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Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday formally indicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity linked to last year’s mass student uprising that claimed hundreds of lives, news agency AP reported.
Russia hit Ukraine with 728 drones on Wednesday, marking one of the largest aerial attacks launched on the country.
Ousted former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had authorised the deadly crackdown on students during the July-August Uprising last year, which eventually led to her collapse, a leaked phone call has revealed.
A leading UN trade official warned on Tuesday that the United States’ decision to delay the end of a tariff suspension by a few weeks risks prolonging global uncertainty and undermining long-term investments and commercial contracts.
The decomposed body of a 32-year-old Pakistani actress was found inside a flat in Karachi city, media reports said.
Ten years after China launched a sweeping crackdown on human rights lawyers, Amnesty International, a prominent rights group, is urging immediate global action to hold the Chinese government accountable for the repression.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on Tuesday sent Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Dr Mahrang Baloch and other organisers of the group to 10 days police custody.
As digital technologies rapidly reshape every aspect of society, the UN’s top human rights official has called for human rights to be placed at the centre of this transformation.
US President Donald Trump has imposed 35 per cent tariff on goods imported from Bangladesh, a step that has been described as 'unjustified' by the interim government.
At least five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 others were injured after a roadside bomb exploded in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, media reports said.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on all fronts and called on the international community to urgently tackle the intersection of health and climate issues.
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A 24-year-old Indian origin man has been jailed for life in the UK following an investigation into an attempted rape of a woman and raping a child in two separate incidents.
Four members of a family, who originated from the Indian city of Hyderabad, died in a road accident in the US.
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit committed suicide on Monday, hours after President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, media reports said.
Twenty-seven campers and counsellors, who went to participate in a camp that was hit by a flash flood in the US state of Texas, have died, the organisers of the event confirmed on Monday.
Dozens of Uyghurs, East Turkistanis, and American allies recently demonstrated outside the White House to mark the 16th anniversary of the July 5, 2009 Urumchi Massacre.
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed eliminating Hamas' naval commander Ramzi Ramadan Abd Ali Saleh in northern Gaza.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday wished Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and said he continues to inspire people by embodying a message of unity, peace, and compassion.
US President Donald Trump threatened to put an additional 10 per cent tariff on any country that aligns with the anti-American policies of BRICS, further causing uncertainty in the global trade scenario.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday called Tesla chief Elon Musk's plan to launch his party 'ridiculous', further deepening the feud with his former close ally.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran broke out.
SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk, who is a former ally of President Donald Trump, said on Saturday that he launched a new political party in the United States to challenge what the tech billionaire described as the country's "one-party system."
Pakistani authorities have seized 13 illegally kept lions and arrested five individuals for violating wildlife regulations.
At least 24 people died after a severe flash flood hit Kerr County in the US state of Texas on Friday.
The sky above Abu Dhabi witnessed an unusual scene when electric taxi flew over the city, giving a glimpse of the future transport system in the Middle East nation.
A 24-year-old Indian-origin man was jailed for life following a significant Met Police investigation into an attempted rape and rape of a child in London.
Tech giant Microsoft on Friday announced shutting down its office in Pakistan, ending its 25-year journey in the country.
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' into law, days after it was narrowly passed by the Congress.
Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has claimed Islamabad does not know where Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar is, adding that Islamabad would be "happy to" arrest him if India can provide information on his whereabouts in his country.
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