The court passed the responsibility back to Parliament. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud also urged the government to uphold the rights of LGBTQ+ people and end discrimination against them.
China's global infrastructure initiative has always been controversial. As Xi Jinping's signature project turns 10, leaders and representatives of 130 countries are in Beijing to mark the anniversary.
Russia and China have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other democratic nations that is now complicated by the Israel-Hamas war.
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region.
Japan's government has asked a court to remove the legal standing and tax breaks of the Unification Church, which was tied to the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year.
The Sympathizer author's memoir is cocky and riveting — self-consciously constructed as if written for a standup audience and serving as a generous, one-stop primer for his fiction and scholarly work.
Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been allowed to leave the country and is back home in Australia after being detained for more than three years on charges of espionage.
Images shared by Afghan journalists showed at least one village reduced to rubble after a series of quakes flattened stone and mudbrick homes in the country's west.
Officials say the Kaliwa Dam will help alleviate an impending water shortage in the capital that's being exacerbated by climate change. But the project is plagued with controversies and questions.
Many South Korean teachers say they have suffered from parents' harassment and excessive demands. This summer, they came out to the streets voicing anger and demanding protection for their rights.
In the Himalayan foothills, water is getting harder to come by. Villagers in one region of northern India are learning how to recharge the groundwater-fed springs they depend on.
Almost all of China's medium and large cities are susceptible to floods. Some experts are promoting a solution called sponge cities — urban landscapes that are softer and meant to absorb more water.
Critics said Tuesday's raids on NewsClick offices and journalists have targeted one of India's few remaining independent news outlets. NewsClick is under investigation for alleged funding from China.
Some athletes just didn't show up. One young woman ran her race — and then kept running after crossing the finish line, forcing a doping control officer to run after her, a coach said.