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NEW DELHI: A draft has been prepared by the interim government in Bangladesh to scrap August 15th as a national holiday. Forty-nine years ago, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated on this day, and it has since been observed as a holiday…

London: The UK has experienced more than a week of violent rioting, during which white nationalists have marauded through towns and cities, fighting with police and calling for borders to be closed to keep out immigrants. Gangs have…

Tehran: A mother of two has been left paraplegic after being shot by Iranian police over an alleged violation of the country's strict hijab rules, BBC has reported quoting sources. "She is paralysed from the waist down, and doctors have…

NEW DELHI: Torrential storms lashing South Asia have killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands since June, official data showed Tuesday, with flooding and landslides causing widespread devastation during the treacherous monsoon…

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has rejected the bail application of Bushra Bibi, the wife of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, in 12 cases related to the May 9 violence of last year, which erupted when the Pakistan…

LOS ANGELES: A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but no major damage or injuries were immediately…

In a report by Israeli rights group B’Tselem, a Palestinian prisoner who was lodged in the Megiddo prison is quoted as saying: "When we got off the bus, a soldier said to us: 'Welcome to hell.'"

All of Brazil — but in particular victims’ loved ones — are eager to learn why these people were ripped from this world.

According to authorities, around 121,000 people have fled the Kursk region since the start of the fighting, which has killed at least 12 civilians and injured 121 more,

Lt Gen (retd.) Hameed was considered extremely powerful when he headed the spy agency from 2019 to 2021. He was appointed when the then ISI chief and current Army chief Lt Gen Asim Munir was prematurely removed from the post reportedly…

Musk, a former Trump critic, said the Republican nominee’s toughness, as demonstrated by his reaction to last month’s shooting, was critical for national security.

Earlier, in his nightly address on late Saturday, Zelenskyy had indirectly acknowledged Ukraine's military incursion into Russia's Kursk border region by terming it as an attempt to "push the war out into the aggressor's territory."

Yunus said a key priority of the interim government is to restore the independence of the judiciary.

The two leaders would discuss events about the Gaza-Israel war. They will also talk about Russia's role in the war against Ukraine and what can be done to maintain peace.

Police forces in Bangladesh have refused to work as they have been butchered in the violence even when they surrendered.

Israel on Saturday bombed a school in the Gaza city which housed about 250 Palestinians, mostly women and children displaced from other parts of the war-torn region. The attack killed around 100 people, mostly children, according to Gaza…

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan was appointed to helm the Supreme Court last year and is seen as a loyalist to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Local media said homes, people and animals were engulfed in the landslide at the garbage dump in Kiteezi, a district in the north of Kampala, after heavy rainfall.

Harris and Nancy Pelosi can both trace their political origins and their brand of liberal politics to the 1963 mayoral election in San Francisco.

Sao Paulo: A plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, local officials said. The aircraft, a French-made ATR 72-500 operated by the airline Voepass, was travelling…