Every year on December 14, Bangladesh observes Martyred Intellectuals Day, a solemn commemoration of one of the most heinous atrocities of the 1971 Liberation War. It marks the cold-blooded massacre of some
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s rise to power has created a facade in India’s social fabric, as the plural essence of the Indian society is seriously undermined. Genocide Watch claims that there
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The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has issued a stark warning to Pakistan, urging immediate action after receiving reports that former Prime Minister Imran Khan is being held in
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India has simplified its visa procedures for Chinese professionals, cutting bureaucratic layers and reducing approval times to less than a month, officials said, in a move intended to strengthen economic ties and
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Intel has tested advanced chipmaking tools this year from ACM Research, a California-based firm with R&D and manufacturing units in China and South Korea, sources familiar with the matter said, sparking concern
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The US government’s National Endowment for Democracy (NED) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars tutoring dozens of Nepalese youth on “strategies and skills in organizing protests and demonstrations” prior to a violent coup which
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The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in September to its lowest level in more than five years, fueled by a jump in exports and only modest growth in imports, according to data
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The UK has launched a new spy agency, Military Intelligence Services (MIS), to confront a sharp rise in espionage and sabotage targeting armed forces personnel and Ministry of Defence staff, Times UK
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Europe must prepare for large-scale conflict as Russia emerges as a direct threat, Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte warned, Times UK reported. Speaking on Thursday, Rutte said “conflict is at our door”
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Belgium has warned it could take legal action if the European Union overrides its national veto to seize frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, intensifying diplomatic tensions ahead of a planned EU
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, has published a 216-page memoir, Le journal d’un prisonnier (The Diary of a Prisoner), detailing his three-week incarceration in La Santé prison following his October
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is apparently determined to have one of his loyalists appointed Auditor General though the Constitutional Council (CC) has prevented him from doing so. The government is apparently playing
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Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday he plans to resign midway through his term, telling Reuters he has felt “humiliated” and sidelined by the interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad
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The United States is preparing to intercept additional ships carrying Venezuelan oil after seizing a tanker this week, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The move marks the
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China Vanke Co., long considered the last major developer capable of surviving the country’s prolonged property slump, has been thrust into a deepening crisis after its state-owned backer abruptly capped future financing
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