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In a recent fight that claimed 124 lives, warring Sunnis and Shiites in northwest Pakistan disregarded repeated ceasefire orders, killing 13 more people, according to a local government official on Saturday. Although Pakistan is a Sunni-majority...

Following the policy decision to revoke the controversial Cyber Security Act (CSA), the government has prepared a draft of a new relevant law named ‘Cyber Protection Ordinance, 2024’. The controversial provisions in the existing law have...

Between November 2023 and October 2024, 1,438 new cases of AIDS have been reported in Bangladesh. In the same period, 195 people have died from AIDS. The first person in the country was diagnosed with HIV...

Suborna Mustafa, an actress and former member of parliament, was halted at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, preventing her from receiving medical care in Bangkok. The incident happened this Saturday morning. Prothom Alo received confirmation of the...

Massive floods brought on by unrelenting rains have displaced over 122,000 people from their homes in Malaysia’s northern states, according to disaster officials on Saturday. The amount exceeded the 118,000 people who were displaced during one...

As rescue crews used boats and jet skis to try to reach stranded homes, officials reported Saturday that flooding caused by torrential rains in southern Thailand has killed nine people and displaced over 13,000 others. Residents...

In an effort to raise awareness of demands for a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, Greenpeace activists boarded a tanker off the coast of South Korea on Saturday, according to the environmental organisation. With only one...

Vote counting in Ireland’s general election gets underway Saturday with an exit poll indicating a tight finish between the three main parties. After voting concluded late Friday, an exit poll indicated that pro-Irish unity party Sinn...

The Gaza Strip has descended into anarchy, with hunger soaring, looting rampant and rising numbers of rapes in shelters as public order falls apart, the United Nations said on Friday. Palestinians are suffering “on a scale...

Vladimir Putin, hours after Moscow hammered Ukraine’s electricity grid in an attack that left a million people without power, vowed Thursday to use Russia’s new hypersonic missile to hit “decision-making centres” in Kyiv. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr...