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U.S. Border Patrol arrests over 130 in first 48 hours of Charlotte immigration operation

Charlotte has seen peaceful protests in response to the crackdown, including a walkout on Monday (November 17) by students, and videos of arrests have been posted across social media

18 Nov 2025 10:05 am
Iran suspends visa waiver for Indians after misuse by criminal elements; MEA issues advisory

Visa-free entry ends from November 22, 2025; MEA urges Indian nationals to remain vigilant and avoid agents offering visa-free travel or onward transit to third countries via Iran

18 Nov 2025 7:04 am
Trumps Spear of the South sparks regional alarm as Venezuela braces for U.S. moves

Washington declares operation Spear of the South against narco-terrorists and cartel head Nicolas Maduro. As it moves heavy firepower into the Caribbean, observers say the move could be aimed at regime change in Caracas and reasserting the U.S.s power over the region amid rising influence of China and Russia

17 Nov 2025 10:14 pm
Bangladesh urges Indian government to hand over Hasina, former Minister Kamal

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) of Bangladesh on Monday, November 17, ordered the execution by hanging of ousted Prime MinisterSheikh Hasinaand former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal

17 Nov 2025 5:07 pm
Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa region sparks fires at port

The attack damaged port equipment and several civilian vessels moored at the berths, says Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba

17 Nov 2025 4:12 pm
Bangladeshs Sheikh Hasina condemns guilty verdict in crimes against humanity trial

The former Bangladesh PM defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her

17 Nov 2025 3:26 pm
Bangladesh Tribunal begins delivering verdict against ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

The three-member tribunal will also pronounce its judgment against Sheikh Hasina's two aides, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, over the same charges

17 Nov 2025 1:06 pm
ICT verdict on Hasina LIVE: Dhaka under tight security

Charges include mass killings, attempted murder, conspiracy, and ordering violent crackdowns on protesters during July-August 2024; Bangladesh Border Guards deployed in Gopalganj; verdict to be broadcast live on national television

17 Nov 2025 9:15 am
Russian strikes kill one person in eastern Ukraine city

Among the wounded are a 14-year-old girl, a 12-year-old child and a 61-year-old man, who was taken to hospital, Synegubov added

17 Nov 2025 9:06 am
Trump plans to meet with Mamdani, says 'he will work something out' with New York City's Mayor-elect

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt clarified no date had been set for such a meeting

17 Nov 2025 8:03 am
Netanyahu insists there can be no Palestinian state, ahead of U.N. vote leaving that door open

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state

17 Nov 2025 4:58 am
EAM Jaishankar meets Qatars top leadership, discusses bilateral ties, global issues

Reviewed key aspects of our Strategic Partnership including energy, trade, investment and people to people connect. Appreciate the exchange of views on Middle East/West Asia, regional and global developments, S. Jaishankar said.

16 Nov 2025 10:06 pm
Tens of thousands rally in Manila over corruption scandal that implicates top Philippine officials

Construction companies were accused of giving dozens of influential politicians and officials huge kickbacks in order to win lucrative contracts and avoid accountability for anomalies in the projects

16 Nov 2025 1:16 pm
U.S. immigration raids begin in Charlotte, North Carolina

Department of Homeland Security did not provide details on the operation, including how many law enforcement officers took part or the number of people detained.

16 Nov 2025 7:02 am
New consensus and sharpening battle lines over Israel in the U.S.

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump quipped, Earlier, one word against Israel and your politics is over... Now, one word for Israel, and your politics could be over.

15 Nov 2025 11:04 pm
South Africa investigates mystery of plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza

The plane landed on November 13 morning at O.R. Tambo International Airport, but passengers were not allowed to disembark until late that night

15 Nov 2025 10:06 pm
Huge explosions rock industrial area near Argentinas capital, more than 20 injured

Hospital director Carlos Santoro said his facility had received 22 injured patients

15 Nov 2025 6:55 pm
Iran confirms seizure of oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

A report by the official Irna news agency carried a statement by the Revolutionary Guard that said the tanker was taken to Iranian waters but it did not elaborate on the illegal consignment

15 Nov 2025 6:11 pm
UN Security Council to vote on November 17 on Trump's Gaza plan

The United States and several Arab and Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, have called for the UN Security Council to quickly adopt the resolution

15 Nov 2025 10:11 am
U.S. presses for approval of U.N. resolution on Gaza as Russia offers rival proposal

Arab and other countries that have expressed interest in participating in the stabilisation force have indicated that such a mandate is necessary for them to contribute troops.

15 Nov 2025 5:35 am
4 TTP militants arrested in Islamabad suicide attack case: Pakistan government

Pakistan has repeatedly accused Afghanistans Taliban rulers of harbouring the TTP, a militant group responsible for a surge in attacks inside Pakistan since 2021

15 Nov 2025 2:05 am
Greenland limits foreigners' right to property

The new legislation means only people and companies from Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark will be allowed to buy property and land-use rights in Greenland

14 Nov 2025 11:00 pm
Bus crashes into a bus stop in Stockholm and causes fatalities, police say

Emergency services said the bus was not in service and no passengers were on board, according to a Swedish news agency

14 Nov 2025 10:11 pm
London judge finds global mining giant BHP Group liable in Brazil's worst environmental disaster

Enough mine waste to fill 13,000 Olympic-size swimming pools poured into the Doce River in southeastern Brazil

14 Nov 2025 5:10 pm
UN human rights body holds special session on Sudan after hundreds killed in Darfurs el-Fasher

The Human Rights Council was also debating a draft resolution calling on an existing team of independent experts to carry out an urgent inquiry into the killings and other rights violations in the city of el-Fasher by RSF

14 Nov 2025 4:06 pm
Pakistan's top court meets after two judges quit in protest at 'grave assault' on Constitution

Two judges of the Supreme Court had quit over the Constitutional amendment; Army chiefs term extended, and powers elevated, under the reform

14 Nov 2025 4:04 pm
East Europe and literary prizes: where David Szalay and Lszl Krasznahorkai meet

Recent award-winning books by several writers on post-war Europe Olga Tokarczuk, Peter Handke, Dubravka Ugrei, Georgi Gospodinov, Jenny Erpenbeck, Mircea Crtrescu, Serhiy Zhadan, Kapka Kassabova to Szalay and Krasznahorkai dont promise resolution but simply keep a ledger of how people live when history moves on, leaving them to work out the details

14 Nov 2025 3:15 pm
Thai King makes landmark visit to China, Xi vows closer ties

Chinas leader Xi Jinping described China and Thailand as truly good relatives, good friends and good partners,

14 Nov 2025 3:11 pm
China's Shenzhou-20 astronauts to return to Earth after delay due to orbital debris

Return of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and crew had been planned for November 5, after the Shenzhou-21 mission arrived to relieve them, says China Manned Space Agency

14 Nov 2025 11:59 am