July2024

The Palestinian Authority reported on Wednesday that four Palestinians had been killed by an Israeli air strike in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military claimed the victims were a “terrorist cell” that had planted an...

On Wednesday, Japan’s highest court will rule on a long-gone eugenics statute that saw the government forcefully sterilize over 16,500 people, leaving the victims with decades of agony. Five appeals from victims seeking damages and an...

More than 100 flights carrying 10,000 people have been halted by trash-carrying balloons pushed across the border by North Korea, a politician from South Korea claimed on Wednesday. Pyongyang has responded to identical missives flown northward...

Much of the northeastern districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj were flooded by heavy rainfall brought on by an active monsoon, wreaking havoc on rural residents as the two districts saw their third flood in as many...

The UN declared on Tuesday that storm Freddy, which devastated southeast Africa last year after sweeping across the whole southern Indian Ocean, was the longest-lasting tropical storm ever recorded at 36 days. A group of specialists...

A fully domestic internet food delivery service called “Foodi” launched its operations with the understanding that time is crucial in today’s Bangladesh. According to a news release issued today, “Foodi” is a US-Bangla Airlines company that...

Floods in northern Myanmar have trapped thousands of people in their homes and cut electricity and phone lines, residents and local media said Tuesday, with the state weather office warning of more heavy rain. After days...

Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto has undergone leg surgery but is continuing to work as he recovers, a spokesman said Tuesday. The defence minister and former general, who had suffered for years from a limp attributed to...

As he prepares for this month’s election, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday that negotiations with the US, which has reinstated harsh sanctions on the nation’s oil sector, would soon resume. After two months of...

The French government has donated EUR 1.5 million, or USD 1.6 million, to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in support of UNHCR’s efforts to provide Rohingyas in Bangladesh with essential protection services and humanitarian aid. According...