Indian activist moved to hospital after 20-day hunger strike
New Delhi police forcibly moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to a hospital on Saturday over health concerns after a 20-day hunger strike in protest against India’s...
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Lebanon’s president departs for Washington
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday left Beirut for Washington, where he is expected to meet Donald Trump, the Lebanese presidency said, after talks between...
India launches first private orbital rocket
India’s first privately built orbital rocket took its maiden flight on Saturday, its company said, marking a significant step for the South Asian giant as...
Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions
As Europe faces repeated, dangerous heat waves, the question is no longer whether rich countries need climate adaptation. It is whether they are willing to...
Ukrainians call to replace army chief
Protesters in Kyiv called for the dismissal of Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s removal of a popular defence minister sparked outrage and...
UN to list more sites as ‘in danger’ from conflict or climate change
The United Nations looks set to list a Biblical site, Lebanese castles, an antelope migration path and the world’s deepest lake as world treasures under...
7 killed as drone attacks in Russia
Waves of Ukrainian drone attacks killed seven warehouse workers and injured dozens more, while another attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in the...
Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians
Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinians, including an elderly man, during raids across the Hebron Governorate in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning. Osama Makhamra,...
Venezuela quake death toll exceeds 5,000
The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month killed over 5,000 people, National Assembly chief Jorge Rodriguez posted on Telegram Friday. The 7.2 and 7.5...
PM orders tougher action against air crisis
Staff Reporter Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday directed the authorities to step up efforts to curb air and noise pollution, ordering stricter enforcement against...
Subrata Bain aide Bappi arrested
The Motijheel Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arrested alleged shooter Tanim Reza alias Bappi, described as an associate of top criminal Subrata Bain,...
Measles-linked deaths climb to 784
Bangladesh has recorded four more deaths with symptoms consistent with measles, taking the combined number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths to 784, according to...