Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has told his Cabinet members and close aides that his billionaire ally Elon Musk will soon step back from his government role, Politico reported on Wednesday.
Washington DC/IBNS: President Donald Trump proclaimed Wednesday as "Liberation Day" in the United States as he is set to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs that would escalate a trade war with global partners.
China conducted two-day war games around Taiwan, potentially escalating tension in the region, media reports said.
Myanmar's military Junta fired at a Chinese convoy that was carrying earthquake relief aid to the quake-hit areas in the civil-war-ravaged country on Tuesday.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has been admitted to a private hospital in Karachi after his health deteriorated, media reports said.
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has said an alleged scammer who stole and sold the personal information of 400,000 Americans is facing an imminent arrest.
The British government has made changes in the longstanding travel rules by which European visitors will need to get an online entry permit to visit the UK from Wednesday.
The United Nations on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of violence in Lebanon, despite the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, following an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut that reportedly killed four people – including a woman – and injured several others.
A gun attack in Pakistan's Dhoda area on Tuesday left at least one police official injured, media reports said.
The mural at the iconic Liberation War Memorial Stage in Bangladesh's Lalmonirhat City, was demolished at the instruction of the local authorities, media reports said.
Israel on Tuesday confirmed the killing of senior Hezbollah leader Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir in the Dahieh area of Lebanon.
The Taiwanese Military of National Defence has thanked the US for the delivery of the first long-awaited F-16.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently in jail, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to human rights and democracy, advocacy group Pakistan World Alliance (PWA), affiliated with Norwegian political party Partiet Sentrum, announced in an X post.
An exiled Bangladeshi journalist has claimed the current interim government of the country has systematically stifled the free press in Bangladesh since reports of attacks on Hindu minorities, Awami League members and supporters started to draw international attention following the collapse of the former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5, 2024.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Sunday said it is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from Palestine Red Crescent Society, killed on duty in Gaza.
The United Nations has condemned the killing of a Kenyan peacekeeper in an ambush carried out against the patrol in the Central African Republic.
Myanmar's military junta has blocked international journalists from accessing earthquake-hit areas of the country, creating an information blackout.
Washington/IBNS: An Indian origin tech CEO has claimed to be shot twice near his hotel in San Francisco, the United States in the wee hours on Sunday, media reports said.
The US government will present Bangladeshi women student protest leaders who spearheaded the movement against former PM Sheikh Hasina last year that led to her ouster and the fall of her government, with the Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award for their bravery and selflessness.
The Thailand Police have arrested four Chinese nationals for allegedly unlawfully entering the site where an underconstruction building had collapsed following a strong earthquake and attempting to retrieve documents in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok on Sunday.
Nadia Baloch, Mahrang Baloch's sister, has said the prominent Baloch activist has been denied proper medical attention in the hospital despite falling ill.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned he might order military strikes against Iran if Tehran fails to reach an agreement with Washington DC over its nuclear programme.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Manila recently when he said the country will enhance military ties with Philippines to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region.
A Uyghur rapper is currently serving three years in prison after he was arrested in China over charges of writing lyrics that are deemed to promote “promoted extremism", Radio Free Asia reported quoting Chinese rights advocacy group Weiquanwang.
The Afghanistan Taliban has released an American national who was held in their captivity for two months, confirmed Washington's former envoy to Kabul.
At least one person died after a small plane crashed into a residential building in the Minneapolis suburb in the USA on Saturday.
Washington/IBNS: The US Department of State has asked hundreds of international students studying in the country to self deport after revoking their F-1 visas (student visas) due to campus activism.
The Czech government has blocked a Chinese company from investing in a satellite station amid concerns that it could possibly be used for spying, media reports said.
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus has said it is important for his country to see China as a 'good friend'.
Washington DC/IBNS: Hundreds of international students received mails from the United States Department of State (DOS) asking them for self deportation over their activism inside the campus, media reports said.
