Sunday | January 18, 2026 | Dhaka
Al Jazeera : The Taliban has denied implementing a nationwide internet ban, following a communications blackout across Afghanistan this week. In a statement made to Pakistani journalists on a chat group on Wednesday, Taliban...
Reuters : Brazil’s coffee sector is going through a stinky time amid punitive US tariffs but a specialty coffee that passes through the digestive tract of the exotic Jacu bird is emerging from the...
NN ONLINE: The US federal government has shut down after lawmakers from both parties failed to reach a budget agreement, threatening widespread disruptions across the country. The impasse affects federal funding through October...
NN ONLINE: At least 69 people have been confirmed dead after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Cebu province in the central Philippines late Tuesday night, trapping residents in collapsed houses, nightclubs, and businesses. The...
Agency : Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina dissolved his government on Monday following days of deadly unrest which the United Nations says left at least 22 people dead. “I have decided to terminate the functions...
AFP : President Donald Trump will on Tuesday speak at a rare gathering of hundreds of senior US military officers summoned, without public explanation, from around the world to meet at a base near...
AFP : Searchers raced Tuesday to rescue at least 38 people still believed trapped after the collapse of an Islamic school building in Indonesia that has already left three dead, authorities said. The building...
AFP : South Africa’s ambassador to France, formerly a long-serving cabinet minister, was found dead on Tuesday outside a Paris hotel after the window of his room in the high rise building was forced...
Reuters : Washington braced for a fast-approaching government shutdown on Tuesday, as Republicans and Democrats appeared unlikely to reach an agreement that would extend funding past a midnight deadline. The Republican-controlled Senate is expected...
NN ONLINE: As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepens, women say they have been exploited by men — some linked to aid groups — who promised food, medicine, supplies or work in exchange for sexual...
Agency : US President Donald Trump hopes to finalize a Gaza peace plan proposal in a meeting on Monday with Israel’s Prime Minister, Trump told Reuters on Sunday, as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into...
