Washington, December 30 (IANS): The Trump administration is moving to sharply restrict access to asylum by urging US immigration judges to dismiss cases without hearings and redirect migrants to third countries
Washington, December 30 (IANS): US President Donald Trump warned Hamas to disarm within a “very short period of time,” cautioned Iran against rebuilding military capabilities, and reaffirmed an exceptionall
Dhaka, December 30 (IANS): Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia died early Tuesday morning after a prolonged illness at the age of 80, her pa
Moscow, December 30 (IANS): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Kyiv launched an overnight drone attack targeting the presidential residence in Russia's northwestern region of Novgorod."On the nigh
Washington, December 30 (IANS): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that US President Donald Trump would receive Israel’s highest civilian honour, the Israel Prize, citing his “tremendous co
Kathmandu, December 29 (IANS): Nepal and India have agreed to formulate and implement a biennial action plan within the next three months to translate bilateral agricultural cooperation agreements into concrete
Taipei, December 29 (IANS): Taiwan’s Ministry of Defence on Monday strongly condemned China's deployment of air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around the island, a move Beijing descr
Sanna, December 29 (IANS): Abdulmalik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen's Houthi group, warned that any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be treated as a "military target," describing Israel's recognition of the br
Seoul, December 29 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a test launch of long-range strategic cruise missiles, calling for the "unlimited and sustained" development of state nuclear combat force
Canberra, December 29 (IANS): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announced the terms for an independent review of the Bondi Beach terror attack, but he again resisted calls to launch a royal c
Los Angeles, December 29 (IANS): The Southern California News Group (SCNG) published an editorial titled "$12 billion payout to farmers is a tariff-based disaster," saying a bailout announced earlier this month
Washington, December 29 (IANS): US President Donald Trump said that both Russia and Ukraine want the war between them to end, as negotiations aimed at reaching a peace agreement moved closer to completion follo
Mexico City, December 29 (IANS): A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others inj
Dhaka, December 28 (IANS): Tarique Rahman, the son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, returned to the country recently after 17 years in exile and is now expected to emerge as a crucial player in
Kathmandu, December 28 (IANS): The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the fourth-largest political party in Nepal's dissolved House of Representatives, will head into the upcoming parliamentary elections by presen
Seoul, December 28 (IANS): The American-led United Nations Command (UNC) has said a Military Demarcation Line (MDL) marking the boundary between the two Koreas has been under its authority, in an apparent objec
Yangon, December 28 (IANS): Myanmar kicked off its 2025 multi-party democratic general election with the first phase held on Sunday. This comes after five years of the Civil War.The general election is schedule
New Delhi, December 27 (IANS): Dozens of AI‑generated videos and images pushed by accounts linked to Pakistan’s security establishment have flooded the country's social media in recent months, aimed at infl
Dhaka, December 27 (IANS): With Bangladesh's general elections drawing closer, the National Citizen Party (NCP) is increasingly leaning toward a possible seat-sharing arrangement with Jamaat-e-Islami, according
Caracas, December 27 (IANS): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expressed willingness to hold dialogue with the United States on the basis of mutual respect, provided that the United States gives up interf