Sammy Awamireporting from Madagascar and Farouk Chothia AFP via Getty Images Some troops joined protesters in the capital on Saturday The office of Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has said an attempt to seize power illegally and by force is under way in the country. Hours later, an army unit known as CAPSAT claimed that it…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Elite troops joined youth-led protests over utilities that have swelled into gravest threat to Rajoelina. Published On 12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Madagascar’s presidency says “an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power” was under way in the African nation, without offering any evidence, a…
Published On 22 Sep 202522 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Brazil’s prosecutor general has charged federal lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro with coercion in a case linked to the one in which his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, was convicted for plotting a coup. The younger Bolsonaro has “repeatedly sought to…
Suranjana TewariBBC Asia business correspondent Getty Images Modi and Xi last had a bilateral meeting in 2017 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in China this weekend with the sting of Donald Trump’s US tariffs still top of mind. Since Wednesday, tariffs on Indian goods bound for the US, like diamonds and shrimp, now stand…
Watch: Donald Trump ducks after loud bangs heard during Pennsylvania rally The US Secret Service issued suspensions for six personnel over failings at one of Donald Trump’s rallies last year, during which a gunman attempted to assassinate the Republican, an official has confirmed. The gathering in Butler, Pennsylvania, when Matthew Crooks fired at Trump and…
