Category: International

Bangladesh bade farewell to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a state funeral that drew vast crowds mourning a towering political figure whose leadership shaped the nation for decades.Zia, the first woman to serve as prime minister in the South Asian nation of 170 million people, died on Tuesday aged 80. Flags flew at half-mast […]

China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi’s claim of mediating tensions between India and Pakistan in his December 30 keynote speech at the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations is a bold assertion that India cannot afford to overlook. Delivered amid a detailed review of China’s 2025 diplomatic achievements, this statement positions Beijing as […]

After India said it was “deeply concerned” by reports that the residence of Russian president Vladimir Putin had been targeted, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused New Delhi and the United Arab Emirates of double standards, contrasting their response with silence over the killing of Ukrainian children by Russian forces.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a […]

Russia launched a massive attack on the Odesa region in Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, injuring at least six people, including three children.The strikes hit residential, logistical and energy infrastructure. The attack sparked fires, forcing residents to evacuate. Firefighters rescued eight people, including one child.The State Emergency Service and the National Police were on site to […]

Islamabad, Pakistan – The setting was Mar-a-Lago, the personal residence of United States President Donald Trump, and the question concerned the fate of Russia’s war on Ukraine, which has been raging since February 2022.“We have stopped eight wars,” Trump said during a news conference on December 22, where he also announced a new class of […]

Saudi Arabia has released more details on the coalition bombing of the Yemeni port of Mukalla, which has triggered tensions with Gulf Arab neighbour the United Arab Emirates and prompted the latter to say it will withdraw its forces from Yemen.Coalition spokesman Major-General Turki al-Maliki showed images documenting the military operation carried out early on […]

Washington’s efforts to board an oil tanker in the Atlantic have become complicated after its crew painted a Russian flag on the ship’s side, US officials said Tuesday.The Bella 1 has evaded the Coast Guard for more than 10 days since refusing an interception attempt near Venezuela on 21 December.The crew applied a Russian tricolour […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that Moscow’s negotiating stance would shift following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on President Vladimir Putin’s dacha in the Novgorod region.“Such reckless actions will not go unanswered,” Lavrov told Interfax news agency, accusing Ukraine of launching 91 long-range drones targeting the presidential state residence, also known as Valdai, […]

North Korea said on Monday it had fired long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea to test the country’s nuclear deterrence, days after it showed apparent progress in the construction of its first nuclear-powered submarines.Sunday’s launches were the latest weapons display by Pyongyang ahead of its planned ruling Workers’ Party congress, due to take place […]

Pakistan on Friday summoned Britain’s deputy high commissioner Matt Cannell after a video circulated online showing a woman at a rally in the UK referring to a possible attack on Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir.The ministry of foreign affairs called in Cannell to lodge a formal protest and demanded an investigation after the woman, […]