Taiwan drills with anti-amphibious landing missiles to deter China
Taiwan drilled Monday with anti-amphibious landing missiles as part of strategy to remain mobile and deadly in an attempt to deter an attack from China, which claims the democratically ruled island of Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary. Troops fired tube-launched, optically...
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Singapore Indian-origin Opposition leader seeks High Court trial over alleged lies to Parliament
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Greek-flagged tanker burning after Houthi attacks, but no sign of oil spill
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Bangabandhu to toppled statue: Mujibur Rahman’s contested legacy post Bangladesh upheaval
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Despite regime change, Dhaka’s traffic facing chaos due to sporadic protests
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Philippine vessel brushes against Chinese ship in disputed waters
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Taliban vice and virtue laws provide ‘distressing vision’ for Afghanistan, warns UN envoy
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Five people die in shelling of Russian border region
26 August 2024 | AP
Flash flood sweeps away buildings; 13 people dead
Torrential rains caused a flash flood on Indonesia’s eastern Ternate Island, sweeping away residential areas and leaving 13 people dead on Sunday, officials said. The deluges cut off the main road and access to the village of Rua in North Maluku province, the most hard-hit area, and buried dozens of...
40 dead in 2 bus accidents in Pak
At least 40 people, including 11 Shia Muslim pilgrims, were killed and several others injured in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The first accident occurred when a bus carrying around 70 pilgrims returning from Iraq through Iran overturned on the Makran coastal highway and fell into...
Dhaka Metro resumes service after more than 30 days
The Dhaka Metro resumed services on Sunday over a month after it was shut for passengers during the unprecedented anti-government protests in Bangladesh with two of its stations bearing the brunt of vandalism. These two stations—Mirpur-10 and Kazipara—will however remain closed, according to an official notification. Commuters, especially students and office-goers,...
4 more murder cases filed against Hasina, her aides
At least four more murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet ministers and aides, media reports said on Sunday. A murder case was filed on Sunday against 76-year-old Hasina, former director general of Border Guard of Bangladesh Gen Aziz Ahmed and 11 others...
‘Imran Khan’s trial in military court over May 9 violence possible’
(): Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s trial in cases concerning the violence on May 9 last year might go to the military courts, a government spokesperson has said. The events and vandalism on May 9 last year invited the application of the Army Act since military installations were...
Dhaka limps back to normal amid echoes of protests
With the metro resuming services, buses and taxis plying regularly and university students enjoying carefree evening strolls in the gardens of the historic Curzon Hall - life seems to be returning to normal in Dhaka. Businesses have resumed but it’s not business as usual in the capital city of Bangladesh. Till...
NASA extends Astronauts’ mission, scraps troubled Boeing capsule return
NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX. What should have been a weeklong test flight for the pair will now last more than eight months. ...
