DHAKA: Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir under anti-terrorism law following nationwide unrest, citing the threat posed...
WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump has triggered a controversy by raising questions on the racial identity of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris during...
TEHRAN: Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political office of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, has been assassinated in Tehran, according to a statement from...
GAZA: The Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has pledged to take revenge after its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian...
GENEVA: The UN human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced...
WASHINGTON: The Trump campaign has launched a new ad in battleground states alleging that dangerously liberal Kamala Harris failed to stop the invasion of...
TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned against conspiracies by “enemies and ill-wishers” to sow discord between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
He made the remarks...
WASHINGTON: Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called his likely Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, a “worse candidate” than President...
CHICAGO: McDonald’s has reported its first drop in global sales in over three years as inflation-weary consumers seek out cheaper options and cut back...
Vows to work towards free and peaceful Indo-Pacific
TOKYO: India and other Quad member nations reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific...
BEIRUT: Flights at Beirut airport have been cancelled or delayed with Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) saying disruptions to its schedule were related to...
BEIJING: President Mohamed Muizzu has thanked India and China for helping strengthen the Maldives’ fragile economy, highlighting the importance of the two countries in...
TOKYO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held "wide-ranging" talks with his American counterpart Antony Blinken against the backdrop of an unease in...
WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said incumbent US President Joe Biden was forced to exit the presidential race, describing it a "coup"...
WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his country's war in Gaza, telling the US Congress that "our enemies are your enemies" and...
BEIJING: Two Chinese and two Russian long-range bombers were tracked flying over international waters near Alaska and US and Canadian fighter jets were sent...
KATHMANDU: A passenger plane has crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, killing 18 people, aviation officials say.
The pilot...
DHAKA: Defending her decision to enforce a curfew with a shoot-on-sight order following violent clashes between the police and protesters in Bangladesh, Prime Minister...
NEW DELHI: Chinese scientists studying the soil samples of the moon brought by Chang'e-5 mission found water molecules in lunar soil, according to the...
MELBOURNE: The United States election will be held on November 5. On Sunday US time, President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential election contest...
DEIR AL-BALAH: Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel's campaign in the territory has now killed more than 39,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 89,800.
The new...
WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris has said she plans to "earn and win" the Democratic presidential nomination to defeat Donald Trump after President Joe Biden decided...