
UN: Abuses against Hindus, Ahmadiyya muslims during protests
Human rights abuses were inflicted on some members of Bangladeshi Hindu, Ahmadiyya Muslim, and indigenous communities during anti-discrimination protests and its aftermath last year, a UN report said. “Bangladesh’s former government, security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League party, systematically engaged in a range of serious...
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Investigators file criminal complaints against Duterte
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Leaders of Indonesia, Turkiye hold talks on defence, economic ties
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Trump readies matching tariffs on trade partners
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Trump admn battles lawsuit to block USAID dismantling
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Bangladesh newspaper editor acquitted
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US Treasury to stop minting new pennies
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Trump repeats pledge to take control of Gaza
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Indian restaurants among targets of UK ‘blitz’ against illegal migrants
Indian restaurants, nail bars, convenience stores, and car washes were among the targets of what the Home Office on Monday described as a “UK-wide blitz” on illegal working in the country. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said her department’s Immigration Enforcement teams had a record-breaking January as they descended on 828 premises...
Trump recognises Feb 9 as ‘Gulf of America Day’
US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation recognising February 9 as “the first-ever Gulf of America Day” after a recent executive order by him to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Trump signed the proclamation on Sunday on his way to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, which sits on the...
UK shadow ministers join protest against China’s mega embassy plan
UK shadow ministers and fellow Opposition Conservative Party parliamentarians were among hundreds of protesters who descended upon the proposed site of China’s so-called mega embassy in east London. Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick, shadow security minister Tom Tugendhat and former Tory leader Ian Duncan Smith joined groups representing Hong Kongers,...
Rescuers search for 28 in China landslide
(): Emergency teams in China’s southwestern Sichuan province raced against time Sunday to locate 28 people after a landslide triggered by rains killed one person and buried homes. Nearly 1,000 personnel were deployed following the landslide in the village of Jinping in Junlian county on Saturday. Some officers navigated through the...
Britain navigates rough waters as Trump strains ‘special relationship
Ever since Winston Churchill coined the phrase in the wake of World War II, politicians have extolled the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain. Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, Britain will settle for a merely functional relationship with its former colony turned most important ally. As Trump threatens...
Imran: Army should return to its constitutional limits
n Jailed former Pakistan premier Imran Khan on Sunday penned an open letter to Army chief Gen Asim Munir in which he criticised the military’s unlawful actions and its engagement in politics and urged it “to return to its constitutional limits”. In the letter posted on X, the Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder...
PTI rules out possibility of resumption of dialogue with govt
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Leader of Opposition in National Assembly, Omar Ayub Khan, has ruled out the possibility of resumption of the dialogue between the party and the government, a news report said on Sunday. “The chapter of talks is now closed,” Geo News quoted Ayub as...