelson Mandela on Sunday at a funeral in his beloved boyhood village of Qunu. Mandela died on December 5 after a recurring lung infection and declining health. Crowds […]

As protests continue against government that replaced him, Abhisit Vejjajiva is accused over deaths during 2010 uprising Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand’s opposition leader and previous prime minister, has been formally charged with murder in a development that has the potential to further inflame protests by his supporters demanding the resignation of the current government. Abhisit stands […]