November2024

Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his three parliamentary seats to a house majority in elections on Thursday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 55, who...

Following a deadly train station roof collapse, thousands of people protested in Belgrade on Monday night, demanding the resignation of Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic. Ten days after the tragedy that killed 14 people at the...

North Korea has ratified a landmark defence pact with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, deepening security cooperation that has seen Pyongyang send thousands of troops to help Moscow fight Ukraine. The agreement formalises months of tightening...

On Monday, the Kremlin refuted a US media story claiming that US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone regarding the conflict in Ukraine. Trump encouraged the Russian leader not to...

“We used to hate elephants a lot,” Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree. Her hatred has subsided in part because of the bees humming in the...

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler on Monday called on Israel to respect Iran’s sovereignty and refrain from attacking Iranian soil, highlighting warming ties between the Middle East rivals. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told a summit...

The army claims that debris from an intercepted missile fired from Yemen was the cause of the fires that Israeli firemen were fighting on Monday west of Jerusalem. According to the Jerusalem region fire department, firefighters...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus invited FIFA President Gianni Infantino to attend the youth festival in Bangladesh in January of next year, and Infantino accepted. According to a message received today, Infantino met with the Chief...

During the Conference of Parties-29 (COP29) in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, today, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus met with Presidents Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives and Denis Becriovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the sidelines,...

The Supreme Court’s (SC) Appellate Division today prohibited Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. from designating a receiver since it upheld a portion of the High Court’s (HC) ruling in this respect. “Disposed of, stay,” said the order passed by...