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Unease grips Bangladesh amid protests in civil administration over interim govt policies

A prominent business community leader, Showkat Aziz Russell, meanwhile, said businessmen in the country were being killed just like the intellectuals in the 1971 Liberation War. He warned of famine-like situation as more people become jobless

25 May 2025 10:10 pm
Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza including a woman and her 2 children, medics say

Israel renews offensive in Gaza, aiming to destroy Hamas and return hostages, amid international controversy and casualties

25 May 2025 7:07 pm
Bangladesh court begins first trial of Hasina-era officials

The list of those facing trial includes Dhaka's former police commissioner, Habibur Rahman, who is among those being tried in absentia.

25 May 2025 5:16 pm
Erdogan, Pakistan PM Sharif to meet in Istanbul on May 25

Turkish President Erdogan to meet with Pakistans PM Sharif in Istanbul to discuss bilateral relations and global issues

25 May 2025 5:09 pm
Trump defends block on foreign students at Harvard

At Harvard, the government has threatened to put $9 billion of funding under review, then went on to freeze a first tranche of $2.2 billion of grants and $60 million of official contracts.

25 May 2025 4:08 pm
A massive Russian drone-and-missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 7 people, officials say

The attack came on the third day of a planned prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine, the only tangible outcome from peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month which have so far failed to produce a ceasefire

25 May 2025 12:13 pm
Indonesian President, Chinese premier meet to discuss expanding trade during U.S. trade war

Mr. Li brought 60 Chinese prominent businesspeople for his address to the Indonesia-China Business Reception on Sunday evening

25 May 2025 11:02 am
Russia says it captures three more settlements in east Ukraine

In recent months, Moscow has also tried to advance in Sumy region, particularly after Russia's military said it had ousted Ukrainian troops from the Russian border region of Kursk

25 May 2025 3:00 am
Steve Witkoff | Developer-turned-diplomat

The U.S. Presidents Special Envoy to the Middle East uses the negotiation skills and mindset that helped the duo crack complicated property deals to tackle complex geopolitical issues

25 May 2025 2:10 am
South Korea says concerned by China's 'no-sail zone' in overlapping waters

The MSA did not provide a reason, according to Newsweek, but South Korean media reported it was for military training purposes, citing the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency.

24 May 2025 9:12 pm
Pilot and passengers killed in San Diego plane crash

In an audio recording posted to the air traffic website liveatc.net, the pilot can be heard asking about weather conditions prior to descent, while indicating that visibility was down to a minimum.

24 May 2025 9:05 pm
Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack; explosions heard throughout city

The debris of intercepted missiles and drones fell in at least four city districts of the capital early Saturday (May 24, 2025), acting head of Kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on Telegram

24 May 2025 7:02 am
South Africas Police Minister says Trump twisted facts to push genocide claims

Senzo Mchunu said Donald Trump's claims that the crosses represented more than 1,000 burial sites were part of his genocide story referring to the U.S. presidents allegations in recent weeks that there is a widespread campaign in South Africa to kill white farmers

24 May 2025 6:05 am
Ceasefire with India is holding, we are fully committed to it: Pakistan Foreign Office

Shafqat Ali Khan also said that the two militaries have a channel of communication through the Directors General of Military Operations, through which they are working for de-escalation

24 May 2025 12:37 am
U.K.'s Chagos Islands deal risks entrenching exile of some islanders: rights group

As part of the agreement, Mauritius will be able to resettle Chagossian islanders, expelled from the archipelago by Britain in the 1960s, to all of its over 50 islands, apart from Diego Garcia

23 May 2025 9:59 pm
Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariffs if iPhone assembly doesnt move to U.S.

Mr. Trump previously said in Doha that he wanted iPhone manufacturing to be done completely in the US. Now, he is backing that demand with a tariff threat.

23 May 2025 6:12 pm
Stop making cents: U.S. Mint moves forward with plans to kill penny

By stopping the penny's production, the Treasury expects an immediate annual savings of $56 million in reduced material costs, according to the official.

23 May 2025 5:58 pm
North Korea denies severe damage of warship; full investigation under way on its failed launch

North Korea has begun steps to arrest and investigate those responsible for a failed launch of its second naval destroyer this week

23 May 2025 1:58 pm
Army Chief General Zaman vs Chief Adviser Prof Yunus: Power struggle in Bangladesh over timing of election

Addressing the Commanding Officers in Wednesdays meeting, Army Chief General Waker Uz Zaman said certain policies of the interim government were not part of the understanding on which the interim government was configured after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government last August.

23 May 2025 1:05 pm
Investment, not tariffs, says Japan PM after telephone talks with Trump before 3rd round of talks

Mr. Ishiba said he reminded Mr. Trump that Japan's position was for the U.S. administration to scrap all recent tariffs on imports from Japan, to which the U.S. president made no specific response.

23 May 2025 11:58 am
Israeli politician critiques the Gaza wars toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry

His words were a shock to the system because, outside of the countrys politically marginalised left, criticism focused on Palestinian civilian suffering and deaths has rarely been spoken publicly in Israel.

23 May 2025 10:15 am
Pope Leo XIVs call to tame AI sets tone for Christian leaders

Pope Leo XIV singled out the challenges of artificial intelligence as he took office this month, underscoring religious leaders' hopes to influence the technology

23 May 2025 8:57 am
Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from footage in Congo, not South Africa, says report

In meeting with South Africa's president, Trump showed article with picture of body bags; Trump said bodies were those of white South Africans killed in the country; picture was a screenshot of a Reuters video taken in Congo in February.

23 May 2025 8:11 am
Migrants deported from U.S. to South Sudan held in Djibouti, in a U.S. military base

The migrants left the United States on a flight on May 20, bound for South Sudan instead of their nations of origin, after Washington failed to obtain approval from their respective governments to take them back.

23 May 2025 7:04 am
Bangladesh army chief wants elections 'by December'

General Waker-Uz-Zaman was reported to have told officers on Wednesday that elections should be held by December this year if not earlier, according to Bangladeshi newspapers

22 May 2025 9:07 pm
Iran to hold U.S. responsible for any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites

Iran strongly warns against any adventurism by the Zionist regime and will respond decisively to any threat or unlawful act by this regime, says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

22 May 2025 8:56 pm
Small plane crashes into San Diego neighbourhood, setting home, cars on fire

We have jet fuel all over the place...Our main goal is to search all these homes and get everybody out right now, says Assistant Fire Department Chief Dan Eddy

22 May 2025 7:14 pm
Jewish museum shooting suspect mistaken for victim: witnesses

We heard gunshots and then a man comes in and he looks really distressed. People are talking to him and trying to calm him down, Katie Kalisher, who said she was inside the Capital Jewish Museum when the attack happened, told U.S. media

22 May 2025 5:08 pm
Second Lancet Commission on adolescent health records some gains; indicates need for more investments, laws to ensure wellbeing

The report pointed out that funding for adolescent health and wellbeing is not commensurate with the magnitude of the challenge and is not targeted to the areas of greatest need

22 May 2025 4:18 pm
Three decades later, NATO parliamentarians head to site of Dayton Peace Accords

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly, a transatlantic forum of about 300 parliamentarians from the organisation's 32 member nations, is set to arrive in Dayton for their five-day meeting

22 May 2025 1:12 pm
Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia seek unpaid wages from supplier to Japanese companies

The workers at Kawaguchi Manufacturing's factory in Port Klang were left stranded when the company withheld their wages for up to eight months before shutting down late last year

22 May 2025 12:09 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu promises new Gaza aid delivery plan as supplies still fail to reach Palestinians

The U.N. says it is trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians

22 May 2025 12:01 pm