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Dhaka/IBNS: Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin has written to the Nobel Committee to withdraw the Nobel Peace Prize which was awarded to Muhammad Yunus, who is currently heading the interim government of the country.
Dhaka/IBNS: The Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court stayed the High Court order on Wednesday, granting bail to Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case, media reports said.
It seems troubles will continue to haunt Bangladesh, and there seems to be no respite from them. The South Asian country is now facing an estimated financial loss of Taka 15,000 crore (USD 1.2 billion) after the Bangladesh Bank stopped circulating newly printed bank notes, media reports said.
Two Indian citizens on student visas were arrested for scamming an elderly person, American officials confirmed on Wednesday.
At least 17 people were injured after an explosion occurred at a residential building in China's Shanxi Province on Wednesday.
Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, popularly known as Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a sedition case.
The UN Secretary-General has warned that the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine is nearing collapse, urging world leaders to take bold, irreversible steps to preserve hopes for lasting peace.
A digital truck was spotted in New York's busy Times Square with images of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, demanding justice for them, media reports said.
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Ataullah Tarar has claimed India will conduct a military operation against Islamabad over the Pahalgam terror attack and warned New Delhi of facing "catastrophic consequences".
After suffering almost 18 months of deadly bombardment, displacement and lack of access to basic services, the embattled people of Gaza face yet another challenge: the threat of insects and rodents.
At least three people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting incident in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan's counterterrorism department of the Balochistan police recently claimed to have foiled a major terror attack in Quetta by killing two alleged terrorists on Monday.
At least 22 people died and three others were injured after a fire broke out at a restaurant in China's Liaoyang city on Tuesday.
An Islamist outfit in Bangladesh recently seized more than 500 books from Abhayaranya Library in Bangladesh's Tangail region by claiming them to be written by "atheists".
Indians and a large section of the Indian diaspora in Canada heaved a sigh of relief with Khalistani sympathiser Jagmeeet Singh losing the polls and quitting as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Besides the poor single-digit show of NDP in the federal polls, where the outfit managed to take a lead in only eight seats, Singh himself lost.
A new UN initiative aims to drive collective action to support the rights and needs of people everywhere whose lives have been upended by the continuing threat posed by terrorism.
Canada's Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is now on course to win the federal election and form the government for the fourth consecutive term, a rare event in the country's politics.
The Indian diaspora members in Poland and Germany joined the rest of the world in condemning the Pahalgam terror attack that occurred on April 22, which left 26 people, mostly non-Muslim tourists, dead.
An Indian student in Canada, who was missing for the past three days, has been found dead, confirmed the Indian Embassy in Ottawa on Tuesday.
As Canadians are heading to the polls to elect a new government that will navigate the country's relations with the United States, President Donald Trump has intervened in the election with his comments on social media, drawing widespread attention.
Madrid/IBNS: Spain and Portugal were hit by a major power outage on Monday that hit public transport, caused large traffic congestion and delayed airline flights as utility operators scrambled to restore the grid.
The Chinese government on Monday asked India and Pakistan to 'exercise restraint' after the two countries exchanged fire at the Line of Control following the deadly terror strike in Pahalgam town in Jammu and Kashmir which left 26 people dead.
The key suspect in the Vancouver car ramming incident has been charged with murder in the death of multiple festival-goers at a Filipino community block party on Saturday night.
Washington DC/IBNS: The United States has said it is in "touch" with both India and Pakistan and appealed to both the parties to "work towards a responsible resolution" over the heightened border tension between the two nuclear-armed South Asian countries after the Pahalgam terror attack.
A student stabbed and injured six people, including teachers, at a school in South Korea's Cheongju city on Monday.
The police on Sunday said at least 11 people died after a man drove his vehicle into people who were participating in a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Pakistan on Sunday claimed its security forces killed 54 'terrorists' who tried to enter the country through the northwestern border with Afghanistan.
Consul General Xu Wei of the Chinese Consulate General in Kolkata recently condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and said his nation is against any acts of terrorism.
At least nine people died after a man rammed his car into people who were participating in a street festival in Canada's Vancouver on Saturday, police said.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a man for his suspected role in the killing of a Russian general in a car blast close to Moscow on Friday.
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