Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election, giving her party — the Awami League — a fourth consecutive term, the… Continue reading Sheikh Hasina re-elected as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister for a fourth term
Tokyo, Jan 8 (IANS) The death toll reached 128 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, six days after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the… Continue reading 128 killed, 195 missing in Japan’s quake-hit Ishikawa prefecture
Jerusalem/Ramallah, Jan 8 (IANS) Seven Palestinians were killed by an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank, while an Israeli police officer was killed when her vehicle hit a… Continue reading 7 Palestinians, Israeli officer killed in West Bank
Damascus, Jan 8 (IANS) Two members of Iran-affiliated militias were seriously injured in an attack by a suspected US drone strike in the eastern Syrian province of Deir al-Zour, a… Continue reading 2 Iran-affiliated fighters injured in suspected US drone attack in Syria
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) Nationwide voting opened on Sunday morning in Bangladesh’s general elections to elect 299 members of the Parliament. The voting started at 8:00 a.m. local time at… Continue reading Voting begins for Bangladesh’s general elections
Sydney, Jan 7 (IANS) Police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Sunday that a 31-year-old man was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. local time, following a series of… Continue reading Four injured in Melbourne stabbing attacks
Tehran, Jan 7 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the security of Gaza and the West Bank is interconnected with that of the region and “war is… Continue reading Iranian FM says security of Palestine, region interconnected
Athens, Jan 7 (IANS) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Hania, Crete, and expressed growing concern over the humanitarian situation in… Continue reading Greek PM meets Blinken, expresses concern over Gaza situation
Tel Aviv, Jan 7 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that it has “dismantled” the military framework of Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral… Continue reading Have dismantled military framework of Hamas in northern Gaza: IDF
Tel Aviv, Jan 6 (IANS) The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said that most of the children and pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are not able… Continue reading Children, pregnant woman in Gaza not able to meet their nutrition needs: UNICEF
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Friday set up the Presidential election later in the year as a battle to save democracy in the US and portrayed… Continue reading 2024 Presidential poll a battle for democracy, Trump the main threat: Biden
Mexico City, Jan 6 (IANS) Four people were killed when a light aircraft crashed onto a lot belonging to an airport in Ramos Arizpe, a town in north Mexico’s Coahuila… Continue reading 4 killed after light plane crashes in Mexico
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified from appearing on Colorado’s primary ballot, setting up a… Continue reading US SC agrees to review Trump’s Colorado ballot eligibility
Gaza, Jan 6 (IANS) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put the focus of his tour in the Middle East on ending Israel’s… Continue reading Hamas leader urges Blinken to end Gaza conflict on Mideast tour
St. Petersburg, Jan 5 (IANS) Temperature in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, has dropped to -25.3 degrees Celsius, a frost that the city has not seen in 74 years, the… Continue reading St. Petersburg’s temperature hits 74-year low
