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Khaleda Zia’s heir set to end exile, return to Bangladesh after 17 years

HealthDecember 25, 2025

DHAKA: The heir to Bangladesh’s longtime ruling family and a leader of its most powerful political party, Tarique Rahman is set to return home after 17 years in exile and ahead of key elections. Rahma...

India space agency launches its heaviest satellite

BusinessDecember 24, 2025

India’s space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment “a significant stride” for the space sector. The LVM3-M6 rocket launched ...

Amazon says blocked 1,800 North Koreans from applying for jobs

CryptoDecember 24, 2025

US tech giant Amazon has said it blocked over 1,800 North Koreans from joining the company - Copyright Belga/AFP/File JONAS ROOSENS US tech giant Amazon said it has blocked over 1,800 North Koreans …...

‘Call of Duty’ co-creator Vince Zampella killed in Los Angeles car crash

NewsDecember 23, 2025

Vince Zampella, the acclaimed co-creator of video gaming juggernaut “Call of Duty,” has died in a car crash, gaming giant Electronic Arts confirmed on Monday. He was 55. The developer and executive di...

Trump announces new US warship class named after himself

NewsDecember 23, 2025

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced a new class of heavily armed warships that will be named after himself — an honor usually reserved for leaders who have left office. Two of the Trump-clas...

Israel demolishes east Jerusalem building, evicting Palestinians

NewsDecember 23, 2025

Excavators demolish a building in Wadi Qaddum area, near the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.—AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli bulldozers tore through a four-storey buil­ding i...

Moscow car blast kills Russian general hours after US talks on plan to end Ukraine war

NewsDecember 22, 2025

A car bomb killed a senior Russian general in southern Moscow on Monday morning, the latest high-profile army figure to be blown up in a blast that came just hours after Russian and Ukrainian delegate...

Moscow car blast kills Russian general: investigators

NewsDecember 22, 2025

A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on Monday after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators said in a statement. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which exa...

Alleged Bondi shooters conducted ‘tactical’ training in New South Wales countryside, police say

NewsDecember 22, 2025

Two suspects in last week’s deadly mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach trained for the attack in the countryside, police alleged in court documents on Monday, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese v...

Alleged Bondi shooters conducted ‘tactical’ training in countryside, police say

NewsDecember 22, 2025

Two suspects in last week’s deadly mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach trained for the attack in the countryside, police alleged in court documents on Monday, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese v...