01-03-2026 DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court has ordered the issuance of an Interpol red notice for the arrest of Tulip Siddiq, a British lawmaker, over corruption charges. Muhammad Sabbir Foyez, a senior judge in Dhaka, issued the order on Thursday following an application from the country’s anti-corruption commission, local media reported. …
Read More »Albanian PM fires deputy as corruption investigation heats up
01-03-2026 TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama late on Thursday dismissed his deputy, Belinda Balluku, who faces accusations of manipulating public tenders, allegations that have sparked opposition protests. A special prosecution office targeting corruption and organized crime, known as SPAK, indicted Balluku in December on suspicion of interfering in the …
Read More »Denmark to hold election as PM bets on Greenland boost
01-03-2026 COPENHAGEN: Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on March 24, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday, seeking to capitalize on a surge in support for her defiant stance against US pressure over Greenland. Frederiksen has spent recent months rallying European leaders against President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in …
Read More »Russia used missile at heart of Ukraine nuclear pact collapse
01-03-2026 KYIV/ MOSCOW: Images of debris from Russian strikes on Ukraine strongly indicate that Moscow has used a cruise missile whose development led Donald Trump to quit a landmark nuclear pact in his first term, two experts said; confirming earlier media reporting. The specialists based their analysis on images of …
Read More »‘I have no information on Epstein’: Hillary Clinton
01-03-2026 NEW YORK: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities. “I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew …
Read More »India-Israel pledge to boost cooperation on trade & defence
01-03-2026 JERUSALEM/ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India and Israel will collaborate more closely on defence technology while pursuing a free trade agreement, as he wrapped up a controversial two-day visit. Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu said at a joint news conference in Jerusalem on Thursday …
Read More »Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead after US-Israeli attacks
Iranian authorities have not confirmed his death Iran’s Tasnim and Mehr news agencies report that Khamenei remains ‘steadfast and firm in commanding the field’. United States President Donald Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead after Israeli-US attacks on Iran. Trump wrote in a post on his …
Read More »US and Israel carry out joint attack on Iran
28-02-2026 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINTON/ DUBAI/ MANAMA/ DOHA: The United States and Israel have launched an attack on Iran, with explosions heard and seen across Tehran and in other parts of the country, as apparent retaliatory explosions are hitting northern Israel and multiple Gulf Arab states. Several missiles have struck University …
Read More »HK tycoon Jimmy Lai wins appeal against fraud conviction
28-02-2026 VICTORIA CITY: Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon, has won an appeal against a fraud conviction in 2022, which had seen him sentenced to nearly six years in jail. On Thursday, Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Lai and another defendant who had been accused …
Read More »BBC reveals police order led to Gen Z protest killings
28-02-2026 KATHMANDU: An order allowing the use of lethal fire against thousands of young, unarmed protesters in Nepal was issued by the country’s former police chief, a BBC investigation reveals. Among the 19 people killed in the capital, Kathmandu, on 8 September last year was a teenager in school uniform, …
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