Bangladesh: After 17 Years in Exile, Tarique Rahman Comes Home as BNP Eyes Power

London: Tarique Rahman, the 60-year-old leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned to Dhaka on Thursday to a hero’s welcome after spending 17 years in exile in the United Kingdom. The eldest son of former president General Ziaur Rahman and three-time prime minister Khaleda Zia, Rahman is now poised to follow in his parents’ footsteps […]

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Explosion at Alawite mosque in Homs during Friday prayers kills eight

An explosion at an Alawite mosque in Syria’s third-largest city also injured 18 as authorities investigate the attack following a recent spike in violence.Eight people were killed and 18 were wounded in an apparent bombing attack against the Alawite minority’s Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs during Friday prayers, according to preliminary reports.Ambulances […]

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‘Nose and jaw fractured’: Former Pak PM Imran Khan’s aide Shahzad Akbar assaulted in UK; had delivered speech against Asim Munir

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday said that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser Shahzad Akbar was brutally attacked in United Kingdom’s Cambridge.The party said that a 25-30 year old attacked punched Shahzad in the face, breaking his nose and jaw.In a social media post, PTI said that the Shahzad was attacked a just days before […]

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Turkiye and Libya intensify probe into deadly plane crash near Ankara

Officials from Libya and Turkiye have stepped up coordination over the investigation into a plane crash near Ankara that killed Libya’s army chief and seven other people as forensic work and preparations for repatriating the bodies are conducted.Libya’s Criminal Investigation Department chief, Major General Mahmoud Ashour, led a delegation to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s […]

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Five people killed in firefight on Tajik-Afghan border, Tajikistan says

Five people have been killed in a firefight between border guards and intruders on Tajikistan‘s border with Afghanistan, the Tajik border protection agency says.Heavily armed raiders from Afghanistan crossed into Tajikistan at the village of Kavo in the Shamsiddin Shokhin district on Tuesday and were located on Wednesday, according to a statement by the border […]

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BNP leader Tarique Rahman returns: Who is Bangladesh’s potential next PM?

After 17 years in exile, Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and frontrunner to be the South Asian nation’s next prime minister, returned to Dhaka on Thursday to a rousing welcome by thousands of his party’s supporters.Rahman, long seen as a prince of Bangladeshi politics, got down at the Hazrat Shahjalal International […]

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Turkey detains 115 suspects over Islamic State New Year’s Eve attack plot

Istanbul police raided 124 locations on Thursday, seizing weapons and documents as authorities warn of planned attacks during the festive period.Turkish police detained 115 suspected members of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS) on Thursday after raids targeting alleged plots to attack Christmas and New Year celebrations.Istanbul’s chief prosecutor said authorities issued arrest warrants for […]

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Bangladesh’s Dangerous Drift: From Revolution to Renewed Instability

As Bangladesh approaches national elections scheduled for February 12, 2026, the country finds itself teetering on the edge of renewed chaos. The killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi on December 19, 2025, has once again ignited violent unrest, exposing deep fissures in the nation’s political fabric.Attacks on media outlets and cultural sites, and the […]

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