Dhaka, Sep 18 (IANS) Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several of her family members will be barred from voting in next year's election as their National Identity (NID) Cards are blocked, local media reported.
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Indian time) officially designated Antifa as a "major terrorist organisation", days after the killing of his close aide and right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) A day after US President Donald Trump dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend greetings on his 75th birthday and discuss bilateral ties, a former senior official in the Indian government, calling the phone call yet another "moment of bonhomie" between the two leaders, hoped that "there is no going back" in the relationship.
Vatican City, Sep 17 (IANS) In a moment of spiritual diplomacy and global goodwill, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV extended his blessings to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) A leading minority rights group has highlighted a deeply troubling incident in Pakistan’s Punjab province, where a fourth-grade Christian student, Maryam Hidayat, has been subjected to repeated religious harassment by her fellow students and is facing intense pressure to convert to Islam.
Dhaka, Sep 17 (IANS) A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday ordered former Law Minister Anisul Huq and seven others to be shown as arrested in connection with three murder cases linked to last year's July demonstrations filed at Jatrabari and Bhatara police stations.
Kabul, Sep 17 (IANS) Calling on Taliban to allow girls to pursue education at all levels, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday warned that the restrictions on girls' education have confined them to their homes and they are increasingly facing mental health problems, child marriage and early pregnancies.
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Pakistan, particularly Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), poses a risk of becoming an ideological and logistical safe haven for Hamas, a report cited on Wednesday.
Singapore, Sep 17 (IANS) India's active participation in the multinational exercise ‘Pacific Reach 2025’, particularly alongside key powers like the United States and Japan, underscores its commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific, a report cited on Wednesday.
Dhaka, Sep 17 (IANS) Several students of polytechnic institutes across Bangladesh staged a protest in Dhaka and other districts, raising concerns over a worsening crisis in technical education and shrinking opportunities for engineers in the country's job market, local media reported on Wednesday.
