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Khalilur Rahman assumed charge as President of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly on September 8, 2026, taking over the presidency of the world body’s annual session. | Photo Credit: X/@UN UN General Assembly President and Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman offered no word on whether Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would attend the…
File picture of prisoners boarding a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison, in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, on July 6 | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian national who was killed during a deadly riot at a prison in Sri Lanka’s western…
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United Nations General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman | Photo Credit: ANI United Nations General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman has called for “meaningful” reforms of the world body, particularly its Security Council, to make it “fit for the future” and regain public trust. Mr. Rahman, who assumed charge as President of the 81st session of the…
A satellite image shows smoke rising from the Saudi Aramco oil depot, after what the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said were attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis, in Abha Bulk, Saudi Arabia, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on September 8, 2026. Photo: 2026 PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via Reuters India on Wednesday (September 9, 2026)…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration. The gifts of $45,000 each to Executive Assistant Natalie Harp, Communications Adviser Margo Martin, and Deputy Director of Oval Office operations Chamberlain Harris as well as…
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The story so far: Nicaragua filed a case against Germany in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2024, arguing that the European country violated the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to Israel during its attacks on Gaza and accusing Berlin of having “contributed to the commission of genocide” against the Palestinian people. While…
Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez, agent for Nicaragua, listens during public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by Germany in the case brought by Nicaragua, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, on September 7, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Nicaragua told the United Nations’ top court on…
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More than a thousand people have died, and Singaporeans remained unaccounted for. Photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Singapore police have questioned five people over the alleged racist comments online related to the Nepal floods and Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) investment in Air India. This follows Senior Minister K. Shanmugam’s announcement last week…
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) founder, Masood Azhar. File | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban regime has dismissed Pakistan’s repeated claims that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) founder Masood Azhar is operating from Afghanistan, with a senior Afghan Foreign Ministry official confirming that he is not in the country. Kabul reiterated that Afghan territory will not be used against any other…
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