Tuesday | January 27, 2026 | Dhaka
Agency : South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun following widespread criticism over the president’s brief imposition of martial law. Choi Byung-hyuk, South Korea’s ambassador to...
Agency : South Korea’s opposition parties Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers climbed...
AFP : Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Wednesday that Tokyo was monitoring the situation in South Korea with “exceptional and serious concerns” after the Asian neighbour’s president declared then revoked martial law overnight....
Al Jazeera : The latest US sanctions are part of an effort to disrupt Iran’s use of oil revenue to finance its nuclear programme.The United States has piled on additional sanctions against Iran targeting...
Al Jazeera : South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has declared emergency martial law in the country.In an unannounced live address, Yoon said the move was aimed at safeguarding a “liberal South Korea from the...
Agency : China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications.The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the...
Agency : NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Tuesday sidestepped questions about Ukraine’s possible membership of the military alliance, saying that the priority now must be to strengthen the country’s hand in any future peace...
AFP : Palestinian Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly run post-war Gaza, negotiators from both sides said Tuesday.Under the plan, which needs Abbas’s approval,...
Agency : Syrian insurgents have captured four towns in a significant push toward the central city of Hama, opposition activists reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, government forces reclaimed the village of Khanaser, highlighting the fluid and...
AL Jazeera : Authorities in Thailand and Malaysia are on high alert for more intense rainfall after days of monsoon rains triggered devastating floods that killed dozens of people and displaced tens of thousands.Officials...
AFP : Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi met President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus Sunday to deliver a message of support, state media said, after a lightning rebel advance cost the government control of Syria’s...
AFP : A deadly stampede at a football match killed at least 56 people in Guinea’s second city N’Zerekore, the junta-controlled government said on Monday.The events at Sunday’s match, which were initially reported as...