Thursday | January 29, 2026 | Dhaka
AFP : More than 210 people are now confirmed dead after Hurricane Helene carved a path of destruction through several US states, officials said on Thursday, making it the second deadliest storm to hit...
Deutsche Welle : A boat capsized in Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday, with well over 200 people on board.The governor of South Kivu, Jean-Jacques Purusi, was quoted by...
AFP : India’s government has insisted that marital rape should be treated more leniently than other rape offences in an ongoing Supreme Court case brought by campaigners seeking to outlaw it.The penal code introduced...
AFP : As a bitterly contested US election campaign enters its final stretch, misinformation researchers have raised the alarm over threats posed by AI and foreign influence — but voters appear more concerned about...
AFP : Iran’s supreme leader vowed in a rare address on Friday that his allies around the region would keep fighting Israel, as he defended his country’s missile strike on its arch-foe.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s...
Reuters : A Singapore court charged a property billionaire on Friday with obstructing justice and abetting offences, over flights and luxury hotel accommodation given to a disgraced ex-transport minister sentenced to jail the previous...
Al Jazeera : Israel and Iran have never been closer to sparking a regional war in the Middle East. Iran on Tuesday launched a two-wave ballistic missile attack in response to Israel’s killing of...
BBC : The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that, three months ago, it killed three senior Hamas leaders in Gaza.Among them is Rawhi Mushtaha, identified by the IDF as the head of the...
CNN : Two people have died after a typhoon slammed into southwestern Taiwan, deluging the major port city of Kaohsiung with heavy rain and forcing the island to shut down for a second day.With...
AFP : The World Health Organization chief warned Tuesday that Lebanon’s health system was struggling to keep up, after Israel escalated airstrikes and launched ground raids into the country.“The death toll in Lebanon is...
Agency : The United Kingdom has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that will secure the future of a key US military base on the...
Al Jazeera : Dozens of Palestinians are reported to have been killed as Israel has stepped up its military operations across Gaza. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that at least 51 people had...