Bangladesh on Friday assumed the chairmanship of the regional grouping – Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) – for the next two years. Upon...
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Global economists warn of U.S. recession post President Trump’s Tariff moves.
Global brokerages and economists have warned of an impending US recession after factoring in the impact of reciprocal tariffs announced by the Donald Trump administration. JP Morgan Chase &...
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen firmly rejected the US attempt to annex Greenland, accusing the US of subjecting Denmark and Greenland to pressure and threats. She was speaking at...
The Pakistan government has started a major nationwide crackdown on Afghan nationals in the country after the deadline passed for them to return voluntarily. The authorities have arrested hundreds...
Hungary’s government has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), just before Prime Minister Viktor Orban received his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an ICC arrest...
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UN Human Rights chief expresses alarm over extrajudicial killings of civilians in Sudan.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has expressed deep concern about reports of widespread extrajudicial killings of civilians in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, following its recapture...
South Korea’s Constitutional Court today upheld the impeachment of the country’s President Yoon Suk Yeol. In a nationally televised judgement, at least six out of eight judges ruled in...
Australia, India, Japan and the US have extended sympathies and condolences to the peoples of Myanmar and Thailand following the recent earthquake. In a Joint Statement by QUAD partners...
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French President urges companies to halt US investments amid Trump’s ‘unfounded’ EU tariffs.
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged companies to halt investments in the US until US President Donald Trump clarifies his harsh and unjustified new tariffs on Europe and other...
In Japan, a strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale struck Kyushu region today at 7:34 PM (IST). According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake...