A drone view shows the Al-Hadba Minaret in the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, which was rebuilt after it was blown up by Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq on January 9, 2025. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2017, has … Read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) the reconstruction of Gaza “without displacing Palestinians”, after US President Donald Trump said he could “conceivably” halt aid to Egypt and Jordan if they refuse to take in Gazans. During a phone call with … Read more
People stand around a burning building, which is part of the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s former leader and the father of the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s powerful BNP political party has spoken out publicly for the first time against … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, while Howard Lutnick stands in the background, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., on February 10, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine “may be Russian someday”, as his Vice President JD Vance gears up to meet Ukrainian … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea has given Russia 200 long-range artillery pieces, a South Korean defence ministry official told AFP on Tuesday, as Moscow and Pyongyang deepen their military ties. The North has given Moscow “some 11,000 troops, missiles, 200 pieces … Read more
The 3rd edition of Joint Special Forces Exercise CYCLONE commenced at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan on February 10, 2025. Exercise CYCLONE is an annual event conducted alternatively in India and Egypt. | Photo Credit: PTI via X/@PIB_India An almost fortnight-long joint military exercise between Indian and Egyptian armies began at Mahajan Field Firing … Read more
A view of the Bangladesh Election Commission. Photo: Wikipedia Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) said preparations were underway to stage general elections by December as nationwide vandalisms over the past week prompted the interim government chief Muhammad Yunus to agree to the proposal. The EC’s comments came a day after Yunus … Read more
Motorcycle taxi operators look at military uniforms and ammunition from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) lying on the ground, amid clashes between them and the M23 rebels, in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, January 30, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Militia fighters killed at least 55 civilians … Read more
A war crimes prosecutor works at a site of a Russian drone attack, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, on the outskirts of Lviv, Ukraine June 19, 2024. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Short-range aerial drones were the most common killer of civilians in Ukraine in January, the U.N.’s monitoring mission said on Tuesday (February 11, … Read more
International Monetary Fund headquarters’ complex. File | Photo Credit: AP A technical team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) met Pakistan’s Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to get details regarding the judicial and regulatory system of the cash-strapped country. The IMF team is visiting the country for a week-long trip to … Read more