Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers receive UN’s highest honour
Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers who were killed while serving under the United Nations flag in Sudan have been posthumously awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjöld Medal at...
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Oman rejects US pressure to sever Iran ties
Oman is resisting US pressure to distance itself from Iran, insisting that its engagement with Tehran has focused solely on discussions about a future management...
Marjane Satrapi, author of ‘Persepolis,’ dies
The Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, who became known worldwide through her graphic novel and film “Persepolis,” has died at the age of 56, according to...
Cockroach Janta Party gears up for June 6 protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the youth-led social media movement that has rapidly gained traction online, is preparing for a protest in New Delhi on...
Hamas says won’t surrender arms in Gaza
Hamas says it will not hand over its weapons right now, resisting ongoing disarmament demands and stating that the ultimate fate of its military arsenal...
US Senate passes $70 billion ICE funding
The US Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning (5 June), passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security...
Gunfire kills teen, wounds three after US graduation ceremony
Gunfire after a graduation ceremony at a northern California high school killed a teenager and wounded three other people on Wednesday in a parking lot...
Israel’s Smotrich announces plan for 2,162 homes in occupied West Bank
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a major expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as he pushes to annex more of the...
Trump hits back at ‘unpatriotic’ vote after House rebukes him over Iran
US President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, labelling the group “unpatriotic”....
‘Elon Musk trying to whip up division over student’s murder’
UK leader Keir Starmer accused US tech tycoon Elon Musk on Thursday of “trying to whip up division” in Britain following anger over the police...
Israel and Lebanon agree to implement ceasefire if Hezbollah stops attacks
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon in which Hezbollah operatives would...
21 killed in hotel fire in New Delhi, many victims reported to be foreigners
At least 21 people were killed and dozens rescued after a massive fire swept through a hotel in India’s capital on Wednesday morning, officials said....