Bangladesh to mark February 25 as national military martyrdom day, amid 2009 Pilkhana killings investigation

The mutiny was investigated during the Sheikh Hasina years and around 450 individuals were given punishments ranging from death sentence to varied jail terms. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh will mark February 25 as the “national military martyrdom day”, the interim government of Dhaka announced on Sunday (February 23, 2025). The announcement formalises months … Read more

Pakistan threatens to deport Afghan refugees if U.S. resettlement not approved

Afghan refugees wait to register in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan. File. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan has warned that Afghan refugees not accepted for resettlement by the United States would be treated as illegal immigrants and deported, according to a media report. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq … Read more

Russia signs memorandum to build port, oil refinery in Myanmar

Myanmar and its close ally Russia signed a memorandum on investment cooperation in a special economic zone in Dawei, including construction of a port and an oil refinery, Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development said on Sunday. The document was signed by the head of the Russian ministry Maxim Reshetnikov and Myanmar’s Minister for Investment and … Read more

Russia launches war’s largest drone attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says

Drone view shows destroyed buildings in the frontline town of Toretsk, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukraine on February 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday (February 23, 2025) that … Read more

When Trump, Milei, Modi and I talk, it’s called threat to democracy, says Meloni criticising ‘Left’s double standards’

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has criticised the Left’s “double standards” in perceiving conservatives globally, saying when leaders like herself, U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi collaborate they are called a “threat to democracy” while leftist leaders are praised for similar alliances. … Read more

Tens of thousands attend Beirut funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah five months after his killing

A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah’s former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Tens of thousands of people packed into … Read more

USAID funded 7 projects in India in FY24 but not related to ‘voter turnout’: Finance Ministry report

For the financial year 2023-24, an obligation of a total of $97 million (about ₹825 crore) has been made by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the seven projects, the Finance Ministry report said. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid a raging political controversy over the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s alleged … Read more

Pope Francis spends peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions

A woman lays a rosary near candles adorned with pictures of Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is battling pneumonia, in Rome | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis, in critical condition with a complex lung infection, rested well during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican … Read more

24 injured in clashes between security forces and protesters opposing cable car project in eastern Nepal

In this photograph taken on January 22, 2025, police personnel stand guard as workers use excavators at the construction site of a cable transportation system, leading to the Pathibhara Devi temple in Taplejung district, in Koshi province of Nepal. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 24 people, including 12 security personnel, were injured in clashes … Read more

Israel ramps up West Bank offensive, says troops to remain in some areas ’for the coming year’

A military vehicle moves outside the Israeli military prison, Ofer near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel said Sunday (February 23, 2025) it was scaling up a weekslong offensive in the occupied West Bank, sending in tanks to a militant stronghold and pledging to keep troops in place for … Read more