DHAKA (AFP) – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, is expected to sweep the first polls since a violent 2024 revolt, Bangladeshi TV stations said Friday. In a party statement, senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi declared a “sweeping victory” but did not provide specific statistics. HeRead More →
Reuters/AFP, Washington Egypt and Turkey reported on Saturday that US President Donald Trump has extended an invitation to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join a newly established Gaza “Board of Peace,” which would supervise the territory’s provisional government. After a precarious truce thatRead More →
Minneapolis (Reuters) – On Wednesday, a US immigration officer shot and injured a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic check in Minneapolis, according to the authorities, raising concerns about an unexpected deployment of militarized federal officers in Minnesota’s most populated city. The US Department of Homeland Security, which is in chargeRead More →
DHAKA (AFP) Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s three-time prime minister who intended to lead her country for the last time after next year’s elections, died on Tuesday at the age of 80. Zia, a dominating figure in the South Asian country’s volatile power battles for decades, had promised to participate in theRead More →
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Two suspected shooters who attacked a Hanukkah gathering on Sydney’s Bondi Beach had been to the Philippines prior to the incident, which murdered 15 people and appeared to be inspired by Islamic State, authorities said on Tuesday. The incident on Sunday was Australia’s deadliest mass shooting inRead More →
According to a New South Wales ambulance representative, over a dozen victims were transported to area hospitals following the incident. SYDNEY (Reuters)— Gunmen opened fire on a Jewish holiday celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounded around a dozen more, according to AustralianRead More →
(Reuters) – Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) plans to create an exchange-traded fund that would invest in a variety of cryptocurrency tokens, including bitcoin, ether, solana, and ripple, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.Read More →
(Web Desk) – Iran is eager to continue nuclear discussions with the United States, according to President Masoud Pezeshkian, but only if Washington can rebuild confidence after recent confrontations. In an interview with former US television presenter Tucker Carlson published on Monday, the Iranian president remarked, “We see no problemRead More →
(AFP) – The Trump administration has exempted smartphones, computers and added electronics from its backbreaking “reciprocal” tariffs—abbreviating the amount of appulse on American consumers for a host of accepted high-tech products. The exemptions, appear backward on Friday in a apprehension by the US Customs and Border Protection office, awning assortedRead More →
A Russian ballistic missile advance on Ukraine’s northeastern burghal of Sumy dead at atomic 21 bodies and blood-soaked 83 on Palm Sunday, Kyiv said, in addition baleful advance on civilians that came afterwards a top US official travelled to Russia. Sumy lies abutting to the Russian bound and has appearRead More →
