Monday | February 16, 2026 | Dhaka
BSS/AFP :The United Nations Ukraine crisis coordinator, Amin Awad, on Sunday called for an “immediate stop” to fighting in Mariupol to allow the evacuation of trapped civilians in the battered city “today”.“The lives of...
BSS :The first commercial flight out of Yemen’s rebel-held capital in six years was indefinitely postponed on Sunday, after failing to obtain permits from the Saudi-led coalition, the national carrier said on Sunday.Yemen’s government...
Al Jazeera :A 21-year-old Palestinian man who suffered a serious head injury on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday has fallen into a coma and is in critical condition, his family says.Walid al-Sharif has been...
BSS/AFP :A child died and 45 people were rescued on Saturday after a boat carrying around 60 migrants sank off Lebanon, where deadly sea crossings have spiralled due to an economic crisis. “Forty-five people...
BSS/AFP :Israel said that it would close its only crossing from the Gaza Strip for workers on Sunday in response to overnight rocket fire, stopping short of conducting retaliatory strikes in an apparent bid...
BSS/AFP :Ukraine said it would make a fresh attempt on Saturday to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, the devastated port city largely controlled by Russian forces, as hopes for a weekend truce during Orthodox Easter...
Al Jazeera :Mainomoti Soren, a 42-year-old farmer in Dewanganj village in eastern India, was one of at least 100 women who clashed with supporters of a political rally in her village over the government’s...
BSS/AFP :Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they would not stop avenging a top general killed in a US attack as a condition to end sanctions, a sticking point in nuclear talks.Iran has been engaged...
BSS/AFP :Six people died Thursday when a fire engulfed a Russian military research institute involved in developing air defence systems in the northwestern city of Tver, local officials said.Russian television showed thick black smoke...
BSS/AFP :Former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki, who led the East African country for more than a decade, has died, his successor Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Friday. He was 90.”it is a sad day for...
BSS/AFP :Britain and India agreed a “new and expanded” defence and security partnership on Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in New Delhi.Johnson is visiting India just as he faces criticism from his...
BSS/AFP :The United States and Cuba on Thursday held their highest-level talks since President Joe Biden took office, but Washington said they focused narrowly on migration and did not herald any broader thaw.The United...