DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Adiba Islam Ridhe, now 12, was only 2 years old when her father, a leader of the student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, went missing. She says her heart aches to see fathers dropping her friends to school every morning. “I have been dreaming the same for the last decade,” she told Anadolu […]
New York, United States (AFP): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said he was “shocked” by a letter from Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, reportedly requesting the replacement of special envoy Volker Perthes amid a brutal war with paramilitaries. Guterres “is proud of the work done by Volker Perthes and reaffirm...
Washington, United States (AFP): State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States and Microsoft have said while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally. Microsoft highlighted Guam, a US territory in the Pacific Ocean with a vital military outpost, as one of the t...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran’s defence ministry has unveiled a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres and a capacity to carry warheads weighing over a tonne. The Kheibar missile — the latest version of the Khorramshahr which is Iran’s longest-range missile to date — was unveiled alongside a replica of the Al...
ISTANBUL (AA): China has called on Israel to “stop encroaching” upon the land and resources of the Palestinian people. “Since the beginning of this year, Israel has continued to advance unilateral actions on approving returns, building new settlements, and legalizing settlements,” Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to t...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia and Canada will restore full diplomatic relations, the kingdom said Wednesday, following a 2018 dispute over human rights that saw Riyadh expel Ottawa’s ambassador and freeze new trade. The decision, also announced by Canada’s foreign ministry, came after talks last year between Crown Prince...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): A Swiss court has acquitted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of charges of rape and sexual coercion, finding no evidence against the former Oxford University professor. The academic was also awarded around 151,000 Swiss francs ($167,000) in compensation from the Swiss canton of Geneva over the case. After the verdict wa...
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Sporadic artillery fire still echoed in Sudan’s capital Tuesday but residents said fighting had calmed following a US and Saudi-brokered ceasefire, raising faint hopes in the embattled city. In the sixth week of war, witnesses reported a relative calm had taken hold, both in greater Khartoum and in the Darfur regio...
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP): India is abusing its presidency of the G20 by holding a tourism conference in the part of Kashmir it illegally occupies, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said. It is the first diplomatic event in the territory since Pakistan suspended trade and diplomatic ties with India in 2019, when N...
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesia and Iran signed a trade agreement on Tuesday in Jakarta, where President Joko Widodo hosted his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi. Tehran is aiming to boost its international trade ties to try and offset the economic impact of heavy Western and international sanctions. Raisi’s two-day visit to Indonesi...
