It's no coincidence that government offices, schools, and corporate environments insist on this relic; the tie is the last gasp of a colonial culture that refuses to loosen its grip. George Orwell, ...

One recent sunny morning in the shadow of the Himalayas, I stood beside a grave in the historic British Cemetery in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, as a Gurkha soldier in full dress uniform played a ...

as is the case for British colonies in South East Asia. 'More Britons are sure that colonies in Africa are worse off overall, and likewise Ireland. 'Again, Tories and Reform UK voters are more ...

Diplomatic dynamics in South Asia are rooted in long-running distrust between the region’s two most populous nations. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan -- carved out of the subcontinent at the chaotic ...

KUCHING, Malaysia -- It is said that when the British adventurer James Brooke ... Some say the city's name comes from Cochin, a colonial city founded by the Portuguese in 1500 in what is now ...

Band frontman Martin, 47, expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome of fans, despite the British colonial rule in India in the past. “This is our fourth visit to India, and the second time to ...

Diplomatic dynamics in South Asia are rooted in long-running distrust ... carved out of the subcontinent at the chaotic end of British colonial rule in 1947 — have fought multiple wars and ...

Thailand joins Nepal and Taiwan as the only Asian nations to legalise LGBT unions, amid repressive regimes and religious traditions ...

Many of them – particularly those in Asia and Africa – also ... much like some of their former colonies. In the UK, it was scrapped by the British Nationality Act of the 1980s, which put ...