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Tomorrow is Begum Rokeya Day, a celebration honouring the contributions of Begum Rokeya, a social reformer who ensured equal rights for men and women and a pioneer in Bengali women’s education. As part of the celebrations,...

A top Saudi royal urged Donald Trump, the incoming US president-elect, to bring peace to the Middle East on Saturday, calling Israel a “genocidal” and “apartheid” state. Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief for almost 20 years, Prince...

Experts warned that after cables were cut and navigation systems were jumbled, Russia has intensified its hybrid warfare methods in the Baltic Sea and NATO nations in the area should brace for a protracted struggle with...

A day after the top court delayed the impending run-off, Romanian police conducted raids on homes on Saturday in connection with an investigation into purported irregularities in the victory of far-right outsider Calin Georgescu in the...

In a fiercely contested election to choose the nation’s next president, opposition former president John Mahama will square off against Ghana’s vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday. Following the West African gold...

Yoon Suk Yeol, the beleaguered president of South Korea, declared on Saturday that he will not reinstate martial law. Rumour has said that martial law will be imposed once more. I want to be clear. In...

Five years after the Paris cathedral was destroyed by fire, Notre Dame will finally reopen on Saturday. World leaders, including US President-elect Donald Trump, will be present to commemorate the restoration’s astonishing speed. President Emmanuel Macron...

The director of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan hospital and the territory’s civil defence agency said Israel conducted several strikes on Friday that hit the facility, one of the last functioning health centres in the area. “There...

According to Swiss bank UBS on Thursday, the wealth of billionaires has increased by 121 percent in the last ten years to $14 trillion, with the largest growth occurring in the coffers of IT billionaires. According...

Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Friday will host a Christmas service at Westminster Abbey that will reflect on “the most difficult times” as she returns to public life after her cancer diagnosis. The London carol...