Sunday, 07 Sep, 2025

International

‘Attempts being made to remove Kejriwal’

DHAKA: Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will meet on Wednesday for a decision that could presage the first big split in its leadership.Sources say the party is likely to decide whether to remove founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from its top decision-making

US police shoot homeless man dead in LA

DHAKA: A video has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers in the city’s Skid Row area.As the police try to subdue him, a voice is heard

IS releases 19 Christians, over 200 still captive

DHAKA: Islamic State released 19 Assyrian Christian captives in Syria on Sunday after processing them through a sharia court.A monitoring group, British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said this which reports the Times of India.More than 200 Assyrians remain in Islamic State

Netanyahu heads to US for Iran speech

DHAKA: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in the US to argue against a possible nuclear deal with Iran.Netanyahu says the deal would be inadequate to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear bomb.He is due to give a speech in Congress on Tuesday which was not agreed in advance

Russians march in memory of Nemtsov

DHAKA: Holding placards declaring ‘I am not afraid’, some 10,000 Russians marched in Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has widened a split in society that some say could threaten Russia’s future.Families, the old and young walked slowly,

Mass anti-immigration rally in Rome

DHAKA: Thousands of supporters of Italy’s Northern League have poured into one of Rome’s biggest squares for a rally against immigration, the EU and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s government.League leader Matteo Salvini accused Renzi of substituting the country’s interests to

Death toll in clashes with Islamists in Philippines rises to 26

DHAKA: A military assault on Islamic militants in the southern Philippines entered its fifth day on Saturday, with the toll rising to 24 guerrillas and two soldiers dead.Officials said, reports The Straits Times.Ten Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a two-hour clash on Friday after

‘UK must prepare for Russian threat’

DHAKA: Russia has become a danger to Britain and the country must be prepared to take steps to defend itself and its allies.The former head of MI6 says, reports the BBC.Sir John Sawers, who recently retired after five years as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, told BBC Radio

Nepal police fire teargas as thousands protest over constitution

DHAKA: Protesters and police clashed in Kathmandu on Saturday at a demonstration by some 30,000 people led by the Maoist opposition to demand that political parties reach a consensus on a new constitution, in the biggest street march in Nepal in years.Police lobbed teargas shells and

Iraq reopens natl museum after toppling of Saddam

DHAKA: Iraq’s national museum officially reopened Saturday after 12 years of painstaking efforts during which close to a third of 15,000 stolen pieces were recovered.The much-delayed reopening was brought forward in what officials said was a response to the destruction of priceless

Ocalan urges PKK to lay down arms

DHAKA: The jailed leader of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday made a ‘historic’ call to the separatists to hold a disarmament conference, a key step in efforts to end Turkey’s 30-year Kurdish insurgency.‘As we are ushering the 30 years of conflict towards

Kim tells army to prepare for war

DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric ahead of US-South Korea military drills. Kim’s comments came after South Korea and the United States on

Russian opposition leader Nemtsov shot dead

DHAKA: Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead in central Moscow late on Friday ahead of a major opposition rally this weekend. Investigators and police said, reports The Straits Times. ‘In central Moscow, a man with

Iran, six powers to hold nuclear talks March 5

DHAKA: Senior officials from Iran and six powers negotiating with Tehran over its nuclear program will hold more talks in Montreux of Switzerland on March 5.The European Union said on Friday which reports the Jerusalem post.The talks between political directors will be preceded by a

Parents of Thai ex-princess held

DHAKA: The parents of a former Thai princess have been detained under the lese majeste law, the strict defamation rules that protect the royal family.Srirasmi Suwadee’s parents confessed that they had misused royal connections to have their former neighbour jailed on a bogus fraud

Several missing in Macau boat sinks off

DHAKA: A boat carrying at least 10 people thought to be illegal immigrants has sunk off the coast of Macau and the rescue operation hampered by strong currents.Macau’s marine department said that four people had managed to swim to safety but the rest were missing, reports the NDTV.

4 killed in second rare shooting in South Korea

DHAKA: Four people, including a policeman, were killed today in the second shooting incident in two days in South Korea where gun crime is extremely rare.A 75-year-old man, armed with a hunting rifle, shot dead his brother, the brother's wife and a policeman who responded to an

Ukraine begins artillery withdrawal

DHAKA: Ukrainian troops have towed artillery away from the frontline in the war-ravaged east, in a step that seems to augur well for a ceasefire agreement signed with Russia-backed rebels.The military on Thursday showed reporters seven or eight guns being towed away from the front at the

Germany to vote against Greece bailout

DHAKA: The German parliament is set to vote on a plan to extend financial aid to Greece by another four months.The extension - approved by creditors last week in exchange for a series of Greek government reforms - needs to be ratified by Eurozone members.Although some German MPs have

Laden aide jailed for life over 1998 Bombings

DHAKA: A Saudi man, described by prosecutors as one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted lieutenants, was convicted in a federal court in New York in connection with the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.Khalid al-Fawwaz, 52, faces up to life in prison after a jury on