‘Working on identifying culprits in alleged financial coup’
Maldivian police on Wednesday said that they are working on identifying the possible culprits in an alleged ‘financial coup’, two days after President Mohamed Muizzu accused the opposition of plotting to topple his government using a decision by the national bank to suspend foreign transactions from Rufiyaa cards. On Sunday,...
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Traders observe strike across Pak to protest new taxes
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Denmark creates three new ministers in govt reshuffle
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Maduro taps hardline loyalist to oversee police forces, prompting fears of deepening crackdown
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Far right’s rise in eastern Germany hinders skilled worker recruitment
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Feds refine indictment in Trump Jan 6 case, charges unchanged
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Woman TV journalist’s body recovered from lake in Dhaka
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Jamaat-e-Islami leader denies party’s role in attacks on Hindus
29 August 2024 | PTI
Bdesh’s interim govt lifts ban on Jamaat-e- Islami
Bangladesh’s interim government Wednesday revoked a ban on the rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, less than a month after it was imposed on the Islamist party by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was forced to resign following massive protests against her government. “It (lifting the ban)...
Israel's West Bank major operation kills 9 Palestinians
Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with its forces killing at least nine Palestinians and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas’ October 7 attack out of...
Gunmen kill 33 bus passengers in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan
Heavily-armed gunmen killed at least 33 people in two separate attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Monday, as insurgent attacks spiked in the restive region. In the first incident, at least 23 people from Pakistan’s Punjab province were killed in a targeted attack in Balochistan’s Musakhel district after gunmen offloaded them...
Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to respect democracy
Thousands demonstrated in Mexico’s capital Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. Throngs of people, many of them striking federal court workers and judges, ended their march outside...
North Korea shows new drone attacking a target as Seoul and US hold large military exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a demonstration of new exploding drones designed to crash into targets and pledged to spur development of such weapons to boost his military’s war readiness, state media said Monday. Kim has been flaunting his growing military capabilities amid tensions with Washington and Seoul. North...
Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran’s Foreign Minister vows definitive retaliation against Israel
Iran’s foreign minister again has referenced his country’s planned retaliation over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Abbas Araghchi said late Sunday he made the remark in a conversation with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani by telephone. “Iran reaction to Israeli terrorist attack in Tehran is definitive, and will...
Trump is expected to tie Harris to chaotic Afghanistan war withdrawal in speech to National Guard
In a speech Monday to National Guard soldiers in Michigan, former President Donald Trump is expected to promote his foreign policy record and tie Vice President Kamala Harris to one of the Biden administration’s lowest points: the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. The speech coincides with the...
