Wednesday | February 04, 2026 | Dhaka
AFP :Indian rescuers brought in a new digging machine Saturday to open a vertical shaft to free 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for two weeks, after efforts through another route hit...
BBC Online :Madagascar’s incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has won a third term, following a disputed election boycotted by the opposition and its supporters.He won 59% of the vote to defeat his two closest rivals,...
AFP :India’s aggressive infrastructure push into the ecologically fragile Himalayan mountains has been given a “wake-up call” by the collapse of a road tunnel that trapped 41 men, environmental experts say.The partial cave-in of...
Al Jazeera :Taiwan’s opposition parties have registered separate candidates for next year’s presidential elections, hours after an attempt to field a joint ticket against the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) collapsed in acrimony on...
AFP :Rioters who torched vehicles and looted shops in Dublin following a knife attack outside a school brought “shame” on Ireland, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday, condemning the worst violence in decades...
AFP :Former US President Donald Trump phoned Argentina’s president-elect Javier Milei and said he would visit him in Buenos Aires, Milei’s office said Thursday.Trump, who had already sent a warm video message to congratulate...
AFP :An Austrian association Thursday demanded that Adolf Hitler’s hometown of Braunau rename two streets commemorating Nazis and withdraw honorary citizenship from a composer linked to the dictator, denouncing an “insult to victims”.“It is...
AFP :Calm returned to Lebanon’s southern border Friday as a temporary truce took effect in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, according to state media, residents and an AFP journalist.Since the Gaza...
AP :The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi is permanently closed, it announced Friday, due to challenges from the Indian government and a lack of diplomatic support.In a press release, it said the decision was...
AP :Riot police used batons and tear gas to halt tens of thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former king who attempted to march to the center of the capital on Thursday to demand the...
Reuters :Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe.A fan of...
Al Jazeera :A former high-ranking US government official has been arrested after being captured on video calling a halal food vendor in New York City a “terrorist” and saying the death of 4,000 Palestinian...