Thursday | January 22, 2026 | Dhaka
AFP: The United States said Thursday it has approved its first direct funding for a controversial Israeli-supported relief effort in the Gaza Strip and urged other countries to follow suit. “We have approved funding...
Survivors of Israeli airstrikes in Iran describe losing family members and homes in an instant. Many say they were ordinary civilians caught in the bombing. Iran’s health ministry says over 600 people were killed...
The Guardian : NATO agreed to increase defence spending from 2pc to 5pc of GDP annually by 2035, announced Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of the Alliance, who addressed the media at the end...
AFP : Indian investigators have successfully retrieved data from the black boxes of a Boeing plane, after it crashed in one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, the government said on Thursday.All but...
Reuters : Self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s unexpected upset in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday exhilarated progressive activists, who had banded together to prevent the more moderate former New York Governor...
AP : Officials in Myanmar’s major cities destroyed about $300 million worth of confiscated illegal drugs Thursday.The destroyed drugs included opium, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, ketamine and the stimulant known as ice, or crystal meth,...
Reuters : US President Donald Trump wants a pay raise for troops, more high-tech missiles and drones in next year’s defence budget, while cutting Navy jobs, and buying fewer ships and fighter jets to...
AP : Zohran Mamdani, 33, a Uganda-born Indian Muslim who served in the New York State Assembly in Queens, appears to have defeated former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for...
AFP : Taiwan said Wednesday military drills to be held in July will involve the largest ever mobilization of reservists for the annual exercises, which are being extended to improve the island’s response to...
Reuters : Iran’s parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to suspend cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, state-affiliated news outlet Nournews reported. The move, which needs the final approval of Iran’s Supreme National Security...
Al Jazeera : Vietnam will end capital punishment for eight categories of serious crime – including embezzlement, attempts to overthrow the government and sabotaging state infrastructure, state media has reported. The state-run Vietnam News...
