Eminent citizens, editors, business leaders, and academics at a citizens’ condolence meeting today (16 January) remembered former prime minister Khaleda Zia as a leader who rose above party lines through dignity, restraint and commitment to democratic values, urging the BNP to uphold the political ideals she embodied throughout her life. The programme, organised by the […]
Read MoreSaudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Thursday, state news agency SPA reported. The two discussed the latest regional developments and ways to support security and stability in the region, according to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry.
Read MoreTaiwan prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for the chief executive officer of Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus, alleging he was involved in illegal business and recruitment activities in Taiwan. Taiwan’s Shilin District Prosecutors Office said in a document it had indicted two Taiwanese citizens for helping OnePlus CEO Pete Lau illegally operate a business and […]
Read MoreHis name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election underway in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. The 69-year-old general has ruled the impoverished Southeast Asian nation since ousting Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in a 2021 […]
Read MoreVietnam’s ruling Communist Party will convene its 14th five-yearly congress on 19-25 January to select its top leader and set key targets until 2030. How is the leadership decided? About 1,600 delegates, representing more than 5 million party members, will name around 200 officials to the Central Committee, which then picks the 17-19 members of […]
Read MoreAmid a sharp escalation in ongoing protests in Iran, US President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that the country’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be seeking to flee. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump was asked whether he was aware of reports suggesting that Khamenei could be heading to […]
Read MoreThe United Nations has said it will not deploy election observers to Bangladesh’s upcoming parliamentary polls, citing the absence of a mandate from its principal decision-making bodies. Responding to questions during the UN’s daily press briefing in New York yesterday (5 January), UN secretary-general’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the organisation no longer sends election observers […]
Read MoreChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the “world’s judge” after the United States captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. “We have never believed that any country can act as the world’s police, nor do we accept that any nation can claim to be the world’s judge,” Wang told […]
Read MoreThe United States is not at war with Venezuela despite the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, stressing that Washington’s actions were part of a law enforcement operation, not a military invasion. Maduro is currently being held in a New York jail following an operation carried out by […]
Read MoreCilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and one of the most influential figures in the country’s ruling establishment, has drawn renewed international attention after US President Donald Trump claimed she was captured alongside her husband during a US operation in Venezuela yesterday (3 January). According to Trump, US forces carried out what […]
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