Kremlin refuses to confirm if Bashar al-Assad in Russia
The Kremlin declined on Monday to confirm reports that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow, adding that it was 鈥榮urprised鈥� by the rebel takeover.
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Sarwar appointed as Priyo Pay strategic adviser
Badrul Munir Sarwar has been appointed as strategic adviser of Priyo Pay, a San Francisco-based cross-border payment platform, said a press release...
G20 knocks out G7 agendas
THE G20 summit in Rio earlier this week offered the quite intriguing spectacle of a deeply divided world, geopolitically and geoeconomically, trying to put on a brave 鈥榟oliday in the sun鈥� face...
Trump names Scott Bessent as Treasury chief
US president-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs...
UK former deputy PM John Prescott dies
Britain鈥檚 former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and helped him transform the country鈥檚 Labour party, has died aged 86, his family said on Thursday, prompting tributes from across the political spectrum.
Gvardiol helps Croatia reach Nations League quarter-finals
Josko Gvardiol continued his scoring streak to earn Croatia a 1-1 home draw with Portugal on Monday that allowed them to squeak into the Nations League quarter-finals.
India鈥檚 river linking project puts Sunderbans in peril
Unlike Steinbeck鈥檚 defamed 鈥榮alt-water-eating bushes鈥� of the Sea of Cortez, the Sunderbans is an excellent forest treasure for Bangladesh, India鈥檚 West Bengal, and the rest of the world. In 1997, UNESCO awarded the Sunderbans the accolade 鈥楢 World Heritage Site,鈥� with the obvious implication that everything should be done to preserve this incredible...
Russia shuts gulag museum in Moscow
Russian authorities ordered the closure from Thursday of Moscow鈥檚 award-winning Gulag History Museum.
UNESCO tracks surge in journalist killings
Worldwide killings of journalists jumped in 2022-23 compared with the previous two years, UN cultural body UNESCO said in a report Saturday, with almost all cases going unpunished...
Genocidal scorecard
A United Nations report, published on Monday, lays out in chilling detail the advances made by Israel in Gaza as it seeks to eradicate 鈥榯he very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.鈥� This genocidal project, the report ominously warns, 鈥榠s now metastasizing to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.鈥�..
Russia hikes interest rates to 20-yr high
Russia鈥檚 central bank hiked interest rates to 21 per cent on Friday, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in more than two decades as Moscow鈥檚 Ukraine offensive has triggered rapid price rises at home...
Dominant England crush Scotland at Women's T20 World Cup
Openers Maia Bouchier and Danni Wyatt-Hodge put on an unbeaten century partnership as England hammered debutants Scotland by 10 wickets at the Women's T20 World Cup on Sunday.
South Africa hammer Scots in Women's T20 World Cup
South Africa produced a superb all-round performance to thrash Scotland by 80 runs in their Group B match at the Women's T20 World Cup in Dubai on Wednesday.
Bangladesh end 10-year long winless streak
Bangladesh began their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a scrappy 16-run over debutants Scotland to put an end to their 10-year-long winless streak in the tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the UAE on Thursday.
Shelling in Pokrovsk as Russia inches closer
Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, as Moscow鈥檚 troops inched closer to the key logistics hub...
Ronaldo strikes late to seal Portugal win over Scotland
Cristiano Ronaldo's late strike sealed Portugal's 2-1 win over Scotland as the 901st goal of the striker's extraordinary career completed a stirring fightback in Sunday's Nations League clash.
Focus should be on functional literacy, not only three Rs
THE literacy rate for people aged above seven years that the national statistical office has come up with every year for 19 years, from 2023 backward to 2005, shows a consistent increase, by small leaps though. Literacy rate is reported to have been 52.1 per cent in 2005 and it has increased to 77.9 per cent in 2023, keeping to official documents...
Australia gives millions of workers 鈥榬ight to disconnect鈥�
Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to 鈥榙isconnect鈥� on Monday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses...
Zelensky vows more 鈥榬etribution鈥� for Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more 鈥榬etribution鈥� against Russia on Ukrainian Independence Day Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow announced the exchange of 230 prisoners just over two weeks into Ukraine鈥檚 surprise offensive on Kursk.聽...
Bangladesh placed in Group D of 2025 U-19 Women鈥檚 T20 World Cup
The second edition of the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 will be hosted by Malaysia and will comprise 16 teams.
Madonna donates to local kids鈥� theatre at Pompeii
American pop superstar Madonna spent her 66th birthday at Pompeii and donated to a local theatre project supporting at-risk kids, the archaeological site said on Saturday.
Khaleda Zia gets police escort again after nine years
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Thursday got back police escort again after nine years.
India鈥檚 Ola Electric shines in market debut
India鈥檚 biggest e-scooter maker Ola Electric Mobility dazzled on its market debut Friday after raising $734 million, as traders bet on surging demand for battery-powered vehicles...
Warner Bros Discovery stock plunges on $10b quarterly loss
Warner Bros Discovery鈥檚 share price plunged more than 10 per cent after-hours on Wednesday after it reported a quarterly loss of almost $10 billion...
Scotland鈥檚 Cassell takes 7-21 in ODI debut
Charlie Cassell broke the record for the best bowling figures by a men鈥檚 one-day international debutant as he took seven wickets for 21 runs during Scotland鈥檚...
Nearby exoplanet could be first known ocean world
A planet relatively close to Earth could be the first ever detected with a potentially life-sustaining liquid ocean outside our Solar System, according to scientists using the...
China seeks to boost Shanghai bloc to counter US-led world order
China is seeking to strengthen its leadership of an expanding bloc of nations it considers as a potential counterweight to the United States-led world order....
India PM Modi tells Russia鈥檚 Putin 鈥榳ar cannot solve problems鈥�
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow that peace was 鈥榦f utmost importance鈥� and that 鈥榳ar cannot solve problems鈥�.....
France film director Jacquot charged with raping two actors
A magistrate Wednesday charged prominent film director Benoit Jacquot for allegedly raping actors Julia Roy and Isild Le Besco, prosecutors said, in a high-profile MeToo case that has rocked France.
Tedesco curses Belgium's luck after Euro exit
Domenico Tedesco was left ruing Belgium's luck on Monday after Jan Vertonghen's late own goal ended their Euro 2024 campaign and sent France into the quarter-finals.