23-01-2026 LONDON: Frontier market economies have failed to ​live up to their potential in recent decades, suffering from a sharp slowdown in investment ‌growth while domestic capital markets remained underdeveloped, the World Bank said on Tuesday. Examining 56 smaller and riskier emerging economies, the Washington-based lender said in its latest …

23-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Allah Rakha Rahman, popularly known as AR Rahman, is undoubtedly India’s most famous composer. He has won some of the world’s most coveted musical awards including Oscars, Grammys and a Golden Globe. His song Jai Ho (May You Win), which won him an Oscar, became …

23-01-2026 DAVOS/ COPENHAGEN: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday there was “no going back” on his goal to control Greenland, refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force and rounding on allies as European leaders struggled to respond. Trump’s ambition spelled out in social media posts and …

22-01-2026 JERUSALEM: Israel has begun bulldozing buildings inside the headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, as the far-right government clamps down heavily on humanitarian groups that provide desperately needed aid to Palestinians in Gaza. UNRWA said in a statement on Tuesday that …

22-01-2026 SYDNEY: A surfer has been bitten by a shark, the fourth attack along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline in under 48 hours. The 39-year-old man “sustained a wound to his chest” after a shark bit his board on the Mid North Coast on Tuesday morning, police said. He …

22-01-2026 TEHRAN: Iranian officials continue to promise harsh punishments for “rioters” arrested during recent nationwide protests as they trade barbs with United States President Donald Trump amid an ongoing digital blackout. “Our main work at the judiciary about the recent developments has just started,” judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei wrote in …

22-01-2026 NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) have not held any talks with Scotland about replacing Bangladesh at next month’s men’s T20 World Cup but Scottish players would be ready if the call came. Bangladesh have told the ICC they will not travel to India for the T20 World …

22-01-2026 BEIJING: Beijing has demanded the Taliban government protect its citizens after an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least seven people. Six Afghans and one Chinese national were killed, and several more injured, in the blast at a Chinese restaurant in a heavily-guarded …

22-01-2026 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on his bid to take over Greenland before his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by slamming key allies. Trump shared private text messages from French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO chief Mark Rutte and justified his …

22-01-2026 DHAKA: For most of his adult life, Rafiul Alam did not believe that voting was worth the walk to the polling station. He is 27, grew up in a middle-class neighborhood of Dhaka, and became eligible to vote nearly a decade ago. He never did, not in Bangladesh’s national …