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Bangladesh saw fresh unrest after the death of anti-India activist Sharif Osman Hadi, with violent protests targeting media houses, political offices and Indian diplomatic premises.
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Hadi was shot in Dhaka while travelling on a rickshaw a week ago, after two men on a motorbike followed him and opened fire before fleeing
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Widespread protests erupted across Bangladesh after student uprising leader Sharif Osman Hadi died from gunshot injuries, triggering attacks on media houses, diplomatic premises and political offices.
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TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has signed binding deals to sell over 80% of the app’s US business to American and global investors, paving the way for a new US-based joint venture and ending years of uncertainty.
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An appointee in New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s incoming administration resigned after decade-old antisemitic social media posts resurfaced, with Mamdani accepting her apology and departure.
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EU leaders debated using frozen Russian assets to back a major loan for Ukraine, as Belgium sought guarantees against retaliation and divisions emerged over legality, risk-sharing and support timelines ahead.
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A Cessna business jet crashed after takeoff in North Carolina, killing seven people including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife and children, with investigators probing the cause still unknown.
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Authorities have identified a suspect in the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine. A warrant has been issued after a week-long manhunt, as investigations continue.
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House Democrats released 68 photographs from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, showing high-profile figures, passports, and documents, while urging the Justice Department to release the full files by Friday under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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The Kennedy Center was renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center after a trustees’ vote, reflecting President Donald Trump’s expanded influence over the institution, while raising political and legal questions about governance and authority.
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US Democrats publish 68 new photos linked to Jeffrey Epstein, showing prominent figures, while stressing appearances do not indicate wrongdoing.
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The Kennedy Center’s board unanimously voted to rename the John F. Kennedy Center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, citing President Donald Trump’s role in restoring its finances, facilities and reputation.
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Sharif Osman Hadi, July uprising organiser and Inquilab Mancha convener, died in Singapore days after being shot in Dhaka. Protests erupted nationwide, and Bangladesh declared a one-day national mourning.
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Sharif Osman Hadi, convener of Inquilab Mancha and July uprising organiser, died in Singapore days after being shot in Dhaka. Bangladesh declared a one-day mourning, with investigations ordered into the assassination.
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President Trump signed an executive order to reclassify cannabis as Schedule III, easing FDA research on medical uses, while stressing it does not legalize recreational marijuana nationwide.
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The Trump administration proposed sweeping federal rules to restrict gender-affirming care for minors, cutting Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals offering such treatments, with officials calling procedures “malpractice” and risking legal challenges.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has sanctioned two additional International Criminal Court judges over investigations into alleged Israeli war crimes, prompting condemnation from the Hague-based court over judicial independence.
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India resumed visa services at its Dhaka centre after security shutdowns, while facilities in Khulna and Rajshahi remained closed amid anti-India protests and heightened diplomatic tensions with Bangladesh.
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A Cessna C550 business jet crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina, sparking a large fire as federal agencies launched investigations.
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India faces rising tensions with Bangladesh as anti-India protests force visa centre closures while repeated Bangladeshi fishing boat incursions into India’s EEZ heighten diplomatic, security and maritime concerns.
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India had Wednesday summoned Bangladesh’s High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah to lodge a strong protest over what it described as a rapidly deteriorating security environment in the neighbouring country.
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The hunting club’s president, Vanja Kuet, told Serbian news outlet Blic Online that Naveed had attended the association about five years ago.
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The problems include “leaking raw sewage, non-functional toilets, and general disrepair of facilities,” according to the report
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The last population fall was during the Covid-19 pandemic, when Canada’s population slipped by just 1,232 people in the final quarter of 2020.
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Human-AI relationships are no longer a fringe phenomenon. From companionship to symbolic marriage, they are becoming part of modern emotional life.
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The documents relate to investigations into Epstein, who died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now serving a 20-year prison sentence.
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Despite repeated deportations, stricter visa rules and warnings from host nations, organised begging networks linked to Pakistan continue to operate across borders.
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While the visuals appeared extraordinary, snowfall in northern Saudi Arabia is not unprecedented and this is not the first time it has happened.
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New South Wales Police said officers intercepted the vehicles after receiving specific intelligence. The force said action was taken after they were alerted that “a violent act was possibly being planned”.
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The report was tabled in Parliament by the Shashi Tharoor-chaired committee and draws on inputs from government officials and non-governmental experts.
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This is not an isolated case. Over the last three months, the Indian Coast Guard has apprehended several Bangladeshi fishing vessels and detained more than a hundred crew members for violating India’s EEZ.
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The British sanctions also designated a cadre of companies, including Lakhani’s Mercantile & Maritime Group.
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Walmart, founded in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, has grown into the world’s largest retailer by revenue, clocking $681 billion in annual sales.
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Pakistan, along with some Gulf nations, has banned the screening of Dhurandhar, calling it “negative propaganda.” But beyond official press releases and court filings, the ban appears to exist largely on paper.
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Pakistan's FBR had reached out to the IMF at its headquarters in Washington via email, hoping for a GST relief on contraceptives.
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The strategy follows data cited by the government showing that more than 40 percent of young men hold a positive view of so-called manosphere influencer Andrew Tate.
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The United States and its allies believed they had locked China out of the most critical technology needed to build cutting-edge chips. That confidence is now under strain.
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Data retrieved from the GPS device showed that the seagull had travelled over 10,000 kilometres, including across Arctic regions, before reaching India’s western coast.
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The deal also includes 60 self-propelled howitzer artillery systems and related equipment worth more than $4 billion and drones valued at more than $1 billion.
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The long list of things that could go wrong suggests that drawdowns and volatility spikes are likely during 2026, especially given an investor base that is so determined to chase the market higher. Here’s a closer look at the challenges to the upbeat outlook.
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While economists in Russia are divided on whether such a trajectory is financially sustainable, the more immediate challenge for the government is the rising cost of servicing its debt.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged stricter hate speech laws and tougher penalties after an antisemitic attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach killed 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, and sparked nationwide outrage.
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The latest disruptions come after a series of visa-related challenges for Indians. Earlier this year, delays in F-1 student visa processing affected college admission timelines. More recently, proposals to raise work visa fees unsettled the H-1B community.
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The White House is hinting at one-off cheques and an unusually large 2026 refund season, but details are thin and economists warn cash payouts do little to fix the drivers of high costs.
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A new regulatory filing lays bare the incentives, pressure tactics and last-minute manoeuvres behind one of Hollywood’s most bruising takeover fights.
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A person close to Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner recounts the hours surrounding the discovery of their deaths, responds to reports about family tensions, and outlines what authorities have disclosed so far about the case against their son.
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Islamic State is no longer a state-building force, but its messaging still reaches lonely, volatile individuals and nudges them towards simple, high-casualty attacks that are hard for security agencies to predict.
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US President Donald Trump has unveiled a one-time $1,776 cash payout for eligible active-duty and reserve US Army members, with payments expected before Christmas.
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To supporters, she is exactly the leader BP needs. To critics, she represents an industry choosing regression over reinvention
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A late-life baby announcement by Chinese painter Fan Zeng has triggered a storm online, after reports said he has cut ties with his older children, sharpening an already sensitive debate on inheritance, age-gap marriages and family control.
