The US government will present Bangladeshi women student protest leaders who spearheaded the movement against former PM Sheikh Hasina last year that led to her ouster and the fall of her government, with the Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award for their bravery and selflessness.
The Thailand Police have arrested four Chinese nationals for allegedly unlawfully entering the site where an underconstruction building had collapsed following a strong earthquake and attempting to retrieve documents in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok on Sunday.
Nadia Baloch, Mahrang Baloch's sister, has said the prominent Baloch activist has been denied proper medical attention in the hospital despite falling ill.
US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned he might order military strikes against Iran if Tehran fails to reach an agreement with Washington DC over its nuclear programme.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited Manila recently when he said the country will enhance military ties with Philippines to counter “China’s aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region.
A Uyghur rapper is currently serving three years in prison after he was arrested in China over charges of writing lyrics that are deemed to promote “promoted extremism", Radio Free Asia reported quoting Chinese rights advocacy group Weiquanwang.
The Afghanistan Taliban has released an American national who was held in their captivity for two months, confirmed Washington's former envoy to Kabul.
At least one person died after a small plane crashed into a residential building in the Minneapolis suburb in the USA on Saturday.
Washington/IBNS: The US Department of State has asked hundreds of international students studying in the country to self deport after revoking their F-1 visas (student visas) due to campus activism.
The Czech government has blocked a Chinese company from investing in a satellite station amid concerns that it could possibly be used for spying, media reports said.
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus has said it is important for his country to see China as a 'good friend'.
Washington DC/IBNS: Hundreds of international students received mails from the United States Department of State (DOS) asking them for self deportation over their activism inside the campus, media reports said.
A grenade attack in Pakistan's Karachi city on Friday left at least three policemen and a passerby injured, media reports said.
An Indian national died by allegedly committing suicide inside a Pakistani prison in Karachi city on Wednesday, media reporters said.
Philippine authorities have arrested six Chinese nationals and a Filipino over suspected spying on U.S. and Philippine navy vessels at the entrance of Subic Bay, a location considered as strategically crucial.
Moscow/IBNS: President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow won't interfere in Donald Trump's plan to buy Greenland as he visited Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle, where he pledged to "strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic".
The 14th edition of the Indian - Russian bilateral naval exercise Indra began on Friday and will continue till April 2, the Ministry of Defence said.
Bangladesh Interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Friday met Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in Beijing when they discussed issues related to bilateral ties, a step taken amid strained ties between Dhaka and New Delhi following the exit of ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024.
The Israel Defence Force on Friday confirmed that Hamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou was killed during an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip.
Dallas/IBNS: In a bizarre incident, a naked woman stabbed and bit staff at the Texas Airport in the United States, media reports said.
Moscow/New Delhi/IBNS: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India as he has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invitation to tour the South Asian country.
In an unusual security lapse, veteran US journalist Jeffrey Goldberg revealed that he was inadvertently added to a private group chat with senior Trump administration officials as they discussed plans to attack Yemen’s Houthis earlier this month, media reports said.
Washington DC/IBNS: The US has cancelled the visit of Second Lady Usha Vance-led high-level delegation to Greenland amid outrage over Washington's plan to "buy" the country, media reports said.
The Liberal Party has barred India-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya's bid to run for the party leadership and revoked his nomination from his own Nepean riding over alleged foreign interference which concerns India, media reports said.
The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record, with at least 2,514 migrant deaths registered in Asia along the region’s perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM).
At least 18 people died, and 19 others were injured in one of the worst wildfires outbreak in southeast South Korea, with firefighters toiling hard to prevent the blaze from spreading, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday rejected reports that claimed the country may witness a possible military coup and said 'rumours' are spread to destabilise the South Asian nation that has been passing through a political instability since former PM Sheikh Hasina-led government fled amid severe protests against her regime on August 5, 2024.
The anti-tank commander of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed during a drone strike conducted by Israel in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, media reports said on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that sought broad changes in the country's election process, which include mandating voters to show proof that they are American citizens.
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that sought broad changes in the country's election process, which include mandating voters to show proof that they are American citizens.
